I have this computer in my bedroom and the amount of heat it produces is unbearable. First I had this pc on the table and then placed it in the cabinet made for a computer case in my table. The heat has been the same. I know that the parts get very hot and produce alot of heat but it gets to a point that during the summer i cant even be using it for more than an hour without turning on the ac. It gets so hot that my brain is about to blow up. I have a fan in the front and in the back. The front is sucking in air and rear is releasing it. The cpu fan also has a stock amd fan. The ps has one fan. My geforce 4 also has a fan. Most of the air comes out of the power supply. Is there any way to reduce the hot air. Could my case be the problem? Its all aluminium and i have had it since 2000. Any suggestions will be appreciated. SPECS: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Gigabyte S939 Mobo Geforce 4 TI 4400 Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS 2 HDD (WD 120GB, WD 20gb) 2 case fans Aluminium ATX Case

I had this problem, my room was getting so hot in the summer it was unbearable. I found however, it wasnt my pc that was the problem, it was that I the uPVC windows I have keep in heat. The room in question gets about 4 hrs of direct sunlight a day. I doubt very much it can be your pc heating your room as it would have to be very very hot to touch for it to do this which would mean your pc would shut off automatically.

Sorry didnt write the suggestions. I bought an external USB fan. That helped alot. Ebay has them. Also, try leaving your pc off for a day while it is baking hot outside and see if it makes a difference

Your PC is probably the equivalent of a 300 watt light bulb. It generates a LOT of heat and there's no getting around it. I guess you could connect some tubing to the output of the power supply fan and direct it outside through an open window. If you have a CRT monitor, switching to an LCD would help.

You could always wrap your PC in a thermal blanket to trap the heat inside it and prevent your room from heating up. Of course the PC would fail in about 10 minutes and your problem would be permanently solved. You are running an AMD64. They produce a lot of heat. Cooling the CPU is accomplished by transferring that heat somewhere else. If you are in a reasonably small room with doors/windows closed then the air in your room is going to heat up as it cycles through the PC. Turn on your aircon or open doors/windows to allow for ambient airflow. Know this. If you instal more efficient cooling in the PC it transfers MORE HEAT outside the PC so your room would actually heat up faster. Ham30's idea of ducting to outside is good but you would need to consider adding a booster fan to the ducting depending on the length of tubing I used to have a signature but it disappeared and I just couldn't be bothered writing another so please feel free to ingore this.