Clean your CPU fans/heatsinks.

[Lavabug]

Seriously, do it.

[shadowalk]

I do this regularly once a month...when my PC is still operational that is. I'm still saving up for an upgrade...planning to get me one of those AMD Phenom X4 processor PCs. I've been stuck to a piss-ass 1.87 GHz Celeron based laptop for almost a year now and I can't play today's games.

[zim]

I opened up my sisters pc the other night to do a little maintenance and goddamn I almost choked to death when I sprayed some air into that thing.

[Lavabug]

I pulled out a disc of lint about 1/2cm thick from the space between my heatsink and fan. My PC has been loud as fucking hell for the past few months, but after cleaning it, the problem was solved. Average temps were at like 67 C now they're at 40 C, pretty insane.

[Abzu]

It's amazing what a little regular maintenance can do for a device.



It is also amazing to see what happens to copious amounts of dust when it slow cooks at 50-60c for a year or two.

[zim]

[quote name="abzu"]It's amazing what a little regular maintenance can do for a device.



It is also amazing to see what happens to copious amounts of dust when it slow cooks at 50-60c for a year or two. [/quote]



i know this is off topic, but i can't believe i just looked at every one of your myspace pics.. i feel like i know you now

[Haunty]

That's kinda creepy.

[Inverted Crosses And Gorebongs]

[quote name="HbW"]That's kinda creepy and homosexual.[/quote]

[zim]

:TOUCHMYPENIS:

[Tyreese BIGGUMS]

[quote name="shadowalk"]I do this regularly once a month...when my PC is still operational that is. I'm still saving up for an upgrade...planning to get me one of those AMD Phenom X4 processor PCs. I've been stuck to a piss-ass 1.87 GHz Celeron based laptop for almost a year now and I can't play today's games. [/quote]



Personally I wouldn't get one of the Phenom CPUs. From what I understand, they run a lot hotter than the Intel Core 2 Quads do. My Q8200, @ 75% load (highest I've ever gotten it to run at) only hits 40C/104F with a Zalman CNPS-9500 on it. System/Case is a constant 43C/109F with one side off, and only two fans above the PSU and one under the HD rack.

[Charles Bronson]

I had a computer that I used and didn't clean for 2 years. Bitch ton of dust.



Computers know when to shut off from the temperature, so its no worries really. Just clean it when it gets bad.

[Abzu]

Save me from the :gaystalker:

[zim]

[quote name="abzu"]Save me from the :gaystalker:[/quote]



back on topic, go clean your pc. i will be cleaning mine today.

[jawn galliano]

i need to build a new computer relatively soon, final fantasy 14 online announced for release in 2010

[Abzu]

I am jamming a notebook these days. Couple bursts of compressed air in the vents and I'm good.

[Verbal]

id like to know about computers enough to be able to build it and do maintenance, but i am not knowledgeable enough

[jawn galliano]

can you use a philips head screwdriver and fit things together? that is all that's required

lol @ my broke 2009 ass dreaming of building another pc in 2010. if only i knew what the year ahead had in store!

[Verbal]

can you use a philips head screwdriver and fit things together? that is all that's required

lol @ my broke 2009 ass dreaming of building another pc in 2010. if only i knew what the year ahead had in store!

i have heard the phrase philips head screwdriver. i dont think that is all that is needed. i suspect the difficult part is not doing what needs to be done, but rather knowing what to do

[jawn galliano]

i walked someone through their first build remotely last year. he did 90% of the work on his own without needing my help and could've figured out the remaining 10% on his own if he really needed to

the most difficult thing is probably just knowing what to buy, and on that front i contributed a lot. but just in going through that process, and then unpacking everything and just looking at it, you can kind of derive what ultimately must be done

[Verbal]

i dont think youre appreciating how much of an idiot i am

[zim]

my pc looks like a body with its organs spilling on out

[Verbal]

probably lupus

[zim]

[jawn galliano]

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[Verbal]

what even is that

[zim]

the state of my life

[Verbal]

so your funeral was this morning then

[Methuselah Honeysuckle]

What the shit zimbo

[zim]

[User]

that is an odious mess

[Mesarthim]

i dont think youre appreciating how much of an idiot i am

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[shadowalk]

aren’t you gonna mess up your HDD angled like that?

[Methuselah Honeysuckle]

It looks like zim doesn't care about shit like that

[zim]

It looks like zim doesn't care about shit like that

the ssds are fine, the mechanical drive is probably fine as long as it isn't bothered. I can't fit all that bullshit in the case and the side cover got lost at my office. it's FINE

[happiness and harmony]

the fan has been turning on in my wife's computer like woah of late, i should clean it out