Case dust

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Hi guys,

I opened the case of my PC (see sig rig) last night for the first time since building it at the very beginning of June and there was more dust in there than I expected. I've cleaned the dust out now, but I was surprised given the fact that the 600T has dust filters. I guess it has been just over 3 months.

Any tips on preventing this and also cleaning?

Many thanks.

 

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positive pressure

Wow! this is turning into a thread on aerodynamics...is Bernoulli's principle going to come up next

I just have the 600T standard fans, i.e. 2 x 200mm intake fans (front and top) 1x 120mm exhaust fan at rear. I have dual 140mm fans on my CPU cooler these are sucking air in from the front of the case and expelling to the back (i.e. towards the exhaust fan).

However, my PSU is mounted fan to the top rather than the bottom, this case has a filter underneath for mounting the PSU fan down, could this be a problem?

The intakes for the 2x 200mm fans are filtered and there are no side vents for dust to come in, just the window on the left (Perspex - no holes etc.).

Thanks for the replies so far guys

PS

This, if your outlets are pushing more air out than your intakes are sucking in, the balance has to be drawn from somwhere, which means an unfiltered gap.

I'm sure this is ok as the 2x 200mm intake fans must be sucking in more than what the 120mm exhaust is expelling, however the PSU must also be sucking air from the case as it is fan up, maybe I should mount it fan down?

 

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I have just re-installed my PSU so the fan is now facing downwards, I did not realise that this was how it should have been installed in the 600T when I built. I don't think that will make a difference to the dust situation though.

I have positive pressure for sure and there are no unfiltered intakes. Any other advice guys?

 

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Great, thanks for all the tips guys