I am not a tech person, but I cleaned out my secondhand PC today, and it took hours with the sheer amount of dust accumulation. The fans were nearly overloaded with it!!
Does a clean PC run better / faster than one filled with dust? Or is it more a matter of keeping the fans running easily? Or something else…? Idk, maybe I imagined it, but it seemed to boot much faster after cleaning. Could be wishful thinking!
breadsmasher@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Dust traps heat and blocks airflow, fans run worse etc. More heat means more likely the system will throttle down to keep temperatures manageable
SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
WHOA!
Removing that nearly entire bucket of dust feels justified now! Makes me happy I wasn’t just wasting me time. Thank you!
LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
……bucket???
AlphaOmega@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Dust can conduct electricity…
SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
I am learning all kinds of new and alarming things today!
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Thank you!