It is essential that we periodically review the status of our PCs, since the conservation and care of the components It is essential to ensure proper functioning. However, not everyone abides by this rule and that has been the case for jbclassic6889, the Reddit user who has opened it for the first time in the six years since he acquired it.
Obviously what has been found inside has been as expected. An endless tide of dust and dirt covering each and every component. The cobwebs can even be seen at some point, which is why jbclassic6889 has noted that “this is embarrassing… This is not an old PC that sat in storage, this is my everyday gaming PC. It has never been opened once since that I bought it 6 years ago. Amazingly it works well. It was so satisfying to clean it.” And that is the good news, since after a deep cleaning that has not been shared with the community, the system works like a charm.
“I don’t know anything about building a PC… I bought this used from someone and it was their second build. I want to do my first build. Is there anything worth salvaging from this one?” the user asks. He himself has shown the components of the computer to find out if there are parts that should be renewed and the truth is that yes. It has a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760, 8GB of RAM and an Intel Core i5-4690K processor of 2014 with a maximum frequency of 3.90 GHz.
“I’m on a tight budget and was going to go for an RTX 3060 12gb. Is it too old now?” asks jbclassic6889. Of course, you can get much better out of your games with a GPU of these characteristics. We hope that from now on you will be more proactive when cleaning your PC, being able to follow recommendations and advice on how to do it.