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I live in a climate where it is mostly cool for the duration of the year, so this generally isn't much of an issue, however during the summer it can get quite humid and my apartment can reach up to 91 degrees in the hottest of times. I have AC set up in my bedroom and do plan to move my PS5 into that area during the hottest months, however during the in-between times of getting my AC set up, I've been wondering if it is detrimental to my PS5 to run it in hotter conditions.

I've looked online into cooling options, and from my slightly above average understanding of technology, the cooling fans sold on Amazon etc. are NOT worth it. At the very least they do pretty much nothing, and at the worst they could make your console work harder, especially if they need to draw power from the console to function. In fact, I'd like to sate here that you should seriously reconsider before buying any sort of cooling device for your console as generally speaking they don't need it and do a very good job of handling cooling on their own.

That being said, I'm worried that a higher ambient temperature may also not be good for them. As a bit of a work-around, I had a personal air cooler unit that uses water to cool a portion of the air around something. I pointed this at the intake vents on the PS5 and while the temperature in the room is around 85-90 degrees, the personal cooling unit keeps the air around the intake vents at about 70 or lower depending. I realize this isn't cooling the GPU directly, but it should in theory be keeping the heatsinks that the heat is transmitted into cooler thus aiding in keeping the PS5 cooler. This unit is independent of the console and runs off its own power source.

I guess my question is — is there a point