{"id":94115,"date":"2016-06-15T11:02:13","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T09:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=94115"},"modified":"2016-06-16T13:15:21","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T11:15:21","slug":"one-incredible-trick-that-could-stop-your-pc-and-consoles-from-overheating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/94115-one-incredible-trick-that-could-stop-your-pc-and-consoles-from-overheating","title":{"rendered":"One incredible trick that could stop your PC and consoles from overheating"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Twitter user may have just discovered an incredibly easy method to stop your electronics from overheating.<\/p>\n

akinori_suzuki<\/a><\/strong> found that after\u00a0stacking copper coins on your device, the heat would transfer from his laptop to the coins.<\/p>\n

This is because copper is a much better conductor of heat than aluminium or plastic (the materials that make up most of today’s modern electronics).<\/p>\n

This advice doesn’t only pertain to laptops however, as other users have taken to incorporate the idea into their desktop builds and consoles.<\/p>\n

The method can also be tested in South Africa, as our R1 and R2 pieces consist <\/a><\/strong>primarily of Copper.<\/p>\n

As a disclaimer, this is merely an observation of a twitter user, but the thermodynamic concept behind it is\u00a0sound.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Heat<\/a><\/p>\n

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