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    Default How hot (room temp) is too hot to run an i7 PC?

    Stinking hot weather here. Without AC, the house in general and computer room gets to 33C every day.

    For those in the know, how hot is too hot to run an old Dell Vostro i7 desktop with smoking hot Seagate Barracuda 7000rpm hard drive in it? Will it die an early death in this heat without AC? There is an extra case fan it it and the CPU fan is not screaming, it's throttled back.

    You know how it is, have AC but can't afford to run it in every room.



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    Should be fine.

    As long as it's getting the airflow though it, which it obviously is.

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    have a look in the bios and see what temp the processor is if its under 50 c and you have some air from the case fan blowing over the hard drive it it should be ok

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    Make sure everything in it is clean. I give my PC a blowout with the compressor every 6 Months to get the dust and crap out and there is a lot of dust and crap that comes out!
    Heat sinks and Fans don't work well if they are blocked or caked in dust.

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    Quote Originally Posted by coalminer View Post
    have a look in the bios and see what temp the processor is if its under 50 c and you have some air from the case fan blowing over the hard drive it it should be ok
    Thanks all. Can't find any CPU temp in this BIOS version. My other one had it, but this one doesn't seem to.

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    I lived in Darwin without aircond for 26 years. I started out with an 8086 machine when they first came out, upgrading on and off over the next 20 odd years and never had a problem with heat. Even lightning strikes were taken in stride because of good surge protection.

    TO qualify that: My first computer PSU did succumb, and I build an analogue supply out of a big tranny and a few zenners and voltage regulators. It was still running some 10 years later. My other machines all had protection. (If it ain't on, it's not on )
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    spinning drives run around 40-45c from memory, i don think that sort of heat would do anything
    80 odd deg might tho
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