Terrible cooling idea? Perhaps, perhaps not?

We've had similar questions in the past. Condensation would be a problem.

Condensation will not be a problem. Condensation appears when warm moist air touches cold surface, You will have it other way around. Only condensation that can occur will be on the ouside of the case if all case get scold enough which I really doubt.

Anyway I don't think it is worth is as that will not double Your overclocks You will be lucky If You get extra 0.1 GHz. And then take into account all the bulkiness of setup and extra power draw. Not worth it unless You go for top benchmark scores or overclocking records in which case You would be using LN2 or liqiud hellium.

Seen a good AC unit ducted directly to the PC a few times. It seemed to work great. You have to PRECHILL the PC with the AC before turning the PC on. If your room AC humidity is pretty low it seems to work fine.

You can do the humidty math, soo many ways with Google.

Compared to lots of reading and just stuff I read. Compared to what standard ambient air temps of 85F, having 60C air pumped through the case is better.

It's not science, it's common sense.

Not using fans on the PSU, wow thats a whole 20 watts saved, when PSUs in a enthustast rig is way over 600 watts. Fans are a small, small part of wattage used from a PSU.

If the AC unit blows enuff air, why use case fans anyway, duuu.

the AC unit will use 20x if not 50x the wattage used by the fans. Still using electricity.

Why do you think there is a hose or hole in the back of an air conditioner for water to run out of? Have you ever noticed on a really humid day, there is a steady stream of water running out the back of them? They actually act like de-humidifiers and REMOVE the moisture from the air as it condenses on the evaporator coils. Air coming out of an air conditioner will be far less humid than the warm room air was before it entered the unit.

Lol I know the ac consumes more power than the fans, it was saving my psu a little extra load (albiet little), i was just checking to see the sanity of using an ac unit for case cooling

Found this thread because I was considering Water Cooling my QX9770 rig but found most quality solutions costing $400 - $500 and since they put more hot air into my computing room (which is too hot already) I looked into the latest developments in Quality Room AC and found that a 14,000 but Eco-Friendly Dual Hose unit with Dehumidifer could be had for $ 479.00 w/ tax & shipping.

http://www.imarketcity.com/whar14btuecf.html

No worries about changing coolant every 6 months, no worries about cleaning entire system every year, support for both my computer systems and I get the benefit of working in a room at 68F room Vs. 80F in summer.

Am I missing something here?

It would work, yes. As long as it's on 24/7. Big item tho, did you read the LAST line? It has to be exhausted to the outside air.

So you can't place it in a room with windows closed.

And 10.8 amps? The power bill, thats a LOT of amps.