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Figured worth a share, I have used a fair few cans of compressed air in the past and looked at this and ended up paying £70 for a blower.

First time I used it, I dumped a large pile all over the kitchen work top and ended up taking everything outside with an extension lead to remove loads of dust.

Excellent for cpu fin cooling blocks that were ingrained with dust

Recently had a noisy psu, so turned the pc off and shoved this at the grill, psu noise is now hard to make out over the minimal speed cpu fin cooling fans

IT Dusters CompuCleaner Xpert
 
I second this, more economical over longer term albeit more noisy when in use, the motors have improved significantly
 
Another vote for the CompuCleaner Xpert. I've had one for a while too.

Tips from me: If you are blowing anywhere near a fan, hold the blades still with your fingers; especially if using one of the smaller apperture nozzles.
Also, don't forget to clean the inlet filter on the blower - it tends to get lots of dust stuck in it.

Can't remember how much I paid, but it's currently £59.99 at OC.
 
I also have the IT Dusters CompuCleaner Xpert and it's by far the easiest way to do the job and does it the best as well. It's really powerful on setting 2.

It was £59.99 at the rainfy when I got it but they are currently back at £69.99.
 
steveliddle said:
Figured worth a share, I have used a fair few cans of compressed air in the past and looked at this and ended up paying £70 for a blower.

First time I used it, I dumped a large pile all over the kitchen work top and ended up taking everything outside with an extension lead to remove loads of dust.

Excellent for cpu fin cooling blocks that were ingrained with dust

Recently had a noisy psu, so turned the pc off and shoved this at the grill, psu noise is now hard to make out over the minimal speed cpu fin cooling fans

IT Dusters CompuCleaner Xpert
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Bought one just before Xmas last year, some discount at the time.
One of the best buys ever.
Use for clean the metal filter/cylinder of the Dyson, outside the house, :D
Also great to clean some tools after cutting MDF.
 
Drumroll said:
Bought one just before Xmas last year, some discount at the time.
One of the best buys ever.
Use for clean the metal filter/cylinder of the Dyson, outside the house, :D
Also great to clean some tools after cutting MDF.
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I also use mine for cleaning the filters in our Shark vacuum cleaner, works wonders on those.
 
Just a warning: try first the weaker mode, as the stronger one can damage things.
Cleaned radiators before and my Dyson, no issues.
But was dusting an very old 80mm fan which was planned for a DDC pump and the little thing lost 2 blades. :D:D:D
Very thin and brittle plastic, true, but them dusters pack a punch.
 
Drumroll said:
Just a warning: try first the weaker mode, as the stronger one can damage things.
Cleaned radiators before and my Dyson, no issues.
But was dusting an very old 80mm fan which was planned for a DDC pump and the little thing lost 2 blades. :D:D:D
Very thin and brittle plastic, true, but them dusters pack a punch.
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Hahaha yeah they are quite powerful for sure.
 
RipGroove said:
If it performs like mine then it'll have absolutely no issues blasting all the dust out of your rads.
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Fan blades and all? :cry:

I'm still finding it hard to justify £45-50 or even £60 for a duster, i know it'll probably save me money but i've never had to use canned air either. Just whipped out the old hoover and give it a good going over, maybe when its on sale i'll pick one up.
 
Jay85 said:
Fan blades and all? :cry:

I'm still finding it hard to justify £45-50 or even £60 for a duster, i know it'll probably save me money but i've never had to use canned air either. Just whipped out the old hoover and give it a good going over, maybe when its on sale i'll pick one up.
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My case has more input air pressure than output air pressure so it generally doesn't build up much dust other than in my AIO rad as it's being used as an input to the case so I generally only have to blow the rad out once a year and it does a fine job on that. I've found the blower won't get rid of 100% of the settled dust in the rest of the system, it does a great job but it will leave some real stubborn specs so I usually just wipe those off gently with a microfiber cloth. It's worth every penny though for those hard to reach areas like radiator fins and GPU internals that would otherwise be almost impossible to clean, especially quickly.

I did read somewhere years ago that vacuum cleaners can build up a large amount of static but I've never used one in my PC so can't comment really.
 
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