Cooling, whats the point?

You can get insane case fans, CPU fans & mental heat sinks, water coolers, insanely cooled power supplies, HDD coolers, non standard Graphics card fans & heatsinks and Memory heatsinks.

I ask: Whats the point?

I thought the whole point in cooling your computer was so it didnt melt, with the exception of power supplies and overclocking, whats the point in cooling all your bits? If your planning on making your computer last longer then its slightly pointless as in a couple of years your gonna have to replace it anyway as its going to be obsolete. So unless your going to have it for more than 2 years theres no point on wasting all your money on cooling.

Am I missing something, does cooling help in other ways than pro-longing the life of your computer? I know it can help make the system more stable but for your average computer user its not applicable as youll find that you wont sit with it working all day every day like it would be in an office. Does cooling make your computer go faster in someway or is it just a hobby? Like people modify their cars so they look better with no practical purpose, is this what this is all about?

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Temperature does effect the conductivity of materials.
Decrease in temperature increases the current carrying capacity.

 

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Yes, fancy cooling is typically for overclockers. The average end user will not need to have any insane cooling for their PC.

However, there are instances when many computers suffer frequent crashes or slowdowns due to excessive heat. A typical HP computer, eMachine or any other system with a small tower usually have insufficient cooling. There are too many components crammed into those small cases and most of them create heat of some sort.

Those computers are "throw away" computers as I call them... systems that it is rarely worth the hassle and money to upgrade. They use sub par components in many cases and will eventually begin to have deterioration in performance due to over heating in time.

A cooler PC is a happier PC. Just like a cooler running engine is a happier one. Once engines start to get a bit too hot that's when trouble begins.

You have to account for room temperature also. If it is summer and you have no air conditioning your house will get warmer inside... so will your computer. This is something I doubt PC manufacturers take much into account when building a system. I would hazard to say they don't consider cooling as much of a priority by looking into many store bought computer cases. There is hardly any room left inside for decent airflow at all.

In my estimation it is better to add a couple case fans (one for blowing air in and one blowing out) than to just leave the system be. Of course if you have some of those tiny cases there is no place to put a fan unless you hack the sides of the case.