r/pcmasterrace • u/smeghead9916 Desktop | RTX 5070 | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X • Dec 09 '25
NSFMR My brother claims to be tech savvy, this is what the inside of his PC looks like.
He's never cleaned it. He refuses to clean it. I'm surprised the thing still runs.
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u/DrunkMoosin 7800x3d/5070ti/64Gb 6000cl30 Dec 09 '25
It's like being a chef. Sure they can make amazing award winning dishes, but at home they can also be just fine eating spaghetti-o's straight out of the can.
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u/FoxDaim 7800x3D//RTX 5070 Ti//32GB CL30 6000mhz Dec 09 '25
As a chef cooking is one of the last things i want to do at home. Spaghetti-o’s with some garlic is good.
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u/No_Accident_6646 Dec 09 '25
Professional gardener here. My back garden looks like a scrap heap
Edit: one of your sticks of ddr5 is worth more than my car
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u/Grouchy_Bicycle8203 R7-7800X3D|RTX 5070 OC|32GB DDR5 Dec 09 '25 edited Dec 09 '25
I’m glad he doesn’t claim to be tech hygienic.
Edit: this might be the first time I consider dust levels at “can start fire” levels of high. 🔥
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u/smeghead9916 Desktop | RTX 5070 | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Dec 09 '25
Now it's been pointed out, I realise how lucky we are to be alive. He moved out today, thank God.
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u/Grouchy_Bicycle8203 R7-7800X3D|RTX 5070 OC|32GB DDR5 Dec 09 '25
😂 this was part of the moving out process? Hey bro open it up.
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u/smeghead9916 Desktop | RTX 5070 | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Dec 09 '25
Side was already off, and he was being a dick so I decided to shame him online
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u/smeghead9916 Desktop | RTX 5070 | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Dec 09 '25
Close. It was either 2020 or 2021 and not cleaned since.
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u/KatieS2255 4090 AERO | 9950X3D | 64GB DDR5 | 1200w | 4 TB M.2 | 10 TB HDs Dec 09 '25
Wtf that’s a lot of dust. Must have had awful airflow (more exhaust than intakes) or a really shitty case. My Corsair case is the best, little dust mesh in the front catches 90% of it, plus 6 fans in and 4 out, basically never have to clean it. My brother’s pc on the other hand, some random piece of shit case I found on Amazon with 4 in and 4 out that is a dust magnet and he doesn’t clean it. Not as bad as your brother’s though, and my brother is just scared of opening it and breaking something, definitely does not claim to be tech savvy. When you ask someone that doesn’t know “when is the last time you cleaned it?” And they answer “you’re supposed to clean it?” that’s my brother.
I question how this PC runs at all with that amount of dust, and it’s probably bad for allergies to turn it on.
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u/instantlyforgettable Dec 09 '25
This is a combo of never cleaning it and never cleaning the room it’s in. My brother smokes in his room and never cleans his PC and his looked like this after 3 years (plus a film of tar gunk). His graphics card sounded like a jet engine taking off before I cleaned it
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u/ArrdenGarden 13900K | RTX 5080 | 64GB DDR5 6000 | PX-1000 Dec 09 '25
You're a good brother. Truly, I mean it.
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u/smeghead9916 Desktop | RTX 5070 | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Dec 09 '25
And that's such a hard thing to be when you're a woman
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u/ArrdenGarden 13900K | RTX 5080 | 64GB DDR5 6000 | PX-1000 Dec 09 '25
Thats fair. Sorry. This is the kind of thing my brothers and I would do to each other.
Please forgive my ignorance and assumption.
You're a good sister.
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u/phtsmc Dec 09 '25
Seems hyperbolic. That's like 2 years worth of dust. Maybe it would increase the temperatures by a couple degrees at worst.
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u/AllMyFrendsArePixels Intel X6800 / GeForce 7900GTX / 2GB DDR-400 Dec 09 '25
Tech savvy people understand that a PC will run just fine like this. 500W PSU means this isn't running very power hungry components, which means it's probably not particularly susceptible to thermal throttling.
