The amount of heat this will add to your case is negligible. We’re talking 15% waste on a 20W load, so 3W worth of extra heat. And that heat is produced in the PSU.
(PSU efficiency standards: i.imgur.com/WSWrsCm.gif)
Paragone@lemmy.world 5 months ago
IF you’ve a high-efficiency charger, then I’d say it’s probably more-efficient to use that charger.
The warmer you run your computer, the less-efficient it becomes, & the shorter the lifespan of the hottest chips in it ( this effect shouldn’t be significant )
e.g. increasing a CPU by 10Celsius should cut its lifespan in half.
by having more heat-generating-stuff going on in your computer, you impair the cooling of your CPU & GPU ( slightly, probably ), & that may affect your computer’s time-to-failure.
Fan-bearings may dry-out sooner, too.
hth, eh?
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Robin@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Gamers_Mate@kbin.run 5 months ago
If the heat is negligible I would assume it should not matter as long as you do not charge while your pc is doing a task that uses up to much resources?
Gamers_Mate@kbin.run 5 months ago
Thank you I will charge them separately there are some good ways to save electricity but I guess this is not one of them.