{"id":941,"date":"2012-12-29T07:30:12","date_gmt":"2012-12-29T07:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andrewhope.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=941"},"modified":"2022-05-14T18:51:27","modified_gmt":"2022-05-14T17:51:27","slug":"computer-maintenance-and-cleaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andrewhope.co.uk\/Blog\/computer-maintenance-and-cleaning\/","title":{"rendered":"Computer Maintenance and Cleaning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A good clean out always works wonders, and my latest youtube video and webpage post proves it.<\/p>\n<p>You can check them out at the following links&#8230;<br \/>\nAfter running prime95 on my computer before cleaning, the CPU temperatures levelled out at a whopping 65&#8217;c, not only does this act as a nice radiator for my computer room, it also puts more thermal stress on the components of the PC and means it has to work harder to get the job done.<\/p>\n<p>After cleaning the computer, it was nearly 15&#8217;c cooler in CPU cores and 3-4&#8217;c cooler overall.<\/p>\n<p>So do it and save yourself an expensive mistake in the future<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>BEFORE<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.andrewhope.co.uk\/Blog\/computer-maintenance-and-cleaning\/temp1-before\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-944\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.andrewhope.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Temp1-before-300x245.jpg\" alt=\"Temp1-before\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.andrewhope.co.uk\/Blog\/computer-maintenance-and-cleaning\/temp2-before\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-946\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.andrewhope.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Temp2-before-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Temp2-before\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>AFTER<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.andrewhope.co.uk\/Blog\/computer-maintenance-and-cleaning\/temp1-after\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-943\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-943\" src=\"https:\/\/www.andrewhope.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Temp1-after.jpg\" alt=\"Temp1-after\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-945\" src=\"https:\/\/www.andrewhope.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Temp2-after-300x252.jpg\" alt=\"Temp2-after\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A good clean out always works wonders, and my latest youtube video and webpage post proves it. 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