# Thinking about building my own gaming computer. So many questions

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Tags:** video-games-e-games\
**Created:** [January 20, 2021, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-building-my-own-gaming-computer-so-many-questions/930952 "2021-01-20T10:15:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 25, 2021, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-building-my-own-gaming-computer-so-many-questions/930952/263 "2021-06-25T01:56:14Z")

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Heh. When I built my current computer (which, woah, [it was 10 years ag](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-el-cheapo-gaming-system/574986/64)o!), I had about 48 hours of insane frustration because nothing would work, before I finally figured out I’d put too much (i.e., “pea-sized amount”) of thermal paste on the CPU, and a tiny tendril had leaked out. I’ll definitely be carefuller this time.

My current computer doesn’t overheat, in its current case. Is there any reason why the newer components would overheat?

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