I replaced the thermal paste on a five-year-old CPU, and got back performance I didn't know I'd lost

XDA developers | Aug. 2, 2026, 7 a.m. | Original
It all comes down to thermal headroom and boost clocks.
I replaced Adobe Acrobat with Stirling PDF, but the real cost wasn't what I expected I'm running AI on my NAS at 5 tokens per second, and it's surprisingly useful