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Jon Send message Joined: 12 Aug 09 Posts: 157 Credit: 139,063,241 RAC: 0 
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My computer room stays at 80F all the time. This computer http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=5266723 ,which is OCed to 3.4ghz. What if i put it in the 40F garage. Would it work better/faster? ID: 965924 ·  |
 52 Aces  Send message Joined: 7 Jan 02 Posts: 497 Credit: 14,261,068 RAC: 67
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It will get dustier. ID: 965926 · |
zoom3+1=4  Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65759 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49
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My computer room stays at 80F all the time. This computer http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=5266723 ,which is OCed to 3.4ghz. What if i put it in the 40F garage. Would it work better/faster? yeah It will get dirtier there, So I wouldn't do that If I were U. :D The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's 
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hiamps  Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 4292 Credit: 72,971,319 RAC: 0
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I have some in the garage right next to my Air Compressor. Dust doesn't bother me a bit and actually our garage is sealed and pretty clean. Official Abuser of Boinc Buttons... And no good credit hound! 
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HAL9000  Send message Joined: 11 Sep 99 Posts: 6534 Credit: 196,805,888 RAC: 57
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My computer room stays at 80F all the time. This computer http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/show_host_detail.php?hostid=5266723 ,which is OCed to 3.4ghz. What if i put it in the 40F garage. Would it work better/faster? Well your computer doesn't really care what temp the room is. It really just matters what the temp of the components get to. If you have sufficient cooling with the room at 80F I wouldn't move it. If you are looking to try and overclock it a bit more then moving out into the cold could help a bit, but I would be concerned about particulates like other have mentioned. On the other side of the coin. Is your garage 40F in the summer as well, or closer to 140F? Just another option you'd have to weigh when considering moving a system to your garage. SETI@home classic workunits: 93,865 CPU time: 863,447 hours  Join the [url=http://tinyurl.com/8y46zvu]BP6/VP6 User Group[
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1mp0£173 Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 8423 Credit: 356,897 RAC: 0
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I've seen some really clean garages. ID: 965941 · |
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Jon Send message Joined: 12 Aug 09 Posts: 157 Credit: 139,063,241 RAC: 0
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I was thinking of just moving the one computer with a longgggg kvm cable just for the winter... just as an experiment. ID: 965943 · |
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1mp0£173 Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 8423 Credit: 356,897 RAC: 0
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I was thinking of just moving the one computer with a longgggg kvm cable just for the winter... just as an experiment. VNC is your friend. ID: 965946 · |
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Jon Send message Joined: 12 Aug 09 Posts: 157 Credit: 139,063,241 RAC: 0
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I was thinking of just moving the one computer with a longgggg kvm cable just for the winter... just as an experiment. VNC IS my friend! Thank you Ned Ludd! ID: 966012 · |
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hiamps Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 4292 Credit: 72,971,319 RAC: 0
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Go for it, you have more than one. Might as well have fun with your computer, thats how you learn. Official Abuser of Boinc Buttons... And no good credit hound!
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Jon Send message Joined: 12 Aug 09 Posts: 157 Credit: 139,063,241 RAC: 0
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I set up the computer in the garage. cpu temps went down 20C, gpu temps down only 10C. been there only 30 minutes. we'll see how the day goes. thank you again Ned Ludd! TightVNC setup easy and easy to work with. Hiamps said it best "Might as well have fun with your computer, thats how you learn." ID: 966017 · |
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hiamps Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 4292 Credit: 72,971,319 RAC: 0
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I didn't want to run a network card to the garage but had a wireless laptop that the screen had gone bad with lines. So I bridged the wireless and lan ports and now my garage machine uses the laptop for it's internet. It's an old P4 2.8 @ 3.3 so far....It's just parts no case waiting to go in the fishtank. Official Abuser of Boinc Buttons... And no good credit hound!
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skildude  Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 
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I think its a great Idea to put the PC in the garage. Lord knows when I'm changing the plugs on the car that I might just need to check out a youtube video. the problem you are going to have is in the summer. It sounds like your garage isnt heated or cooled so you'll probably be moving that PC out of the garage come spring time  In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope ID: 966019 · |
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hiamps Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 4292 Credit: 72,971,319 RAC: 0
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I think its a great Idea to put the PC in the garage. Lord knows when I'm changing the plugs on the car that I might just need to check out a youtube video. the problem you are going to have is in the summer. It sounds like your garage isnt heated or cooled so you'll probably be moving that PC out of the garage come spring time My Computer room gets all the sun, my Garage stays cool in the summer. I am converting it and adding a bathroom and it will be all mine and my computers....Actually I am being forced out of my room by Grandkids....... Official Abuser of Boinc Buttons... And no good credit hound!
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hiamps Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 4292 Credit: 72,971,319 RAC: 0
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Ask Phud, I think his wife makes him keep his in the shed as she is tired of her hair standing on end when she passed his computers....LOL Official Abuser of Boinc Buttons... And no good credit hound!
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Robert Waite  Send message Joined: 23 Oct 07 Posts: 2417 Credit: 18,192,122 RAC: 59 
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AHA! I've discovered your true identity. You're Al Bundy! I do not fight fascists because I think I can win. I fight them because they are fascists. Chris Hedges A riot is the language of the unheard. -Martin Luther King, Jr. ID: 966022 · |
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hiamps Send message Joined: 23 May 99 Posts: 4292 Credit: 72,971,319 RAC: 0
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Too funny, I sure feel like him somedays... Official Abuser of Boinc Buttons... And no good credit hound!
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Jon Send message Joined: 12 Aug 09 Posts: 157 Credit: 139,063,241 RAC: 0
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I think its a great Idea to put the PC in the garage. Lord knows when I'm changing the plugs on the car that I might just need to check out a youtube video. the problem you are going to have is in the summer. It sounds like your garage isnt heated or cooled so you'll probably be moving that PC out of the garage come spring time Your right, it gets hot in there during the summer...dusty too with the doors open to cool it. Colder weather coming, temp in the garage will be closer to 30F. This cheap cooling allows more overclocking for the cpu ang gpu. It's hard to pass that up! ID: 966027 · |
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aad Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 101 Credit: 204,131,099 RAC: 26 
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It's a win-win situation! You're PC is cooler and you keep the frost out of the garage.... ID: 966047 · |
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zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65759 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49
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And all this time I, Nah, You couldn't be Homer Simpson, He wouldn't know a PC from a fuel rod, Smithers might though. ;) The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's
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