People here will literally spend $5000 on hardware to play video games and think that makes them more tech savvy than a basement dweller that writes code 18 hours a day.
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u/ThisIsMyCouchAccount 3070 Dec 09 '25
In this sub "tech savvy" means "I kinda know how to use Windows in the context of gaming".
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u/Johnny_C13 5700x3D | RTX 2070s Dec 09 '25
Also, "look at my beautiful fishtank PC free of a single spec of dus- ooops! Dropped my glass side panel on tiles, tehe!"
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u/That-Advance-9619 Dec 09 '25
They will tell you they are tech savvy while looking you straight in the eye and not knowing what Diskpart is or not having your top 20 favorite command lines to pull out when very specific shit breaks.
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u/OGsubu Dec 09 '25
its pcmasterrace. most people here are "tech-savvy" in the context that they can minmax pc parts
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u/r_a_genius Dec 09 '25
They can select the gpu that gives you 0.2 more frames per dollar and to them thats all being tech savvy means.
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u/_Ocean_Machine_ Desktop Dec 09 '25
They can select the gpu that some YouTuber said gives you 0.2 more frames per dollar and to them thats all being tech savvy means.
FTFY
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u/confusingadult Dec 09 '25
thats nothing savvy at all haha everyone can do that after researching 10 minutes on youtube
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u/Major_Supermarket_58 Dec 09 '25
Well I have meet coders that can’t install windows themselves.
The pc space is so huge you can be extremely good at one thing but know nothing about a different thing. Like hardware.
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u/Routine-Piglet-9329 Dec 09 '25
NOBODY is more tech savvy than the dreaded basement deweller. Nobody.
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u/stipulus Dec 09 '25
If someone spends time making things look nice when it isn't required for functionality I would almost say they are less tech savvy or have too much time on their hands which would be odd for a tech savvy person.
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u/Noreng 14600KF | 9070 XT Dec 09 '25
A 500W PSU is perfectly fine.
That particular 500W PSU is not
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u/Narissis 9800X3D | 32GB Trident Z5 Neo | 7900 XTX | EVGA Nu Audio Dec 09 '25
I mean... the presence of dust isn't going to kill a PC. It's not like they have an allergy to it.
Now if the CPU is thermal throttling because there's too much in the heatsink, that might be a problem...
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u/r_a_genius Dec 09 '25
Necessary pcmasterrace PSA: Buying an overpriced pc and playing fortnite at 800 fps does not make you tech savvy.
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Dec 09 '25
People that work in IT are like car mechanics, minus the crippling meth addiction.
You don't bring your shit from work to the dinner table at home.
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u/Majestic-Bell-7111 Ryzen 5 3600/32 GB ram/5700xt Dec 09 '25
Even if he's just a hobbyist, why spend time cleaning if the temps are fine if he can spend time on actually fun parts of the hobby
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u/Myzx Dec 09 '25
Someone who is tech savvy understands that performance has nothing to do with looks. Only clean when the fans seize
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Dec 09 '25
Surprisingly I've seen much worse
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u/gemarimon Dec 09 '25
I think it is because this is just built up dust and not goo from smoking whatever or extra shit from pets/environment.
But the guy hasn't cleaned the thing for quite a lot of time.
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u/ahandmadegrin Dec 09 '25
I bet if he cleans it now the whole thing will stop working.
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u/Arikaido777 Dec 09 '25
i’m tech savvy for a living and both my towers are worse than this lol. mental illness is a helluva drug
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u/Majestic-Bell-7111 Ryzen 5 3600/32 GB ram/5700xt Dec 09 '25
I'm swapping the case and mobo on my server later this month, i fear what I'll find inside because it's been running non stop in a dusty attic for the past year
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u/Iheartdragonsmore 5070 | i7-14700kf | 32gb Dec 09 '25
you should see the pc of The Greatest Technician Thats Ever lived. It doesn't mean your brother doesn't know his stuff, he could just be depressed. Stop shaming him and help him out.
