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wait people don't take their computers apart to apply thermal paste themselves?
it's pretty quick... even with complex modern cooling systems. hmmm. oh well
so weiiird
actually I never had thermal paste wear out. I did change it a few times cuz I was rebuilding my computer for shits and giggles once but it had no effect on the temperature lol. Arctic fox? I still have my original arctic fox tube. great stuff I guess
... actually it takes me longer to take apart my computer desk than to take my computer apart and put it back together lol
which is why my computer desk got busted when I was moving once... grrrr stupid mover guy. IF IT DOESNT FIT JUST LEAVE IT ITS CLEARLY NOT ALL DECONSTRUCTED RAGH -
@jestdotty I took it apart and everything is stuck together with some double sided thermal tape and would not budge. I didn't want to break it. I took all the screws out and couldn't move it at all. So I was going to have the shop who sold it to me fix it.
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@Demolishun that's how they getcha!
idk I built my own. I don't like other people's decisions (and tbh I disagree with my decisions when I built this thing cuz I lazily took a friends' suggestion... whoops. stupid desktop still works fine and plays everything though so alas. but the case is a piece of shit. I thought it was just for looks but it's inconvenient) -
@jestdotty if this were a desktop it wouldn't be much of an issue. I am now addicted to being able to carry my computer with me. I also like that laptops have integrated UPS system (battery). So if power goes out it doesn't kill everything without a UPS.
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@Demolishun ah. I bought a 5k$ laptop and all it's been is trouble. the case for it busted on one of the corners so I can't even carry it with me cuz it's dangling open. jokes on me.
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@jestdotty my kid broke the hinge on my old one. So I gorilla glued it.
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@Demolishun I didn't even break it!
I've had to take this thing apart in the past cuz components broke. it's just been sitting on a desk this whole time however. just broke by itself. shoddy craftsmanship. lame
wish I could glue it shut somehow. the plastic that held the bearing for a screw broke. but this would be some precision gluing to fix that. also I'm told superglue isn't the best for something like this? I don't even know -
@jestdotty gorilla glue fills gaps and expands into foam. So it can grip things really well. But you have to be careful to not use too much.
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That's really true.... 😂😂😂😜😜😜
My current computer is starting to overheat playing games that used to run fine. Like thermal shutdown I think on the GPU. So I need to have the thermal compound redone. Then I will be out a computer while this is being worked on. I would have a local shop do it, but would rather a vendor that sells thousands of computers do this.
I am thinking I might buy a newer computer and then send the current one in for repair. Then let my kids use this one when fixed. I just got this one where I wanted it disk and setup wise. I also would be stuck with Win 11 on the newer computer. Everything I do on my home computer is windows centric. The people I support, the stuff I run, everything. That is the biggest negative in getting a newer computer. I would rather buy one with windows 10. But they won't even sell that anymore.
The newer computer is much nicer though. 4070 over a 3060. Newer processor with 32 threads. Thinking of going 17" screen instead of 15". So I like the idea of the compile times being faster.
I am loathing the idea of setting all my programs back up again. This sounds like a nightmare. I don't even like thinking about it.
Fix the old reliable thing and/or get the new shiny toy. What bothers me is that it has only been since 2021. I don't remember having to redo heat sink compound on older computers. I keep reading this is a thing. Wtf is happening to the compound? Is it made to fail?
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