Re: Computer Based Garage Heat (was 09 BBQ)

From: Mike Burgess (mike_burgess@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Jan 28 2009 - 09:46:36 EST


Cold will not hurt the components. CPU die temperature should be fine at 70C (don't know how your temp is measured, diode in CPU, or thermistor in socket) Someone just ran a speed test with a CPU in liquid nitrogen, clocked at 6GHz
( http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/26/1644209 )

Bringing cold parts into a warm, humid room will cause condensation, most laptops instructions cover this hazard. Opening a door, and allowing a blast of warm humidity into the computer lab will cause the same effect.

What will hurt is temperature cycles, cold - hot - warm - hot - cold. If you can keep a steady temp, that will be better than super cold.

HDD's should have enough airflow to stay below 120F (as reported by S.M.A.R.T. diags.) Newer drives are more efficient, and are easier to keep cooler.

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