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How do you properly take care of you computer?

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Hey guys.

I plan to move to pc gaming soon and I'd like to acknowledge myself on pc hardware and stuff. So what do you guys do to insure that your computer will have a good life spawn.

For example, I discovered recently that you had to clean your pc of dust around each two months (I didn't opened my pc in three years lol). What else should I be a aware of?

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As long as you don't abuse it, a PC only really needs to be cleared of dust every 2-3 months. And you should watch your temps, if they get funky you should check out under the hood.

Cant say any more than that, and thats just what everyone else is gonna say

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Dust it out ever so often and make sure your temps are well tamed. That's pretty much all when it comes to physically taking care of your hardware.

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As long as you don't abuse it, a PC only really needs to be cleared of dust every 2-3 months. And you should watch your temps, if they get funky you should check out under the hood.

Literally just what I was thinking...

 

BUT also hug it every day and makes sure it's happy, this is a two way relationship don't you know! ^_^

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Literally just what I was thinking...

 

BUT also hug it every day and makes sure it's happy, this is a two way relationship don't you know! ^_^

I have an NZXT Hue set to white light in my rig, and sometimes, I literally spend 5 minutes straight just looking at it, just admiring it. 

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I have an NZXT Hue set to white light in my rig, and sometimes, I literally spend 5 minutes straight just looking at it, just admiring it. 

That sounds like a loving relationship to me <3  Hear that @Trancendense , that is how you take care of your computer :D

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I'm a type of person that worried when my videocards get over 70c. Same with my cpu.

I like to dust my pc once a week because.....

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As long as you don't abuse it, a PC only really needs to be cleared of dust every 2-3 months. And you should watch your temps, if they get funky you should check out under the hood.

This.

 

Although I didn't dust my Dell for close to a year and it was fine. HELIOS hasn't been done in close to 3 months, I'd say, and it's good (positive pressure with dust filter on the front intake).

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change your thermal paste every year or so

clean dust every few months

if you're water cooling, tighten your compression fittings every few weeks for the first couple months.

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Do as I say, not as I do. @LinusTech 2014

 

I have abused my laptop to high hell and back, and it's proven to be built like a fucking tank. I've edited 1080p 30FPS video on it (editing on a Celeron is painful), used it on a bed, ran Prime95 AND IntelBurnTest at the same time, and I'm overloading the USB power supply (it should only be giving out 500mA but I'm drawing 1000mA with my calculator), in addition to having cleaned it once in it's 3 year lifespan. It's running like a boss today, right now, and the highest temp I have achieved is 68.8C (that's 156F, 'muricans). Don't do what I did.

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Lol thanks for you answers guys.

And what do you do in a more anti-virus malware and software optic?

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not saying this is the optimal ruetine but its what works for me. hopefully it will for you too.

 

first of every month unplug from everything, monitor, power, everything.

if you have one drain your water loop, (if you made it yourself, non-custom loops dont need to be maintained)

clean and shine side panel window if your case has one, make sure everything is secure and all screws are tight. (not too tight.... you'll know. xD )

close it up and plug everything back in.

bot up and let updates for your OS and software do thier thing.

 

last desktop i had, this ruetine took me about an hour and a half each time, although with practise i was able to get it down to 20 minutes. (not including the updates, i live in a house where the owners erent interested in gettings fast internet speeds)

 

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also, make sure your temps are not too high, i think by now you already know that your cpu/gpu going above 70 is pretty scary and going too far above that is dangerious. (not for you, just your sytem, although a cpu operating at 10,000c might be dangerious to you. xD also cool to watch. xD)

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Lol thanks for you answers guys.

And what do you do in a more anti-virus malware and software optic?

malwarebytes is good.

personally i use webroot and malwarebytes together. but thats just cause webroot came free with this laptop. :P

 

malwarebytes is the only good free one i know of, heres the link:

https://www.malwarebytes.org

(free version is a ''trial'' but in my experience doesnt ever end, and is the full program, just slightly less features, also the premium version isnt all that expensive, 30 dollars a year is good)

 

its best to have two, one that takes care of older viruses, and one that stays up to date. (linus has a video on this, i forget if its on techquikie or ltt)

also dont do dumb things or sketchy things. xD

knowing how to descern between a ad and the actual download button, and not downloading things that are too good to be true are also smart.

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Do as I say, not as I do. @LinusTech 2014

 

I have abused my laptop to high hell and back, and it's proven to be built like a fucking tank. I've edited 1080p 30FPS video on it (editing on a Celeron is painful), used it on a bed, ran Prime95 AND IntelBurnTest at the same time, and I'm overloading the USB power supply (it should only be giving out 500mA but I'm drawing 1000mA with my calculator), in addition to having cleaned it once in it's 3 year lifespan. It's running like a boss today, right now, and the highest temp I have achieved is 68.8C (that's 156F, 'muricans). Don't do what I did.

O.o what laptop is that?!?!?!?!?

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Lenovo X200s.

oh. xD

that explains things. xD

my laptop has like... no cooling at all, thing over heats without a desk fan underneath it. xD

i cannot wait to get my desktop, its been almost 2 years scince i had one...

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