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I dont know if this is the right prace to put this but ill give it a go my house dont have air conditioning and my server keeps shutting down from the heat iv tryed huge fans and many fans but that jsut pups more heat in there... do i need whater cooling or is there something elce i can use?
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Well, water cooling would work well, bit with hot air blowing across a radiator, you may run into the same problem... I don't know anything when it comes to water cooling. :-\

However, something you might want to try is putting a bigger heatsink on the processor, maybe putting a new coat of compound on it.

If need be, you could always underclock / undervolt. But, that's no fun. That's all I can think of for now.

Good luck! :)
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ya i put better thermal compound on there but as for heat sinks im running dule p3's and i have none that will fit besides the ones on there but i will look into buying more
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I'd keep the side panel off and have a house fan blowing towards the inside. A larger/better heatsink will help some, but if it's too hot in the room then you can't cool better than the ambient temp. You may have to just wait on winter, or cooler days. Be sure it's never in the suns path.
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iv tryed a house fan didnt do any thing it actuly mad it hotter... im thinking aobut puting it in the bacement but im to lazy so ill just wate till it cools off
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maybe try having the fan pulling hot air out of the case? Worth a shot, right? :)
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smart one u are i shall try that
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