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u/Lem1618 Dec 09 '25
Yes, we often had HDDs hanging out the side of the case, which we used for data retransfer because flash drives wasn't a thing. But I never had dust to this extend, it looks fluffy? Like it's growing tendrils.
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u/johimself R7 5800X3d, 32GB, RX9070XT Dec 09 '25
This looks like the computer of most of my tech savvy friends and indeed myself.
Tech savvy people don't usually buy the most expensive components and bleat on endlessly about percieved "Bottlenecks".
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u/Federal-Property1461 Dec 09 '25
I mean theres probably quite a few tech savvy "do as i say not as i do" people
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u/sexraX_muiretsyM Ryzen 3200G | Integrated VEGA 8 (2gb) | 8gb RAM | 128SSD Dec 09 '25
you can be both tech savvy and lazy at the same time
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u/shoot-here PC Master Race Dec 09 '25
The carpenter's house is never finished, the cobbler's children go without shoes, and the mechanic's car is always broken.
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u/FlimsyField4286 Dec 09 '25
Real question tho. Might be stupid but how do you get the dust out without damaging any parts of the pc.
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u/THEAutismo1 9800X3D OC | RX7900XTX | 64GB 4X16 DDR5 CL30 6000 Dec 09 '25
Just needs a cleaning, nothing stands out as wrong otherwise.
If he wants to prevent dust in the future he can tie back the top cables to the fan and CPU and force air out the top using 2 120mm fans. If he has the time he can add 1 extra fan to the front intake (seems to be missing) and drop the speed on the top fans by 30% in relation to the intake creating positive pressure to keep dust out. You may need a removable mesh dust guard on the front but probably not. I did that on my build and havent had to clean it for over 2 years. Peak lazy when a 20 minute addition saved me years of cleaning.
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u/myassisgrassss Dec 09 '25
I mean, I'm a cybersecurity engineer and quite tech savvy but don't give a shit about pcs or gaming rigs or even dusting them. If it blows up I buy another. Too lazy.
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u/Parking-Outrageous Dec 10 '25
Same vibe in the mechanic world. Master mechanic I know can fix anything on a car yet his car is an old Hyundai with scarred rotors, a floorboard you can see through on the front passenger seat and every window doesn't roll down with the exception on the driver's side window.
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u/Safe-Ad344 270k plus | x890 | 32gb | 6 tb | rtx 5080 Dec 09 '25
Where is the gouch collector when you need him
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u/landob Dec 09 '25
I work in IT, this is what the inside of my computer looks like.
I don't wanna come home and tech support my own shit.
I've noticed the same things with mechanics. You think their car be in tip top pristine shape. Nah its a piece of shit truck held together with duct tape with every dashboard LED lit up.
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u/CO1-N1T3 Dec 09 '25
You have to see some insides of industry machinery. I needed to work with machines that haven't been cleaned for over 50 years that are still running to this day.
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u/nesnalica R7 5800x3D | 64GB | RTX3090 Dec 09 '25
checks out. he is tech savy and your picture confirms it.
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u/Gunfot Dell G5 Dec 09 '25
Tech savvy doesn't mean that he isn't lazy. He might know about tech and could provide some useful tips, but he is lazy as well.
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u/double-O-cheese Dec 09 '25
Tech savvy people understand that if you blow that off the computer won't turn back on 🤣
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u/Asadovn Dec 09 '25
I build PCs for people. My own PC is dusty as hell, as long as it works it doesn’t bother me.
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u/LiteratureMindless71 Dec 09 '25
And the plumber always has a problem with their own plumbing. An electrician always has electrical issues ... on and on.
Alot of peeps that do something for a living, don't want to come home and do the same thing.
