Beyond water cooling. (Was Re: Peltier devices for cooling)

[Harry Bissell]

It depends on how much heat the processor puts out VS the volume of air
inside the box.
You will reach equilibrium at some temperature. If the box lid is easily
opened, a fresh charge of "ambient" air could be added... perhaps at the
same time as the coffee / beer / whatever is added to the artists...

I also don't usually go very long in a session with the computer
running... but if you are doing HD recording I guess that don't work..
eh??

Scott Gravenhorst wrote:

> Perhaps it isn't "convenient", but I've worked on sites where the
> CPU box is in another room (here, for security) and extender cables
> were used to connect display, mouse and keyboard.  This would place
> audible noise as well as EMI farther from the recording equipment.
> IMHO, placing a PC in a container is reducing the supply of ambient
> air required for cooling (which is why the fans are there in the
> first place: to suck up cooler ambient air and blow out warmer
> air which gets diluted by the cooler air).  If I rearranged my
> studio, I could do this.  As always, YMMV.
>
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