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[Akura]

Alright, I opened the case after using it for awhile(it did not crash, but my graphics were messing up, but that might be unrelated). The RAM's cooling plates were very hot, as was the cooling ducts or whatever they are on my graphics card, and the metal framework that holds the disk drives in place. Dust, dust all around, especially on the fans, especially on the CPU fan, but since the CPU isn't acting up and I don't have any compressed air cans or cotton swabs, I'm not going to bother with it.

After cleaning as much dust as I could stand to, and vacuuming my floor, including underneath my desk where my computer originally was, where there was a solid layer of dust and hair, now my computer is running silent. And yes, I've checked to see if the fans are working, they are. The power supply fan is blowing off more heat than before, but the outlet fans are blowing off less. If the RAM was loose, which it didn't appear to be, it's not now. If it was a problem with overheating due to the blockage of airflow, it's fixed now. And if it's a problem with overheating NOT because of dust, then I'm pretty much screwed on a 95°(and hotter inside) summer day .