# My computer is 8 years old and still works like it's brand new.

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 27, 2018, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-computer-is-8-years-old-and-still-works-like-its-brand-new/826794 "2018-12-27T17:11:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-computer-is-8-years-old-and-still-works-like-its-brand-new/826794/41 "2019-01-09T00:22:11Z")

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Speaking of overheating…about a year before I upgraded it, my comp would start to bog down and then shut down playing games, I recall re-playing Fallout 3 when it started happening every single time I played.

Thought it might be overheating, so I cracked it open for the first time in a while.

PACKED with dust and cat hair. I had it sitting on the floor, or in a bottom cabinet for years. I know it’s not a good idea, but it was so damn convenient.

CPU heat sinks were packed solid. Fans were grudgingly turning. PSU intake was covered by a fine blanket of detritus.

Spent a few hours disassembling and cleaning, and it was back in business. That’s when I decided to just update it instead of buying a new machine. I MIGHT have 1k in it between the initial build and the upgrade

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