(There's a certain thrill that comes with posting in a thread that hasn't been touched in years, I can't explain it but I like it
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So, I know that quickbooks is a beast in terms of resource consumption but I have a desktop with a 7th gen i7 (it's a 3 year old machine), 12gb ram, a 128gb SSD boot drive and 500gb ssd data drive. In the past few months when QB is being used the fan in the desktop gets louder and louder to the point that it's beyond annoying and QB needs to be closed to get it to quiet down.
Again, it's a 3 year old machine so it doesn't warrant investing in a new one just yet. In the beginning this didn't happen, it started in the past few months. It only happens when QB is open and actively being used.
My first line of attack was to change the fan but it's fused to the processor, at the risk of physically breaking it - or even worse yanking out the processor at the same time - I can only use a limited amount of pressure to try and pull it out and so far I cannot.
My next thought was to try and see if I can get QB to behave better.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to make QB less heavy?
Thanks!