For museums, would it be an option to instead of a cooler have a temperature control unit that keeps the package at a set temperature no matter wether the PC is operating or not? Just heating the chips surfaces might be cheaper than having the full PC on 24/7 with a semi constant load.

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hoerensagen 6 days ago | parent [-]

The PC would still heat up when started. You would need very precise temperature control to avoid that. That could be quite difficult to do

	▲	Y_Y 6 days ago \| parent [-]
		With a couple of kelvins of tolerance a PID controller could handle this fine