We did wonder if these computers were able to melt the ice around them or be actually capable of powering up the computer in such low temperatures.
Chinese content creator and hardware enthusiast 苏baka (for the purposes of this article, we will be calling her Baka) decided to see if seasonal temperature changes can have an effect on a PC system’s internal temperature while under heavy load. She decided to test her gaming computer outdoors in a minus 63-degree Celsius weather.
The temperature drop is part of a recent record cold snap in northern China. Baka tested a computer containing an Intel i9-13900K and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 outside over two nights. If these components were being used, they can reach temperatures up to 100 degrees Celsius. So the question now is: will it be easier for the computer if the temperature surrounding it would be low? This is what Baka aimed to find out.
Surprisingly, the PC didn’t get damaged at all. The CPU was able to reach 6.18 GHz while hovering around 15C, and the graphics card maintained -40C with a hotspot at -18C. The content creator also reassured that no hardware was damaged in her tests.
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