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this is a question i've been asked a hundred times and based on a quick

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google search it looks like there are quite a few other folks who want the

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answer how hot can my pc run before it's

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not safe anymore okay well let's start with why you would

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care how hot it runs on lots of reasons high temperatures can cause all kinds of

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stuff in semiconductors it increases the electrical resistance

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reducing efficiency it can speed up the degradation of electrical pathways

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within the component allowing errors that cause data corruption and it can

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even if the proper safeguards weren't in place caused the low temperature solder

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that is sometimes used to completely melt

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alrighty then that's very scary can you give me the answer now Linus well hold

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on let's start with some information from the websites of a couple of

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computer hardware manufacturers you may have heard of the t-junction temperature

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the point at which it will turn down its own speed to preserve its life for the

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Intel core i7 4770k CPU is 105 degrees

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celsius the out of the box standard operating temperature of 95 degrees

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celsius for AMD's r9 290x graphics card

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is to quote AMD perfectly safe

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while powered on a wd red hard drive can operate anywhere from zero to 70 degrees

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which in their testing produces no unrecoverable errors and a gtx 780 ti

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ships at an 80 degree maximum and NVIDIA theoretically allows up to 95 degrees

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but we found that they actually limit it to around 86 degrees celsius so those

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are super scary high temperatures Linus my friend said it should be lower are

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they misinformed if it says it's okay directly on the manufacturer's website

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why is there so much confusion out there about this because it's not quite that

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simple unlike the engine in your car which uses

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a thermostat to maintain itself within a very narrow range usually with between

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90 to 100 degrees celsius most pc parts

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don't have moving parts that rely on tight manufacturing tolerances and high

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performance lubricants to keep them functioning so they don't really have an

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optimal operating temperature that means that while the hard drive with moving

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parts specified a maximum temperature for the other stuff a maximum is

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specified and a minimum is not because you can pretty much run it as low as you

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want and it'll be happier than a pig in split

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with that said lower is better if you're

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taking the appropriate precautions for most people you're not going to want

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your temperatures to drop any lower than ambient or the temperature of the

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surrounding air because below that temperature water droplets forming on

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your components due to condensation becomes a major concern water is worse

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for your hardware than high temperatures so here's the summary first check out

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the manufacturer's product page then take that information with a grain of

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salt if you're one of those people who believes in taking really good care of your stuff and you want to be sure that

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your hardware will last and be reliable keep in mind that the way manufacturers

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rate their products is based on the way they expect most people will actually

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use them they're not expecting you to still be using that CPU graphics card or

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hard drive in 10 years time and they certainly aren't giving you a warranty

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that lasts that long so they build some buffer into the numbers but they don't

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worry about those fringe cases too much so for added assurance take their number

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and build in your own buffer that makes you feel comfortable speaking of fringe

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