H50 Radiator full of dust!

wingnutta · 23 Mar 2010 at 13:17

Just thought i would pass on my findings. My room is well ventilated and my pc is not on the floor - yet after only 4 weeks of use, when i came to replace my stock corsair fan with 2 Akasa Apaches in push/pull - the rad was almost completely covered in dust!
Just made me think how often does everyone on here check their rad for dust etc...
Me thinks gonna have to do it quite regularly!

jak731 · 23 Mar 2010 at 13:21

Simple solution: dust filters on all intakes.

iamtheoneneo · 23 Mar 2010 at 13:27

yes dust filters, your fans are obviously too powerful aswell - they should be on minimal speed, my twin rad had very little dust on it after 6 months!

wingnutta · 23 Mar 2010 at 13:42

Me = Thick!

Any recommendations on best ones or is a dust filter as good as the rest?

As for fans - i have them running at about 1100 - is that too much??? - I didnt think it would be enough?

Hotwired · 23 Mar 2010 at 14:55

Right now I have my fans running at 1000-1100rpm on the H50 instead of the 1600-1700 max to keep noise down a bit. Idling 26-30, 18 ambient with dust filters on. You should know from your temps and noise if your fan speed is fine.

I take my filters off every couple of weeks, brush them off with a random plastic brush I found and all good.

I really don't want to have to get at my radiator because its sandwiched into a stack of five fans and shrouds so the filters are pretty important

miniyazz · 23 Mar 2010 at 16:43

iamtheoneneo said:
your fans are obviously too powerful aswell - they should be on minimal speed

This is just rubbish. Different setups need differing amounts of airflow. I would not have a stable 4.1GHz overclock if I turned my fan speed down.

Marine Iguana · 23 Mar 2010 at 16:44

miniyazz said:
This is just rubbish. Different setups need differing amounts of airflow. I would not have a stable 4.1GHz overclock if I turned my fan speed down.

Same here 2200rpm For The Win @4.1Ghz

miniyazz · 23 Mar 2010 at 17:00

Marine Iguana said:
Same here 2200rpm For The Win @4.1Ghz

yup. Not sure what the rpm for max speed on the Antec Tri-cool is, but I'm on that (+ stock H50 fan). Probably need to clean it too as I have no dust filters on currently, but can't be bothered as watercooling stuff gets here this week

psychas · 23 Mar 2010 at 17:07

jak731 said:
Simple solution: dust filters on all intakes.

got to love those filters +1

Dup · 23 Mar 2010 at 17:43

My intake fans are filtered but it makes little difference in my house for some reason.

I just moved mine from the exhausting to the intake though so it may be better now. Will have to wait and see!

GinG · 23 Mar 2010 at 17:48

Not checked mine for about a year and a bit...temps started to get a bit high so must be getting a bit clogged.......

Hotwired · 23 Mar 2010 at 17:52

miniyazz said:
yup. Not sure what the rpm for max speed on the Antec Tri-cool is, but I'm on that (+ stock H50 fan). Probably need to clean it too as I have no dust filters on currently, but can't be bothered as watercooling stuff gets here this week

It's going to be even worse with a bigger radiator

miniyazz · 23 Mar 2010 at 19:23

I'll just have to give it a dunk in a bowl of water every now and again. Although that might work for 10 minutes and then be worse. *ponders*
Maybe I'll borrow a pair of tights

Temi_D · 23 Mar 2010 at 19:31

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CM-000-OE

Problem solved!

miniyazz · 23 Mar 2010 at 20:10

Well-pointed out, but I'm a cheapskate, and I'd need three of them - over £20 just for dust filters is beyond me :eek:

iCe-BLaZeD · 3 Apr 2010 at 08:14

im in the same position, wonder if those ocuk value ones are decent at £2.50 a pop its not too bad (although they're out of stock)

(these: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-195-OK)

edit: then again after realising those £7 ones are magnetic that could be extremely time-saving for cleaning them