1mo ago
inMy coworker insisted we replace the thermal paste on a 5 year old gaming PC. It dropped temps by 15 degrees.
What about the security side of running old hardware on new software? @jana584, I've found that older machines often miss out on critical security updates after a certain point. You get the new features, but you might be opening a door for malware if the hardware can't support the latest protections. It feels like a trade-off between speed and safety that doesn't get talked about enough. Sometimes keeping the old, slow, but fully patched OS is the safer play for a machine that still goes online.