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The silent performance drain: how dust turns gaming PCs into thermal time bombs
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The silent performance drain: how dust turns gaming PCs into thermal time bombs

A year-long study shows how floor-placed gaming rigs suffer gradual but measurable performance loss due to dust buildup, with core temperatures rising up to 12 °C and sustained frame rates dropping by double di...

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