Just cleaned my computer and now it went significantly faster!

[kyrax12]

Had to opened up the case and clean out TONS of dust inside. My computer was basically roaring for a month.

 

[Leros]

I find it surprising that it actually runs faster, I suppose it could have been throttling itself to prevent from overheating.

 

[ViviTheMage]

sweet

 

[her209]

Are you sure its not just a placebo effect? What is your control?

 

[RelaxTheMind]

i know i lose fps if my gpus hit over 70c. never noticed any difference from an overheated cpu.

 

[Lean L]

People who never clean their cases.... It's biannual for me.

 

[kyrax12]

People who never clean their cases.... It's biannual for me.

Biannual is a pretty good time to follow on.

I got this computer in 2010 and haven't cleaned it till recently. 0.0

 

[rh71]

I was playing WoW and my machine kept freezing / shutting down. This was near midnight with a bunch of raiders waiting for me... I whipped out a hand vacuum and a can of air and went to town. It felt so gratifying. 5 minutes later, no more freezing. Hadn't done it in at least a year.

 

[Phoenix86]

Dust bunnies! Oh how they like to snorgle fans and heat sinks.

 

[Matthiasa]

Dust bunnies... they are not bunnies if you leave them there to long.
Its more a fabric at that point.
Also makes it a pain to remove.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

I live in a dust free home