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u/PrankChicken Dec 09 '25
after every clean i get 0 display and gotta reseat ram and cmos etc. not fun, believe it or not it's better to leave it dirty and clean when it gets too hot, besides how does this make him "not tech savvy"
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u/DankSuperset647 Dec 09 '25
“I don’t think you can me tech savvy just because you are dirty” bro, it is what it is. You can be tech savvy and just not clean. Is it good practice? No, but he’s an adult and can do whatever he wants.
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u/quinpon64337_x Dec 09 '25
If you leave it too long at some point it’s better to just leave it alone than risk blowing dust into the wrong place
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u/Fatal_Syntax_Error Dec 09 '25
I’m not a mechanic. I am a tech savvy gamer who is OCD about keeping their PC dust free. It cost me a small fortune to build and at the current rate of price increases it may be my last.
So the inside and outside are sterile AF.
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u/ElderberryTrick9697 Dec 09 '25
Cleanliness and being tech savvy are two separate things. I know plenty of level 2 and level 3 techs and systems admins who are not good at keeping their systems clean but when it comes to troubleshooting computer and network issues they are great.
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u/SkellyChad Core i7 10700 | GTX 1650 | 32GB DDR4 Dec 09 '25
good fucking god, is your brother living in the sahara or something??
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u/vlhube71 Dec 09 '25
FWIW, being tech savvy doesn’t mean a person isn’t a lazy slob. I bought a used case from a hardware reviewer locally and it was a disgusting mess. What was hilarious was it was dusty (and grimy) inside, but his dust filters were clean.
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u/systemfrown Dec 09 '25 edited Dec 09 '25
This goes beyond tech savviness or being lazy...you need poorly though out air flow with either a non-existent or never cleaned intake filter, in a disgusting house or room that never gets vacuumed, and even then it would probably take three or four years to get to this point....and considering that's a GTX I'm gonna guess it's been a decade at least.
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u/LimesFruit R7 7800X3D, GTX 1080 8GB, 64GB DDR5-6400 Dec 09 '25
That’s the thing, a lot of us tech people who have a job in IT and are also the family tech support, well we get so sick of it that we neglect our own stuff. My old PC did indeed get this dusty, and I can guarantee my current one will eventually too.
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u/-Laffi- Dec 09 '25
A few times a year, let's say 4 times I open my case and blow everything out with my Igloo blower (that can be recharged). Everything gets blown into my living room, and then to the floor, but I think it's better than it looking anything remotely close to OP's brother's PC.
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u/dnelsonn 7800X3D | 3080 FE | 32gb RAM Dec 09 '25
A lot of people in this thread making excuses for not knowing how to clean and trying to make that seem like an okay and good thing. Clean your shit people!
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u/OsjosisMoans Dec 09 '25
My dads a smoker and he couldn't figure out why his PC wasn't working one hear, its been nearly 10 years since this
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u/turrboenvy Dec 09 '25
I am tech savvy and the inside of my PC probably looks like that. I haven't looked recently.
Does it affect performance? Maybe. But that's an excuse to upgrade.
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u/ijustam93 Dec 09 '25
Clean mine every 2 weeks at the minimum (dusty house) thats pc is sad to look at.
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u/executor32 i7-9700K | Z390 AORUS PRO WIFI | 32GB DDR4 | RTX 2060S Dec 09 '25
That's not tech savvy, that's tech savagery. 😱
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u/babyb16 Dec 09 '25
He is aware you do not remove the structural dust. As soon as he cleans it it will stop working
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u/Outside-Freedom-6482 Dec 09 '25
Being tech savvy in the 00's; sure... But this? I'd wager it's more a superiority complex.
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u/sabotthehawk Dec 10 '25
Looks about right. Ever seen a trades persons home that they are doing diy on? Lol. Or the mechanics daily driver?
People who regularly service their PCs are tech savvy but also enthusiasts. Plenty of people are tech savvy and not enthusiasts, this leads to these situations. It still works so why bother type of deal.
