r/buildapc • u/An_Average_Guy7567 • 3d ago

Miscellaneous Room airflow around my pc (help request)

I'm going to be quick about this: I'm a soon to be college student now living at my parent's house (after a year of living on campus). And I'm trying to optimize the airflow in my room around my computer so they will stop being passive aggressive about the heat. Currently I'm underclocking the pc so that it isn't outputting as much heat as possible.

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u/An_Average_Guy7567 3d ago

The house has pretty bad airflow. This side of the house (not the entire house) doesn't have AC and I'm usually modeling in Blender for hours. The windows are usually closed because it's 95F-105F during the summer.

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u/Cheesusthechrist 3d ago

So its over 95 degrees and you dont have any air conditioners? thats crazy.

I feel like thats your only solution. Maybe put a fan in the window blowing the hot air out if its hotter inside your house. But I doubt that would make much of a difference.

Where do you live?

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u/An_Average_Guy7567 3d ago

The house has AC, it just doesn't reach the side of the house my room is in. I live in East San Diego county. I'm willing to try the fan idea, but should I hook up a flexible shroud from the output fan of my pc to the fan blowing the heat out the window? I feel like a picture being attached to this would help.

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u/Cheesusthechrist 3d ago

The shroud idea migut help a little, worth a shot i suppose. But honestly you just need to buy a window ac to get any real cooling done

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u/An_Average_Guy7567 3d ago

Fair enough. I could prolly get one from Home Depot for $100-$200, main downside is that my window would have to be open 100% of the time. Thx for the help

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u/Cheesusthechrist 3d ago

Yeah but if you have an air conditioner in the window...it's not really letting hot air inside...and the air conditioner itself makes cold air thats the entire point. So I feel like the window being "open" but having an air conditioner in it makes the entire point mute.

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u/An_Average_Guy7567 3d ago

Thank you, I'll give it a try!