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Springy182 · 07-03-2009, 06:59 PM

I would say no, at any given moment there's 5-6 computers on in my house, mostly unattended, the risk of fire is very low, the only component that could catch fire would be the power supply, any other component would likely trigger a short which would make the power supply turn off, so unless you're running a generic PSU you should be fine

07-03-2009, 06:59 PM	#10 (permalink)
Springy182 Gold Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 300	I would say no, at any given moment there's 5-6 computers on in my house, mostly unattended, the risk of fire is very low, the only component that could catch fire would be the power supply, any other component would likely trigger a short which would make the power supply turn off, so unless you're running a generic PSU you should be fine __________________ CPU: Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 3400MHz 1.25V RAM: OCZ Reaper 4GB DDR2 1066MHz 5-5-5-15 2.1V HDDs: SATA 1000GB Samsung, SATA 500GB 750GB Seagate, IDE 500GB PSU: 600W OCZ StealthXStream ODD: LG SATA DVDRW GPU: EVGA 9800GT (Dual slot) 750-1875-2000 Mobo: EVGA 780i SLI "FTW" Case: Coolermaster NV-690 (NVidia Edition)