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Does CPU speed slow down with age?
 
 
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 23:29    Post subject: Does CPU speed slow down with age? Reply with quote


The CPU runs at a fixed clock speed as determined by the BIOS and/or motherboard configuration. A build-up of dust on the CPU may cause it to overheat, which can eventually result in it locking up or failing altogether, but there will not be any gradual reduction in clock speed. there is the caveat that some processors will downclock under thermal stress. (Usually these days they're just scaling the multiplier back so it's not quite technically changing the fixed clock speed, but still.)
  
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