is it normal for a laptop to have a 5 year lifespan?

[Chazore]

Like Yuri said, check the ventilation of the Laptop.

Also, give a look over your laptop's drives and also check to see if you're behind on any sort of updates.

If you're going to defrag any drives the laptop has, make sure they are HDD and not SSD, because you absolutely do not want to defrag an SSD, as that will shorten it's lifespan.

Here's a vid on trimming Windows fat:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCB1a1hokwg

Lower RAM usage and improve latency:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhm56dBvtTQ

How to unlock Windows 10 ultimate performance mode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlIC5kGFneA

Fix high RAM usage with Standby list cleaner (Also helps with latency):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXuOaOkVz8M&t

If you want to see what your drives read/write, you can use this guide, but I would not suggest using this for defragging an SSD:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-2cQL-Q4IM

Also, as a general tip, bring up your task manager and select the startup tab. Make sure you've only got the basics running at startup (Like Windows defender, but no clients like Steam, as you can start them at any time you want).

Last edited by Chazore - on 29 January 2021