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I used to increase my PC voltages every winter at my parents wooden heated house near the arctic circle. The room temperatures could drop all the way to 16C (60
by Jhsto 9y ago
I used to increase my PC voltages every winter at my parents wooden heated house near the arctic circle. The room temperatures could drop all the way to 16C (60F) during the night. That allowed easy overclocks on my Athlon processor from 3 to 4Ghz. I still had to wear wool socks though, because the air pushing from the central unit would cause an annoying breeze of cold air onto my toes in the always chilly room.
- kiddico 9y agoI always look forward to the overclocking bump I get in the winter :) It's a bit odd having a seasonal clock speed though .
- nerdponx 9y agoThe room temperatures could drop all the way to 16C (60F) during the night That's what you call cold up in the arctic? That's definitely how cold my NYC apartment is every night from November through March. Heat is expensive!
- Jhsto 9y agoInteresting, I didn't know NYC apartments get so cold! But yeah, maybe it's just me, but I prefer sleeping in a warm (or hot) rooms. Also, it's still actually cold outside. Coldest mornings the year I left my parents apartment were around -40C (-40F). I personally withdraw from going outside by choice after it gets below -30C (-22F). Below that point, I start having random nose bleeds of blood. People from the south may pass out.
- wolco 9y agoIn Canada schools are stiil open in -40C weather. We only get a few days like that in the south.
- s0rce 9y agoHah, my place in the SF bay area often gets that cold on cool nights, no insulation, single pane windows and heat is expensive, blankets and thick socks are cheaper.
- sorenjan 9y agoIt's very uncommon for homes to be as cold as 16C in Sweden, in fact if you rent you can demand that the temperature doesn't get lower than 18C, or 16C on the floor. It's probably because of better insulation.
- twobyfour 9y agoThe law in NYC is something to the effect that between October (I think) and March, if it's colder than X degrees outside the landlord must heat the apartment to 65F in the daytime and 55F at night.
- lucaspiller 9y agoMost of that issue is insulation (or lack thereof). Where I live (Northern Europe) it's been 0C-10C/32F-50F outside for the past couple of weeks, yet I still haven't turned the heating on. Inside temperatures have been a steady 21C/70F. My apartment was newly-built last year, and rated B for energy efficiency. We have a heat-recovery ventilation system which I assume helps a lot, as we don't need to leave the windows open for fresh air, and heat from showering and the dryer is used to heat the inside air, rather than just being vented outside.
- johnnywishbone 9y agoI remember in college that we found it was cheaper just to use our computers to heat our crappy rented pad than to pay for heat and the electricity for our PCs. Those were the days.