Overclocking outside in winter

[ArthurST]

Hi
I was thinking about crushing Futuremark by overclocking my pc outside in winter.
I know it's bad for hdd's, would ssd do the job? And could it die if it's snowing, but not on pc, from humidity?
And can cpu fry if the temps are ok?

 

[InvalidError]

The biggest risk to most components if you run them outdoors below freezing temperature is condensation when you bring them back inside. Since temperature inside the PC case will be much higher than outside, relative humidity inside the case will be much lower and should not be a problem. You still need to prevent snowflakes and water droplets from getting sucked in though.

 

[News_Van_Operator]

some people have no idea what they are talking about (as they don't have experience and never done it) so think for yourself

my 1998 lexus has a built in hard drive for gps, its almost 20 years old , and we almost minus 40c (Canada)- I don't even store the car in the garage and the GPS still works fine . its a Fujistu hard drive I believe. the temperature of the car inside warms up quicly too when running. .

now also by chance, Im a news van operator, we have computers mounted on a rack, the hard drives are from 2003 , and they are just also Fujistu drives. they still run fine,

just don't waste your time money buying a disposable drive (Seagate and many entry WD) for example.. get a server drive, a made in Japan drive just something that is known for reliability.