Can I turn off a PC that's been running all day, take off the CPU cooler, clean the CPU, reapply thermal paste and install a new cooler... or do I need to wait for it to cool down a while first?
Any significant heat will be dissipated in 10s of seconds after you turn it off - you are pretty safe once the power is cut as it will start cooling down almost immediately.
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