Adrian has been a tech enthusiast since the 90s with a particular passion for gaming that developed thanks to his first gaming outings on Pong, Zork and Space Invaders. In the years that followed he ...

While at my friend's house last Friday, I noticed one of his CPUs (a 750Mhz Duron) had a lot of excess paste around the core. I tried to use a wooden toothpick to scrap it off, but it just smeared ...

Can you remember the last time you cleaned your desktop PC? I don’t mean wiping some guacamole off the the side of the case during a burrito binge. I’m talking about going in there and really getting ...

Bought a used xp1700 from an un-named forum member. About 3 times the needed amount of thermal paste still on it, now mixed with the burnt remains of the thermal pad that was also on it. The heatsink ...

When assembling a desktop PC, applying thermal paste to the CPU is a crucial step that often causes confusion. Thermal paste, also known as thermal grease, thermal interface material, or thermal gel, ...

Thermal paste, also known as heat sink paste or thermal compound, is a thermally conductive material designed to improve heat transfer from your laptop's GPU and CPU to the heat sink. If you take a ...

Sometimes, even the best intentions aren't spared from unpleasant consequences. After avoiding cleaning my PC for three years, I decided to do it one fine day, thinking it was finally time. As I ...