- Sep 8, 2010
- 6
- 0
- 18,510
My desktop sits in a room with higher than normal ambient temps due to not having a proper ventilation system connected to the central A/C unit. I can't change this and window cooling units are also not an option. Right now it's morning, and the ambient temp is roughly 31-32°C. It will probably go up a few degrees by mid-afternoon.
I run an i7-4790K stock-clocked with a Noctua NH-U14S fan cooler, and under heavy gaming load temps would reach 82-86°C pretty regularly, and one or two cores had at one point reached 90-91°C. The GPU died a week or so ago overnight while not under heavy load, but it was a stock-clocked Gigabye G1 GTX 970 and would generally reach 79-81°C under heavy load. I am currently sitting on integrated graphics while I search the 1070-1080ti market prices leading up the 2080 release. I use this PC for gaming, video editing and rendering, and occasionally live-broadcasting while doing both of those things. I have a few photography lights that certainly add to heating up the room even more during those live broadcasting sessions as well, so I'm worried about doing some damage to my components over time.
In this situation, aside from lowering clock speeds, would CPU and GPU liquid cooling be the undisputably superior solution to getting cooler temps? Would cooling fans be innately less effective due to these ambient temps? How viable is liquid nitrogen cooling in a consumer PC in a hot environment (assuming I could find someone with experience to set up that system for me)?
Thanks for any guidance you can give.
I run an i7-4790K stock-clocked with a Noctua NH-U14S fan cooler, and under heavy gaming load temps would reach 82-86°C pretty regularly, and one or two cores had at one point reached 90-91°C. The GPU died a week or so ago overnight while not under heavy load, but it was a stock-clocked Gigabye G1 GTX 970 and would generally reach 79-81°C under heavy load. I am currently sitting on integrated graphics while I search the 1070-1080ti market prices leading up the 2080 release. I use this PC for gaming, video editing and rendering, and occasionally live-broadcasting while doing both of those things. I have a few photography lights that certainly add to heating up the room even more during those live broadcasting sessions as well, so I'm worried about doing some damage to my components over time.
In this situation, aside from lowering clock speeds, would CPU and GPU liquid cooling be the undisputably superior solution to getting cooler temps? Would cooling fans be innately less effective due to these ambient temps? How viable is liquid nitrogen cooling in a consumer PC in a hot environment (assuming I could find someone with experience to set up that system for me)?
Thanks for any guidance you can give.
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram