heat is the constant nemesis of any computer
enthusiast and between custom water loops RGB fans and beefy tower style
heat sinks a massive industry is sprung up around keeping your precious
components as cool as possible
not a problem for me but is all this effort for nothing i
mean nearly all of us have a refrigerator in our homes to reliably
create a cold environment so we don't get food poisoning from our leftover
frito pie so why can't we just stick our computers in the fridge and forego all
of these expensive cooling gadgets well other than the fact that your cables
will stick out of the fridge and cause you to lose cold air embarrassing there
are actually some pretty big issues with the idea the first thing to remember is
that a refrigerator is designed to remove heat from food and then turn off
its own compressor once everything inside gets down to a cold enough temperature relying on insulation to
keep things cold for a while before it has to kick back on although the fridge
might have to work harder if you put in a bunch of thanksgiving turkey that's at
room temperature it can still handle the task since the turkey isn't going to be
continually spitting out tons of heat computer components on the other hand
generate lots of heat especially when you're running dew maternal at 8k or
unzipping all that RAM you downloaded in even the best case scenario a
refrigerator's compressor won't be able to remove all that continuous heat
quickly enough meaning the inside of the fridge could actually become warm and at
worst you could end up damaging the fridge as the compressor constantly
strains to cool things down on top of that you'd run a high risk of actually
wrecking your components suppose you leave a pc inside a fridge for long
enough for the component surfaces to cool off any moisture inside your
refrigerator could then condense on your components just as it condenses on a
cold drink on a hot humid day that certainly looks super refreshing in a
soda commercial but pc components don't drink soda that's a free tech tip right
there if your pc components get wet they could short out and suffice it to say
that your crazy experiment to prolong the life of your electronics would come
to an ironic tragic end and if you put your pc in a fridge that you open
regularly this risk would be even greater as you'd probably introduce more
warm moist air every time you open it
disgusting but why don't radiators and water coolers that are designed for
computer parts suffer from the same problems well although these solutions
market themselves with cool names like primo chill and twin frozer
your components are still much warmer than ambient even if you have an awesome
cooler that keeps your high performance CPU and GPU below 60 degrees celsius
under load that's still going to be much warmer than the ambient room temperature
unless you're living in a walk-in barbecue in which case i think you have
more immediate problems to worry about remember a component that's hot to the
touch can still be cool enough to function with no issues you just don't
want them to be literally frozen just let it go
on top of that computer cooling products are designed better for continuous
active heat exchange than a home refrigerator is heat pipes water pumps
and fans operate the entire time your computer is powered on to draw heat away
from your components and ultimately dispel it into open space without
breaking down your cooler contrast that with a fridge that instead relies on
insulation to keep heat from getting in as well as a compressor that's not
designed to be running all the time otherwise you'd have to go catch it
now all this isn't to say there aren't exotic cooling solutions that a
refrigerator like that can cool electronics properly some enthusiasts
have invested in expensive phase change cooling systems that operate using
similar principles to a fridge and air conditioners that help cool data centers
also use evaporating liquid to keep all those servers from overheating but as
far as trying to stick your pc inside your mini fridge you're much better off
just using it to stop your bologna sandwiches from spoiling and if they do
make a better sandwich baloney john
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