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XPS 730 H2C
I have a small home office and I don't want a powerful PC that is a space heater i.e. dissipate a lot of heat into the room. My current PC is a small form factor with Q6600 with 8800 GTS and it can noticeably boost the temperature in my office while the rest of my house is an ice box via central air. I am not necessarily into overclocking but I would like a fast quad core, powerful GPU, etc. It would be great if the PC was not too noisy as well. Would the XPS 730 H2C, since it is water cooled, fit the bill? Specifically I am wondering if hybrid cooling system would keep the PC cool without impacting the temperature of a small room.
My 720 which is case wise very simular to a 730 does throw off a bit of heat. Maybe raises my room temp about 2-5 degs F. (11 X 12)
Perhaps a 730 owner will chime in. I do recall another thread where some one posted about the same subject.
Thanks for the feedback Dave. It sounds like we are in the same boat. My home office is about 12 * 12 and the system I built (Shuttle small form factor bare bone) seems to impact the temperature of the room. The temperature differential is probably not entirely the PC's fault as the room is small, on a corner, with a large window (in Florida) but I do believe it pushed the differential high enough so that it is very noticeable. (I had been using only a Vosotro 1400 prior to the Shuttle which probably has very little heat dissipation). The temperature differential is now often 5 degrees (or more) between my office and a nearby dinning room. I was hoping a water cooled PC would have almost no thermal effect on the surrounding air but it sounds like things might not change too much with a H2C model.
If your looking for a small system then the 730 is not the one you want. While it is a great system the form factor is rather on the large front. As to the heating I think that would be an issue also. Even with the H2c which only really keeps the CPU cool a lot of heat does come out of the video cards and the power supply.
Depend on what you intend to use the system fo you might want to look at either the 420 or 630 systems.
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Posted July 2nd, 2008 14:00
Water cooled or air cooled the heat from the system is still put out into the air.
The water part is just used to remove heat from the internal components, The heat then has to be removed from the water and this is put out into the air as well.
With newer and faster computers they use more power and consequently put off more heat.
@Cat Trainer wrote:
Water cooled or air cooled the heat from the system is still put out into the air.
The water part is just used to remove heat from the internal components, The heat then has to be removed from the water and this is put out into the air as well.
With newer and faster computers they use more power and consequently put off more heat.
I was hoping with water that there would be less thermal transfer to the surrounding air. But as per the laws of physics energy is simply transferred not lost. I guess to dissipate the heat without affecting the surrounding air would require the heated water to be constantly pumped away from the computer and replaced with fresh (cool) water.
Message Edited by anettis on 07-02-2008 12:27 PMCat Trainer
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Posted July 2nd, 2008 16:00
@anettis wrote:
@Cat Trainer wrote:
Water cooled or air cooled the heat from the system is still put out into the air.
The water part is just used to remove heat from the internal components, The heat then has to be removed from the water and this is put out into the air as well.
With newer and faster computers they use more power and consequently put off more heat.
I was hoping with water that there would be less thermal transfer to the surrounding air. But as per the laws of physics energy is simply transferred not lost. I guess to dissipate the heat without affecting the surrounding air would require the heated water to be constantly pumped away from the computer and replaced with fresh (cool) water.
Message Edited by anettis on 07-02-2008 12:27 PM
unfortunatly that is very true.
I have mine set right beside the AC vent this helps put cool air into the case and I close off the vent in the winter.
You could put a fan at the door of your room to pull out some of the extra heat.
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Posted July 2nd, 2008 13:00
Hi Dave. I am not really looking for a small system. This is what I have now and it throws off way too much heat. :smileyhappy: I am looking for a system that will not heat up a small room, but is still high performance. It sounds like it may be wishful thinking on my part.