Can a Gaming PC Survive the North Pole?

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Our new environmental testing chamber can reach temperatures in excess of 50 degrees Celsius, or as low at -40 - the only question that remains is can a gaming computer survive these extremes?

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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKfxmFU3lWY
iTunes Download Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/supernova/id936805712
Artist Link: https://soundcloud.com/laszlomusic

Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngsGBSCDwcI
Listen on Spotify: http://spoti.fi/UxWkUw
Artist Link: http://www.youtube.com/approachingnirvana

Intro animation by MBarek Abdelwassaa https://www.instagram.com/mbarek_abdel/
Monitor And Keyboard by vadimmihalkevich / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/PgGWp
Mechanical RGB Keyboard by BigBrotherECE / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/mj6pHk4
Mouse Gamer free Model By Oscar Creativo / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/Ps3XfE

CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
0:50 Setting up the machine
2:19 Running a PC in the desert (122F ambient)
7:53 Running a PC in the Arctic (-40F ambient)
8:40 Looking inside the environmental chamber
9:22 Arctic temperature results
10:57 All hell breaks loose when a liquid cooler enters the mix
13:03 How about a custom water-cooled PC in the Arctic?