Temp controlled storage unit?

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Uncle Humjaba

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Hey all,

So I'm in college out here in South Carolina, and I live in California. Unfortunately it looks like I'll be leaving my desktop (+ monitor + speakers) in a storage unit with some other crap over the summer. It gets pretty hot here in South Carolina, so I was wondering if I needed a temperature controlled storage unit or not.

Thoughts?

Thanks

-Tyler
 
Your hard drives are the most temperature sensitive component, but I really don't see a problem with anything else being stored (power off) in a hot environment.
 
Uncle Humjaba said:
Hey all,

So I'm in college out here in South Carolina, and I live in California. Unfortunately it looks like I'll be leaving my desktop (+ monitor + speakers) in a storage unit with some other crap over the summer. It gets pretty hot here in South Carolina, so I was wondering if I needed a temperature controlled storage unit or not.

Thoughts?

Thanks

-Tyler
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I'd get one just to be on the safe side. Then again my pc is my most valuable possession next to my car.
 
Well, components which are turned off can take a lot higher temperatures than those which are on. Unless temperatures in the storage unit get above 70-80 degrees Celsius, I don't see any issues.
 
I'm not too worried about the hard drives (and I'm contemplating bringing my hdd home with my with an external case to use on my laptop anyway). There's nothing to worry about with the monitor or the speakers? I'll be leaving my yamaha keyboard in there as well. It gets up to mid 90's with 100% humidity in the summer (a/c helps with humidity as well)
 
Uncle Humjaba said:
I'm not too worried about the hard drives (and I'm contemplating bringing my hdd home with my with an external case to use on my laptop anyway). There's nothing to worry about with the monitor or the speakers? I'll be leaving my yamaha keyboard in there as well. It gets up to mid 90's with 100% humidity in the summer (a/c helps with humidity as well)
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LCD? and if theres gonna be alot of humidity, then i'd get the temp controlled one. Even in storage humidity can trash your stuff.
 
Yeah it's an LCD. I'd be heart broken if my beloved sale-Soyo got trashed... dunno how I'd replace it with all the TN running around :p
 
Well, as I said, it all depends on the storage conditions inside the unit. If you can't get any guarantees with a regular storage unit, then for peace of mind I would recommend a regulated unit.
 
We're going with the temp controlled.

Oh, and my soyo was $200.. Im in a dorm so I need the viewing angles for when we watch movies (people watching from every which direction) :)
 
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