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For anyone who's built a PC before and happens to find themselves without AC, buy a few window fans and you'll find that you can create a consistent airflow in

For anyone who's built a PC before and happens to find themselves without AC, buy a few window fans and you'll find that you can create a consistent airflow in your room/house the same way you make airflow in a PC case. If you're in a room that generates heat, blow air out. Otherwise pull air from outside a larger/two fan(s) and blow air out with a smaller fan.

ed25519FUUU 5y ago
In our area evaporative coolers are like magic. They use almost no energy but can bring down the room temp more than 15F.
- otterley 5y ago
  Alas, those only work in desert climates. Much of the world is relatively humid and "swamp coolers" are ineffective there.
  - gambiting 5y ago
    Yeah, here in UK my office at home is currently at 26C and 60% humidity - adding more with an evaporative cooler would do exactly nothing.
formerly_proven 5y ago
Also, using aggressive power saving is quite effective when sharing a room with a PC. A human gives off about 50 W of heat when sitting somewhere. PCs can easily consume multiple times as much, a loaded gaming PC is the equivalent of a half a dozen people sitting in! No surprise it gets hot.