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• Anonymous Techie (2025-11-22 07:06 ID:V/KCSOg4 )
• My Thinkpad has not been doing its best in the tropics. \n\n What computing solution fares best in high humidity, 33c/91f climate? \n\n I feel like getting a big desktop as opposed to a micro PC could be easier to cool. Or maybe water cooling is better than air cooling. Not a hardware geek so I appreciate your insight \n\n
• Anonymous Techie (2025-11-22 09:38 ID:vapQzJMF )
• Your instincts are correct, small PCs and laptops tend to have shitty cooling compared to a traditional desktop. Doubly so if they're upscale brands like Apple run by autists who hate fan noise, though Lenovo isn't one of these to my knowledge. \n\n Do you game or do a lot of CPU & GPU intensive stuff? Air cooling is way cheaper and more reliable, so unless you really need maximum performance I'd pass on the liquid coolers. If you yourself are an autist who hates fan noise though, they are usually quieter. \n\n I think switching your laptop out for literally any desktop will make for the biggest improvement here, but you can try fixing your room environment as well. Google suggests having a fan (the household appliance) pointed at your PC can help. A dehumidifier might too, and of course better AC if that's within your means. \n\n
• Anonymous Techie (2025-11-22 13:38 ID:/4/nKOtF )
• Why not get one of those “smart refrigerators” I've been hearing so much about? They're like fridges with computers in them, so they're always cold \n\n
• Anonymous Techie (2025-12-10 09:08 ID:YW3US+8t )
• Is the problem actually the cooling/temperature? If so, probably an arm-based computer. ARM-laptops are becoming more and more of a thing. Otherwise you could just get something like an Raspberry Pi would probably be flawless. \n\n Could you be more descriptive about your needs and what issues you're encountering? \n\n
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