Can cold weather affect my computer's performance?

Question

I think my room temperature might be fiddling with my computer.

Answer 1

The cold should help it. Unless maybe we are talking very cold. But anyhow cool weather should keep your PCs temps down a little thus boosting performance. Now maybe if its almost 0 degrees in your room it might cause problems? Anyhow once your PC is on for 10-20 Min's unless your room is below freezing the warmth of the PC should make it warm enough to fend of any problems from the cold.

Now if your room it hot things can get bad. I suggest download a temperature monitoring program. Many recent PC's have temperature diodes in them. A great program is "EVEREST Ultimate Edition" its only a trial version but it should still show many info as well as most or all your PCs temperature's.

Answer 2

If the room is comfortable for the average person to sit in, then it's an okay temperature for the computer. Make sure there's not too much stuff crowding the tower where the air intake is, otherwise the computer won't be able to vent, and it will heat up inside, which of course is bad.

Answer 3

PCs love cold! Its heat that is a problem. Extreme cold will only keep the CPU and memory etc cooler - which will make them more error free and longer lasting Only problem you might experience is condensation - i.e. water condensing on or in the case. That's more of a problem if you take a cold PC into a warm room though.

Answer 4

Computers perform better the colder you can get them.
The only things that hate the cold are LCD screens, and it'd have to be pretty darn cold!

Answer 5

No, cold weather can't. Hot weather can though. If you're having pc problems, it could be spyware, or virus or worm, or too much internet clutter.

Answer 6

YES IT CAN.