My desktop lives in a room with no AC, and every summer it turns into a small
heater. By 3 in the afternoon the room is already hot before I even press the power
button. Then the 2 fans that came with the cabinet start screaming within minutes of opening anything heavy.
My mother asked last week if a generator was running somewhere, and it was just my PC. First
I opened the side panel and looked inside. So much dust, it looked like grey felt. I cleaned
it with a soft brush and a dry cloth, and I was careful not to spin the fans.
It stayed quiet for about 10 days and then the noise came back, because the window is always
open. So now I clean the filters every 3 weeks in summer, and it takes me around 15 minutes.
After that I bought 2 extra case fans for about 600 rupees together and fitted them on a
Sunday. One pulls air in at the front and one pushes it out at the back. That dropped the
noise a lot. Same work, same games, but the stock fans don't need to run at full speed anymore.
My cabinet is a basic budget one, so I'm sure a better case would help even more.
What I keep going back and forth on is liquid cooling. Everybody online says it's the next
step. But I don't overclock. It's office work, some browsing and a bit of light gaming at night.
It feels like a lot of money to spend in a room where the air itself is already
hot. So should I save for a better case first, or is that overkill for my setup too?