Temperature plays a serious role in the performance of your PC, and with summer around the corner, our PC’s are going to be hot. With your computer running hotter than it has been all year you can damage your hardware shortening the lifespan of the computer. To protect your data and the health of your system, here are the top 5 ways CVCP recommends keeping your PC running cooler this summer.
1. Move your data to a Solid State Drive (SSD)
Average running temperature under a normal amount of use for a solid state drive AND a hard disk drive is around 30ºC and 50ºC (86ºF to 122ºF). While they run at similar temperatures, the HDD usually has considerably more mass compared to the SSD, thus emitting more heat to the surrounding components and restricting airflow inside the case.
2. Avoid Cable Clutter
Just like I mentioned with the HDD, airflow is important to the cooling of your case. If your cables are too long or run improperly, you can have huge airflow issues and cause heat pockets near valuable hardware.
3. Get more fans
This one is simple, if you have room in your case, throw more fans in there. More airflow never hurts anyone, unless you do a bad job keeping it clean inside your case. Which leads us to the next tip.
4. Clean out the dust
Cleaning out the dust in your pc should be a part of your routine maintenance when it comes to cleaning your desk space. Not only does it restrict airflow in the vents of your case, but an excess amount of dust in your work area is bad for your health and with frustratingly warm temperatures, the last thing you want to add to your day is a dusty nose.
5. Keep it in the open
You spent a good chunk of money on your RGB, full tempered glass, table mounted, bulletproof, remote controlled case. Put that thing in a place where it can see the light of day! A lot of desks, in hopes to take advantage of smaller spaces, have compartments built to hold a PC, but a lot of times there is limited airflow, and these small pockets can cause a lot of hot air to be trapped in your case.
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