(03-02-2015, 10:50 PM)BabyBasset Wrote: Excuse my surprisebut I had PC from 2003 to 2013 which was cleaned maybe 2-3 times during that period, and never with compressed air. And it never shut down. I understand that It did not have that much power to begin with but im sure it struggled too.
Now im surprised it didnt melt down or catch fire, and I wonder how that fan even managed to spin.
Thank you all.
Buy yourself a tube of TIM (something like http://www.amazon.co.uk/Arctic-Cooling-MX-4-Thermal-Compound/dp/B0045JCFLY will be fine) and you can remove the heatsink at your leisure for a real clean. The jury on the best TIM is continually out, but any of the popular ones will do, the secret is in the preparation of the surfaces.
Plenty of videos on how to do it on youtube, before you know it you'll be taking apart every pc you can lay your hands on.

but I had PC from 2003 to 2013 which was cleaned maybe 2-3 times during that period, and never with compressed air. And it never shut down. I understand that It did not have that much power to begin with but im sure it struggled too.