If you want to make your personal Computer (PC) long lasting take care of it as following steps

step1* Protect your PC's hardware’s from internal heat.

Internal heat of a PC is the single most important cause of its components failure,

Excessive internal heat can cause

  *fail of your PC's mother board faster than it normally would.

  *fail your Graphics card.

  *damage your LAN card.

  *a deep harm to your DVD-writer drive in few days.

  *fail of your floppy drive, Hard disk, SMPS.

steps to keep control on internal heat

• If your PC is a server try to keep it in a air conditioned environment.

• Buy a higher significant CPU fan with maximum CPU cooling rate.(for example-If your CPU is a 5GHZ then choose a CPU fan of 5.6GHZ)

• Do not use standby in summer, give a chance to the CPU to cool down

• Make sure nothing is covering the vents from top, back or sides.

• Never store the CPU inside a cupboard; it has 60% chances to catch fire.

• If possible then arrange a desk top fan to put at the back side of the CPU.

• Do not put your PC in a place where it comes to the contact of direct sun light, it is equivalent to putting your PC in the oven...........

step2* Maintain the speed and accuracy of your PC.

1. Clean up your old files:

• Use your windows Disk cleanup. Click "start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools ->Disk cleanup".

2. Use Anti-Virus software:

• You should always have a good Virus scanner installed and keep it up to date. You can use some free anti-virus like NOD32, free AVG, Malwarebyte’s Anti-Malware, Norton....

3. Keep your PC up to date:

• Update your software so that your PC works with good accuracy, try to get the update of your computer from the internet.