Why do computers become slow after a while, even after factory reset or hard disk formatting?
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when you buy the computer, it is specced for the current generation of programs, but after using it for a while, you update the different programs. f.i new versions, or updates on office programs, a large anti-virus library, game patches, and updates usually also increase the load, as well as extra options for your video card, like a new DirectX version, new games, etc. but the hardware is still the same, while everything else gets more bloated. So technically your computer isn’t getting slower, but the stuff you put on it, is getting more bloated/heavy/fatty, etc.
Edit: to disagree with mysticalwizard92: a computer is a digital tool and technically it will correct a lot of garbage on the electronic side of things which could slow it down, but this is not what you will notice when a computer gets slower. the only thing you would notice in regard to physical degradation in the last few generations is your CPU throttling down due to too much dust in your CPU cooler cause of cats, or smoking. You could also run into errors on an SSD or hard disk, but that shows in different ways, and IMO is out of the scope of this question.
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