The winter season arrives and with it the start of heaters, radiators and everything that helps us fight it. However, although we are very warm to them, computers are not.
We all know that Heat is computer equipment’s worst ally, and that keeping it cold helps improve its performance and lifespan. This is why today we are going to see why you should not have it near a radiator. Although you will understand the reason.
Where should I place my PC in winter?
You can also deduce the answer, which is that we will need to keep it as far away from a heat source as possible, and not just because it can increase its temperature
However, if you have it, things change, since the airflow that the fans and cooling methods you have will not be able to get out of there, since everything around has an even higher temperature, so the the air, instead of being renewed, would accumulate, which makes it hotter and hotter.
This obviously doesn’t always happen, and we’re talking about extreme cases where, for example, you have the radiator under the desk and the tower stuck a few inches away. If you simply place your 30/40 cm box in an open space, neither under anything nor hidden, don’t worry.
And as we said, this applies to any equipment, not just a computer, but a console, which we tend to place where it is, or a simple projector, which overheats a lot on its own. It wouldn’t be a good thing if an air force was pointed at him.
In short, heat is the worst thing a device can experience, and this winter it is essential to be careful where we place it. Sometimes we tend to think that since it is cold there is no problem, and we only worry in summer, and having a computer near a radiator, which heats up. 80 degreesit’s worse than keeping him in a room in the summer at 30 o’clock. In one case it will experience more than twice as much heat as in the other, which only has to withstand the ambient temperature, which is much easier for it.
And you, have you taken this information into account, or are you one of those who thought that since it is cold at home, it does not matter whether you are close to a heat source? If you notice that your equipment is not working as it should and it is close to something like this, take a look at it and most importantly clean it, sometimes the accumulated heat cannot be released due to from the amount of dust they have, and that, added to what we saw today, is deadly for PCs. And I don’t think you want that.
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