Hey all, I have an 8 year old PC that recently (just this week) started wildly overheating. I use it exclusively for work (I'm a teacher), prepare notes, do classroom, zoom, play youtube videos, play music while I work, nothing too intense, I think, and I have not changed these habits. Lately, just playing a youtube video overheats the PC. For example, right now, just using Firefox it's at around 60° (higher than it used to, at around 35°). If I open a Youtube video it shoots up to 85° or even 95°. Thankfully I've had Coretemp installed for some time and it made me aware of this change. While it hasn't shut down yet, I'm aware that could happen and that it could damage my info and I don't need that.
I'm a mid level user, I have never built a PC (this one was built by a friend), so I'm not keen on doing repairs on my own, I would like to know if I can do something before venturing out into covid land to get it fixed, and maybe know beforehand what is that I need fixed. Back in 2019 it started overheating as well, I got it cleaned up inside and had a new fan installed as my old one had died.
I have already:
> Moved it into an open space.
> Cleaned up dust with compressed air
> Bought and installed a new fan (the most PC surgery I've ever done), it didn't help at all
> Ran malwarebytes (nothing found)
From what I've read the issue may be the thermal paste that needs changing, which seems daunting. I include a speccy snapshot taken when the PC started, please ask for any info I can give you.
I'm a mid level user, I have never built a PC (this one was built by a friend), so I'm not keen on doing repairs on my own, I would like to know if I can do something before venturing out into covid land to get it fixed, and maybe know beforehand what is that I need fixed. Back in 2019 it started overheating as well, I got it cleaned up inside and had a new fan installed as my old one had died.
I have already:
> Moved it into an open space.
> Cleaned up dust with compressed air
> Bought and installed a new fan (the most PC surgery I've ever done), it didn't help at all
> Ran malwarebytes (nothing found)
From what I've read the issue may be the thermal paste that needs changing, which seems daunting. I include a speccy snapshot taken when the PC started, please ask for any info I can give you.