The heat is on us, and for anywhere for gamers that means one thing: keep your PC cool so that it does not affect the performance, or worse, completely melted.
PCs are strengthening throughout the board, RTX 50-series gaming PCs and some best laptops with the latest Intel and Snapdragon chips are working hard for cool items under the hood for some more efficient power management.
This does not prevent a PC from catching on fire, although for those who live in a Swelling environment and have limited ways to keep their computer from overheating, especially during heavy charge or those graphically in acute PC games, there are ways to keep the temperature low to change the temperature.
Keep these necessary suggestions in mind to prevent your PC from overheating.
Why does your PC overheat?
But first, how do PCs overheat in the first place? Whether it is your desktop, laptop or gaming handheld, here are some factors that can participate in temperature increase.
- Hot situation: If your PC is facing direct sunlight or is in a high -temperature room, it can naturally affect the temperature of the system.
- Intensive software: Demanding apps and games can put the computer’s CPU and GPU under pressure, which can produce an important buildup of heat.
- Blocked vents: The PC needs a way to release heat, and if the exhaust vents are blocked on a laptop (whether on table, bed or couch) or desktop (if it is pushed against a wall), there is no way to destroy heat.
- Excessive dust: This is a simple, but a buildup of dust can prevent fans, block the vent and even insulating important components inside a PC, and it does not give any favor to the computer.
- Tab overload: If you have a tab hoisting in browsers such as Google Chrome, it can cause a PC to use a lot of system resources, tax on CPU and increase temperature.
- Update required: Older apps on your PC that have not yet seen updates can have a significant impact on performance, as a PC can use more resources to handle software.
We have given a lot of ways to prevent your gaming PC from catching fire to give refresh and tips to your old PC, but you can also keep the temperature cool by changing some essential settings in the windows.
1. Switch power plan
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Many gaming PCs come with their own software that can easily replace power mode from settings like “high performance” from settings like “balanced” or “power saver”, such as ROG Armary Cret or Acer’s nitrosense.
Although it can affect the performance of the game you play, the title (or productivity app) that do not require many resources will not require PC to be in your Prime. Better yet, you can just change the power plan by going to Windows Settings.
Open control room (Search it in taskbar), navigate hardware and Sound And click on power optionsFrom here, you can switch to the power plan. The “balanced” will further reduce power consumption, and therefore for heat, but for the best cooling, you would like to click “Power Sever”.
2. Get rid of background apps
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There are some apps that follow the background without noting you, and if you add more active apps to the equation it can put a lot of pressure on your PC. So you want to get rid of them Definitely There is no need to run.
Open the setting app (“Windows key + i” or start menu),, Click on apps In the left hand sidebar and Open installed apps,
Now you will see all the apps on your PC. Choose an app you want to stop running in the background, and click “Three dots” icons And Click “Advanced Options”. “Under background app permissions, click on the dropdown menu and “Never.”
3. Stop visual effects
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Do you know that many Windows apps use visual effects? They can be subtle, but may be unnecessary if you do not even notice them, and they can take a toll on your PC graphics card. They are not needed? Close them.
Search for “Adjust the presence and performance of Windows” In the taskbar. Click on the option and a control room window will appear. In the “Visual Effects” tab, Click on “Adjust for Best Perform” Options,
This will close all the effects, but you can choose and choose what options you want to have a small style when you still navigate your Windows 11 PC. After this, Click “Apply”.
4. Let your GPU work more
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If your GPU performs better than your CPU and can manage to handle your own tasks, you would like to turn on “hardware-divided GPU scheduling”. This will effectively manage your graphics card to manage your own VRAM (video memory), taking a load from PC’s CPU – from which your computer internal runs a tad cooler.
To do this, open the settings and then select the System> Display> Graphics. Click once there “Advanced graphics settings.” Then, turn the togle next to the “hardware-submerged GPU scheduling”, then restart your PC.
5. Reduce the maximum frame rate
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I know, everyone wants their gaming PC to make the highest frame rates possible, but it can take much more than a GPU, and for some titles, you will find a butterfleged smooth because it can get it without any visual change at low frame rates.
You can configure the maximum frame rate in many customized PC games, but you can also do it in the settings of Nvidia and AMD.
For an Nvidia-equipped desktop or laptop, open the NVIDIA control room. Go to manage “3D settings” on the left -arm sidebar, and under global settings, select the “Max Frame Rate”. Now, you can set the maximum frame rate of all the games you play.
The same applies to an AMD-operated PC. Open AMD Software: Click on Adrenalin Edition App, Gaming Tab, then “Global Graphics.” Enable “Radeon Chil”, select your favorite minimum and maximum FPS range.
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