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Case suggestions for High Ambient Temperature (self.buildapc)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Chocrates to c/buildapc

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I am working on building a new server in my apartment that will have a reasonably beefy GPU and CPU so I can get PCIE pass-through working and get a gaming VM set up.

Trouble is, my apartment is in the attic in the south. With the AC on I had one or two really bad days last year that it got up to 90 degrees Fahrenheit inside with high humidity.

Any cooling suggestions for something like that? Is 90 degrees Fahrenheit still cool enough to reduce the temperature of my components? I would really like to avoid buying a phase change cooler, but that is the only thing I can think of if the ambient is too high.

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[–] bitwaba 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

If you wanna go absolutely crazy, do a custom water loop and submerge the radiator in a 5 gallon bucket with a water pump to to circulate the water.

when your CPU or GPU starts to get too hot because the water in the 5 gallon bucket starts to get hot, scoop a gallon out with a smaller bucket and refill it with cooler water that you can easily fill up under the bathtub faucet.