Computer Help and Support

so it's not doing 7 times the work to accomplish the same things.

What might be happening is that there's a big buildup of dust inside the machine, causing it to overheat. That's the simplest problem to fix, just open the case and use canned air to blow all the woofies out of it. Do it outdoors unless you want dust balls all over everything. While it's open, plug it in and turn it on to make sure both fans are operating.

I tend not to replace things until they are inoperable, preferably accompanied by a curl of smoke coming out of the case.

Canned air is one of my favorite maintenance tools.