What's the best way to check the Ambient Temps before I stress-test my PC?

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What's the best way to check the Ambient Temps before I stress-test my PC or just using the PC in genaral.
I mean I heard it's very important. I always hear people saying "What are the Ambient Temps."
BTW: Will it make a HUGE difference when it comes to getting the most accurate temps or not??

 
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Ambient temps should be pretty easy to find but most of the time the answer is obvious. You know what you set your thermostat in your house to. If you live in a hot climate you already know to expect high temps.

Knowing the ambient temp is to help you troubleshoot heat issues in your PC. Let's, for example, that during a stress test you are getting very high temps. In addition to things like thermal paste application and heatsink mounting pressure, high ambient temps are another thing you have to factor into troubleshooting said high temps.

If you keep your house at a temp that's optimal for humans, 67c to 73c, ambient temps won't have much of an effect on your PC. Also note that computers with good airflow are less effected by...
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Ambient temps should be pretty easy to find but most of the time the answer is obvious. You know what you set your thermostat in your house to. If you live in a hot climate you already know to expect high temps.

Knowing the ambient temp is to help you troubleshoot heat issues in your PC. Let's, for example, that during a stress test you are getting very high temps. In addition to things like thermal paste application and heatsink mounting pressure, high ambient temps are another thing you have to factor into troubleshooting said high temps.

If you keep your house at a temp that's optimal for humans, 67c to 73c, ambient temps won't have much of an effect on your PC. Also note that computers with good airflow are less effected by ambient temperatures.
 
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