Board:   [DoveNet] Hardware/Software Help
Subject: Re: The Decline Of Pcs
From:    poindexter FORTRAN
Date:    Sun Jan 04, 2026 17:39

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  Re: Re: The Decline Of Pcs
  By: Rob Mccart to MORTAR on Sun Jan 04 2026 08:46 am

 > Yes, it's different now than it was back when I first started building
 > computers. Everything is smaller and a lot of parts do mutiple things saving
 >more space, but I like the air flow idea too.

Y'all need to remember to replace your thermal paste every couple of years, esp ecially in smaller cases. my mid-tower was creeping up into the 80s (celsius) w hen I wasn't doing much on my system. I swapped out the thermal paste and dropp ed the idle temp by 20 degrees. Configured CPU throttling and my idle temp is n ow in the mid-40s.

A cool CPU is a happy CPU!

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