How does the temperature of a computer effect its performance?
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A cpu produces heat and when a cpu gets too hot it becomes damaged and stops working. The solution to this is thermal throttling, when a cpu starts to get close to what the manufacture has determined to be the cut off temp it will adjust the clock of the CPU lower so the CPU produces less heat.
The CPU clock is more or less how fast the CPU can process instructions. The higher the clock the more instructions it can process. The lower the clock the fewer you can process.
Similarly this applies for gpus in the same way.
Additionally some storage mediums are said to function better or worse when hotter or colder depending on the medium.
Mind you it also isn’t ideal for a computer to be overly cold either. A computer that has a cooling system that can make it colder than room temperature risks condensation which could lead to issues with the electronics (water doesn’t mix well with electronics)
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