Does overheating cause a computer to slow down?

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Published on 2009-07-15T19:16:58Z Indexed on 2010/03/21 23:21 UTC
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It's a pet peeve of mine that people leave the tower of their desktop computers in the small enclosed cabinet part of computer desks.

I've heard that heat issues can cause problems with PCs, but is this realistic? Is leaving the desktop in a cabinet area, or above-average-room-temp, a realistic potential cause of slowdowns?

(I'm completely aware that there are other contributing factors to computer 'slowness', just wondering if this is a realistic problem, or mostly mental).

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