Since I cleaned my PC and reconnected everything, I've noticed that my CPU usage spikes from 1-5% to as high as 28% when I'm not running any heavy applications—just Task Manager, Steam, and Discord. I'm worried I might have accidentally damaged something or caused static issues because I didn't hold the fans still while cleaning with an electric air duster. A friend of mine said it's normal for CPUs to spike occasionally, but this behavior is new to me and it's stressing me out. Has anyone else experienced this?
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It’s possible you just didn’t notice the spikes before. My CPU does something similar, where it spikes briefly even when idle. Sometimes, background updates can cause this too.
I guess that could be it, but 28% feels a bit high to me. Maybe I'm just overthinking things.