Recently my pc has been having an issue where prolonged use of it causes a certain stuffiness to the air that's hard to describe. It's something I need to get fixed asap as it gives me a sore throat during usage. Recent things I've tried to do to fix it include extensive dusting and cleaning, cleaning out the cpu fan, and applying new thermal paste. The pc still functions normally with no special issues. I've had the rig for about 3-4 years. I'm suspecting at this point it might be something wrong with the PSU but I wanted to ask you guys if you've ever encountered this issue.
Strange air pollution from PC
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Well, gotta realize that low temps on the PC = higher temps in the room.
Energy is conserved so that heat needs to go somewhere.
I don't know how handy you are... but my old rig... well this is kind of long and involved but basically I had a rig that had its airflow backwards - so that hot air was exhausted out the FRONT, with intake coming from the rear. THEN i took humidifier/swamp cooler inserts, cut them to size, and stuck them in a container of water, with much of the filter material sticking up out the container. This was then rigged to the front of the case.
This means that my hot exhaust air was running through a soaking wet humidifier filter. The increased temp of the exhaust helps facilitate humidification of the room - in addition to the natural evaporation that water goes through when it encounters moving air.
I would have to fill up my 4 cup res pretty much daily. My napkin math estimated that every cup of water caused around 500BTU of latent heat loss. So while it doesn't work like an AC or actually do any cooling - it DOES reduce the temperature of the air coming out of the case, and due to the increased humidity - it is also perceived as cooler to our mammal bodies.
It poses little risk to the computer as its the exhaust that is being humidified, and with the way i had it set up even a spill or earthquake would have kept the computer safe (my desk would be drenched but not the rig haha)
That added moisture and reduced heat could be enough to make you comfortable.
That said its extremely involved, a huge pain in the butt, and was such a pain to maintain that i scrapped the idea when i built my skylake rig.
Alternatively you could just purchase a cheap humidifier - but they generate their own heat so its really a push. Better to use the heat you already have and can't get rid of.
Swamp cooler PCs should be a thing but they aren't
Energy is conserved so that heat needs to go somewhere.
I don't know how handy you are... but my old rig... well this is kind of long and involved but basically I had a rig that had its airflow backwards - so that hot air was exhausted out the FRONT, with intake coming from the rear. THEN i took humidifier/swamp cooler inserts, cut them to size, and stuck them in a container of water, with much of the filter material sticking up out the container. This was then rigged to the front of the case.
This means that my hot exhaust air was running through a soaking wet humidifier filter. The increased temp of the exhaust helps facilitate humidification of the room - in addition to the natural evaporation that water goes through when it encounters moving air.
I would have to fill up my 4 cup res pretty much daily. My napkin math estimated that every cup of water caused around 500BTU of latent heat loss. So while it doesn't work like an AC or actually do any cooling - it DOES reduce the temperature of the air coming out of the case, and due to the increased humidity - it is also perceived as cooler to our mammal bodies.
It poses little risk to the computer as its the exhaust that is being humidified, and with the way i had it set up even a spill or earthquake would have kept the computer safe (my desk would be drenched but not the rig haha)
That added moisture and reduced heat could be enough to make you comfortable.
That said its extremely involved, a huge pain in the butt, and was such a pain to maintain that i scrapped the idea when i built my skylake rig.
Alternatively you could just purchase a cheap humidifier - but they generate their own heat so its really a push. Better to use the heat you already have and can't get rid of.
Swamp cooler PCs should be a thing but they aren't
Ah, I forgot to mention that I have also tried using a humidifier to solve the problem and that didn't work either. The airflow should be fine in my rig since I have a case fan blowing the cpu/graphics card heat out the side of the case. I'd sooner buy new pc parts than Jerry-rig something like that together.
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It would help to know what exactly you have right now too. Otherwise we can guess all day long, and not even come close. Knowing at least will help eliminate areas to look at or where to focus more... So what is your build?
Yeah my mistake, here are the specs:
Operating System
MS Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel Core i5 2400 @ 3.10GHz 37 °C
Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology
RAM
8.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. H61M-S2H (Socket 1155) 27 °C
Graphics
ASUS VE278 (1920x1080@60Hz)
FPD2185W (1050x1680@60Hz)
AMD Radeon R9 290
Hard Drives
488GB Seagate ST3500418AS ATA Device (SATA) 21 °C
1465GB Seagate ST1500DL003-9VT16L ATA Device (SATA) 22 °C
PSU is a Thermaltake TR2 RX 750W Bronze W0382RU ATX 12V v2.3 / EPS 12V v2.91
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I don't see anything with the build itself that would signal any issues. This would leave environmental changes. Has anything changed recently that coincides with this feeling of stuffiness in the room? You've cleaned your PC of dust and such, which is a good thing to do once in a while anyway just for the health of the PC. You've tried humidity a more traditional way from what I gather... all to no avail. Have you tried a room fan to circulate the air? Has the carpeting been recently replaced? Weather sealing?
Not really sure if it's the room's fault aside from the lack of circulation, but this has been a recent issue so putting the ceiling fan and air filter fan on full blast only lessens the effect and delays the inevitable. I could try putting the computer in a different room, but since the problem hasn't been a thing since recently, I don't know what to say. I have tried moving the rig around the desk, but I can't really say that can help without flipping my room and having the rig point the air out of the room.
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