Today I decided to do a little bit of cleaning on and in my computer. Mainly clearing dust out of the box and trying to fix a rattling noise. I didn’t realize this would happen on a modern heatsink but boy was the [stock] heatsink on my Q6600 (read: the beast) cluttered with dust. After all said and done I was able to lower my CPU’s heat by 7C! By the way, the rattling noise? A loose fan in the front of the case; glad it wasn’t something important.

So remember to clean out your case at least once a year or more.