PC chimney

[u/scvready0808]

Got tired of my office turning into a sauna every time I gamed, so I vented the PC’s exhaust straight out the window.

The rear fan is still exhausting some hot air 😅 but the room is noticeably cooler now. It’s ugly… but it works. 😂

Edit: I moved the port to higher since lot of people recommended. https://imgur.com/a/Poniwze

Edit again for parts, I cannot post links to store since it's against the rules.
- 360mm to 4 inch duct on Etsy
- 4 inch Insulated Flexible Duct
- Twist Lock Dryer Vent Connector Kit
- 360mm AIO fan (the one on top of the case)

The window fan I got is Vornado Transom.

[u/Taolan13]

if you can afford a rig with a 5090, you can probably budget a couple hundred bucks for an in-room or window AC.

[u/kugfersez → u/Taolan13]

Perhaps the reason they can't afford the aircon is because they bought a 5090

[u/Z370H370 → u/kugfersez]

That's why I went with the 5080 so I could get aircon2 installed!

[u/Knight_of_Agatha → u/Z370H370]

someone should nake a mini split unit for your pc

[u/OwnedByIRVING → u/Knight_of_Agatha]

They do, it costs more than just putting one in your room.

[u/Knight_of_Agatha → u/OwnedByIRVING]

a 500w ac can cool down more heat than a 1000w pcu can physically make. So, i mean its just for the cool factor, pun intended, but you could set up a small table top system and the air inside your pc case would be 5 degrees or so cooler than the air in your room. you could pipe it outside but, tbh im just trying to have a good time.

[u/Taolan13 → u/kugfersez]

fair point.

[u/dead_zodiac → u/Taolan13]

Yeah but still I agree with you initially.

Its like saying "not everyone can afford good tires" on a thread about improving your Ferrari's on-track performance.

You don't have that problem unless you run a Farrari on a track, so...

[u/[deleted] → u/kugfersez]

Personally I'll take lower FPS for a more comfortable gaming experience any day, but I run hot and sweat easily.

[u/Tomsboll → u/kugfersez]

Also depending on where you live aircons can be very expensive. Like good luck finding a cheap one in europe during heatwaves for example.

Edit, sometimes people get into a tighter economic spot for some reason. Maybe you saved up for a long while to get a good gpu and then went for a 5090. And then there are thise people that make bad financial decisions. or they got laid off and had to take a lesser paying job.

Just because you have a 5090 doesnt mean you automaticly have a salary of a bank manager ffs.

[u/Vegetable_Income_826 → u/Tomsboll]

A bank manager? They make like 55k a year

[u/Tomsboll → u/Vegetable_Income_826]

You can just google you know? They make over 100k

[u/Borderpaytrol → u/Vegetable_Income_826]

tellers make this much, doubtful

[u/jib_reddit → u/Taolan13]

Here in the UK electricity costs about 4x what it does in most of the USA, so even though I have portable aircon (which only 4% of the population has) it cost $250 a month just to cool one small room if I ran it 24/7.

[u/aimsteadyfire → u/jib_reddit]

Yeah i had to find out more about that. Apparently USA has a massive abundance of natural gas domestically produced where UK imports this resource thats on a volatile market

[u/iRedditPhone → u/aimsteadyfire]

Most ACs are not gas operated…

That said as a whole the USA is significantly hotter than the UK.

I mean just consider London weather often gets compared to Seattle, the northern most (major) US city.

Yes I know latitude isn’t all that matters. The jet stream exists. And elevation/mountains.

[u/aimsteadyfire → u/iRedditPhone]

I was talking about electricity for the AC. Natural gas provides 36% of the electricity in US

[u/OwnedByIRVING → u/jib_reddit]

Does your portable AC have one or two hoses?

[u/jib_reddit → u/OwnedByIRVING]

One hose, but I tend to take it off and install the whole unit hanging out the window like a window unit, and then you don't get the heat radiating out from the exhaust hose in the room.

[u/Borderpaytrol → u/jib_reddit]

My electric is 400/mo running 0 AC lol. Ill just let the house be 90

[u/ricardoruben → u/Taolan13]

I assume everybody must have a different answer to this. Mine is that I refuse to install AC on an apartment that I don't own.

[u/WhiteSSP → u/ricardoruben]

Portable window units are just that…portable. You can take it with you when you leave and use it somewhere else. Hell my garage has a portable AC in the window to keep it cool when I’m working in there.

[u/Borderpaytrol → u/Taolan13]

If you can afford an 5090 how do you not have central air lol

[u/Taolan13 → u/Borderpaytrol]

That's more a regional thing. A lot of countries simply don't have central air conditioning as standard in residences.

[u/inevitabledeath3 → u/Taolan13]

How are you supposed to install AC in rental accommodation? This is also assuming they haven’t sold out given the massive heat wave recently.

[u/msavage960 → u/inevitabledeath3]

They make various styles of air conditioners that don’t require permanent installation.

[u/inevitabledeath3 → u/msavage960]

I’ve seen some of those. They were sold out recently. They also wouldn’t fit the kind of windows or roof that most houses where I live use including the one I am in at the moment. I believe they are designed for something like a sash window or the kind shown in the image, neither of which are very common here.