WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.720 Heat is the constant nemesis of any computer enthusiast, 00:00:04.720 --> 00:00:09.600 and between custom water loops, RGB fans, and beefy tower-style heat sinks, 00:00:09.600 --> 00:00:15.600 a massive industry is sprung up around keeping your precious components as cool as possible. 00:00:16.600 --> 00:00:21.320 Not a problem for me. But is all this effort for nothing? 00:00:21.320 --> 00:00:24.640 I mean, nearly all of us have a refrigerator in our homes 00:00:24.640 --> 00:00:28.600 to reliably create a cold environment so we don't get food poisoning 00:00:28.600 --> 00:00:32.800 from our leftover Frito-Pie. So why can't we just stick our computers in the fridge 00:00:32.800 --> 00:00:36.040 and forgo all of these expensive cooling gadgets? 00:00:36.040 --> 00:00:41.520 Well, other than the fact that your cables will stick out of the fridge and cause you to lose cold air, embarrassing, 00:00:41.520 --> 00:00:46.360 there are actually some pretty big issues with the idea. The first thing to remember is that a refrigerator 00:00:46.360 --> 00:00:50.760 is designed to remove heat from food and then turn off its own compressor 00:00:50.760 --> 00:00:56.720 once everything inside gets down to a cold enough temperature, relying on insulation to keep things cold for a while 00:00:56.720 --> 00:01:00.080 before it has to kick back on. Although the fridge might have to work harder 00:01:00.080 --> 00:01:03.200 if you put in a bunch of Thanksgiving turkey that's at room temperature, 00:01:03.200 --> 00:01:06.600 it can still handle the tasks since the turkey isn't going to be continually 00:01:06.600 --> 00:01:09.760 spitting out tons of heat. Computer components, on the other hand, 00:01:09.760 --> 00:01:13.680 generate lots of heat, especially when you're running doom eternal at 8K 00:01:13.680 --> 00:01:17.480 or unzipping all that RAM you downloaded. In even the best case scenario, 00:01:17.480 --> 00:01:22.640 a refrigerator's compressor won't be able to remove all that continuous heat quickly enough, 00:01:22.640 --> 00:01:25.920 meaning the inside of the fridge could actually become warm. 00:01:25.920 --> 00:01:32.040 And at worst, you could end up damaging the fridge as the compressor constantly strains to cool things down. 00:01:32.040 --> 00:01:35.640 On top of that, you'd run a high risk of actually wrecking your components. 00:01:35.640 --> 00:01:40.320 Suppose you leave a PC inside a fridge for long enough for the component surfaces to cool off. 00:01:40.320 --> 00:01:44.640 Any moisture inside your refrigerator could then condense on your components, 00:01:44.640 --> 00:01:48.200 just as it condenses on a cold drink on a hot, humid day. 00:01:48.200 --> 00:01:54.360 That certainly looks super refreshing in a soda commercial, but PC components don't drink soda. 00:01:54.440 --> 00:01:58.720 That's a free tech tip right there. If your PC components get wet, they could short out. 00:01:58.720 --> 00:02:03.240 And suffice it to say that your crazy experiment to prolong the life of your electronics 00:02:03.240 --> 00:02:07.520 would come to an ironic, tragic end. And if you put your PC in a fridge 00:02:07.520 --> 00:02:10.600 that you open regularly, this risk would be even greater 00:02:10.600 --> 00:02:13.640 as you'd probably introduce more warm, moist air 00:02:13.640 --> 00:02:17.920 every time you open it. Disgusting. But why don't radiators and water coolers 00:02:17.920 --> 00:02:21.200 that are designed for computer parts suffer from the same problems? 00:02:21.200 --> 00:02:28.280 Well, although these solutions market themselves with cool names like PrimoChill and TwinFrozer, 00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:31.320 your components are still much warmer than ambient. 00:02:31.320 --> 00:02:35.080 Even if you have an awesome cooler that keeps your high performance CPU and GPU 00:02:35.080 --> 00:02:39.680 below 60 degrees Celsius under load, that's still going to be much warmer 00:02:39.680 --> 00:02:43.680 than the ambient room temperature, unless you're living in a walk-in barbecue, 00:02:43.680 --> 00:02:49.080 in which case I think you have more immediate problems to worry about. Remember, a component that's hot to the touch 00:02:49.080 --> 00:02:52.120 can still be cool enough to function with no issues. 00:02:52.120 --> 00:02:55.600 You just don't want them to be literally frozen. 00:02:55.600 --> 00:02:58.840 Just let it go. On top of that, computer cooling products 00:02:58.840 --> 00:03:01.960 are designed better for continuous active heat exchange 00:03:01.960 --> 00:03:05.920 than a home refrigerator is. Heat pipes, water pumps, and fans 00:03:05.920 --> 00:03:10.640 operate the entire time your computer is powered on to draw heat away from your components 00:03:10.640 --> 00:03:15.040 and ultimately dispel it into open space without breaking down your cooler. 00:03:15.040 --> 00:03:18.480 Contrast that with a fridge that instead relies on insulation 00:03:18.480 --> 00:03:22.480 to keep heat from getting in, as well as a compressor that's not designed 00:03:22.480 --> 00:03:26.840 to be running all the time. Otherwise, you'd have to go catch it. 00:03:28.200 --> 00:03:31.320 Now, all this isn't to say there aren't exotic cooling 00:03:31.320 --> 00:03:35.120 solutions that a refrigerator like that can cool electronics properly. 00:03:35.120 --> 00:03:38.800 Some enthusiasts have invested in expensive phase change cooling systems 00:03:38.800 --> 00:03:43.760 that operate using similar principles to a fridge, and air conditioners that help cool data centers 00:03:43.760 --> 00:03:47.520 also use evaporating liquid to keep all those servers from overheating. 00:03:47.520 --> 00:03:50.960 But as far as trying to stick your PC inside your mini fridge, 00:03:50.960 --> 00:03:55.360 you're much better off just using it to stop your bologna sandwiches from spoiling. 00:03:55.360 --> 00:03:58.960 And if they do, make a better sandwich. Bologna, John? 00:04:00.840 --> 00:04:04.400 Well, that's it for this one, guys. Thanks for watching. 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