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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: How does dust affect the computer?

Additionally, why does it seem like the performance increases when I clean the dust out of my PC?
gpt
Dust makes the system hotter, both by directly insulating the cooling surfaces and by restricting airflow. If you remove the dust, the cooling system can run more efficiently, which lets the CPU boost its clock rate. Dust *literally* makes your system slower.