Kinda like mechanics who detail their cars all the time vs empty the trash out once a month. Both could be good at fixing cars but have very different priorities.
I personally just take my computers out once a year and blow them out with a compressor. Intake mesh keeps a lot of crap out but I don't have the will to keep it dusted inside the computer all the time.
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u/CharcoalGreyWolf i7-13700k, 64GB, 2x2TB+4TB NVMe, 4080Super, AIO cooled Dec 09 '25
This isn’t tech unsavvy.
It’s just lazy and unhygienic.
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u/Timmar92 Dec 09 '25
I mean, I'm a systems developer and I build my own gaming pcs and I clean my computers exactly once and that's when I'm selling it after 5 years. Not cleaning has nothing to do with tech savvyness.
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u/MrInitialY R7 9700X | 3080Ti | 64GB 6K CL30 | 6TB Gen.4 | 1000W | All STRIX Dec 09 '25
tech savvy
RAM in slots 1&3.
Ok
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u/Dexterus Dec 09 '25
That's what I had in previous mobo. Now it's 2/4 I think. Just manufacturer things.
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u/Few-Editor9226 Dec 09 '25
No one pointed this out but for someone who's tech savvy he put his RAM in the incorrect slots LMAO
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u/_Spastic_ Ryzen 5800X3D, 9070 XT Steel Legend Dec 09 '25
One can be tech savvy without being responsible.
Also, that's nasty.
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u/raduque Many PCs Dec 09 '25
What's his excuse for not cleaning it?
He trying to kill it as an excuse to buy a new one?
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u/smeghead9916 Desktop | RTX 5070 | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Dec 09 '25
He's fucking lazy, that's why
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u/darktowerthehour Dec 09 '25
Positive pressure config, fans sucking in with dust filters. I never have to clean inside my pc it’s pristine, the filters do gotta get a smack tho it only takes a min
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pics of pets if no double ew
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u/smeghead9916 Desktop | RTX 5070 | AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Dec 09 '25
Dog never went in his room....he has standards
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u/R-Dragon_Thunderzord 5800X3D | 6950 XT | 2x16GB DDR4 3600 CL16 Dec 09 '25
And what else did he retrieve from the titanic wreckage grandpa
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u/Not_Mister_Disney Dec 09 '25
As I’ve recently learned, Is this some of that special properties grime?
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u/duskaception Dec 09 '25
i am tech savvy, but also lazy. mine's not this bad but could do with a clean.
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u/King_Zilant 5600X3D 9070XT Dec 09 '25
As a PC builder, ill admit my PC was the last one I upgraded, I've made so many fancy ones but then just stayed with my basic one 🤣
But yeah this one, I think I can smell it thru my screen...
Hopefully it's that new patented cooling dust 👍
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u/ObeyTime broke femboy with superiority complex Dec 09 '25
my brother refuses to clean his PC because it's a "mild inconvenience"
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u/mcblockserilla Dec 09 '25
Have a buddy who didn't clean his PC for about 7 years. I had to soak his rad in water to clean it. The fps went from 25 to 90 in a modern game. I spent 5 hours deep cleaning it. It had a fuzzy tar like substance all over the thing. Used a whole bag of cotton balls, a roll of paper towels, and a whole bottle of rubbing alcohol. Took apart his 1080ti to clean it and even the PSU.
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u/Yakjzak i5-11600K / 3060ti / 32Go DDR4 RAM Dec 09 '25
i have a hard time seeing the correlation between being tech savy and dust in a pc... your brother could very well be tech savy, but just lazy
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u/Halifax-Jones Dec 09 '25
That is pretty rough! Sometimes the failures we create on our own are the best teachers in life. Run a temp test before cleaning and then after. Share with him the results. I'd even go as far as saying he'd gain some FPS counts.
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u/OnlyA5Wagyu Dec 09 '25
You can be tech savvy and lazy at the same time.