I'd like to try and take GP's analogy a bit further: - thermal paste dries out and becomes brittle due to sustained overheat - resulting in bad contact betwee

I'd like to try and take GP's analogy a bit further: - thermal paste dries out and becomes brittle due to sustained overheat - resulting in bad contact between heatsink and CPU - CPU (returns from vacation and) finds that even small efforts makes core temperature rise quickly, thermal throttles constantly