Dusty pc solution?

mdusiek · 1 Sep 2009 at 18:55

here are pictures of my mc (current PackardBell iMedia) and i hate it but i gotta take care of it so whe ni decided to clean it after 2 years (lol ino) this is what i found 0.0 behold

Now that its all cleard up my pc is working about 50% quieter!!!!
also this is how much dust was in the heatsink alone!

any ways to avoid this happening to my new pc (which im gonna build soon )?
i mean i dont wanna clean my pc every week cos that takes an hour =[

Ste59w · 1 Sep 2009 at 19:01

Compressed air in a can?

mdusiek · 1 Sep 2009 at 19:02

where would you get that 0.0 seems like sweet idea tbh!!!

setter · 1 Sep 2009 at 19:03

That was bad,

but ive definitely seen worse, a can of compressed air is a great method of giving your system a quick clean out every few months, ive found that doing this keeps dust to a very low level.

Ste59w · 1 Sep 2009 at 19:03

OCUK of course!

I just ordered some myself, heres the link https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CM-006-OK

fizzle-187 · 1 Sep 2009 at 19:04

I would get cleaning boy.

tuppers360 · 1 Sep 2009 at 19:17

Never used compressed gas! Can you post pics of what your system looks like when you have used it?

Namak · 1 Sep 2009 at 19:25

mdusiek said:
any ways to avoid this happening to my new pc (which im gonna build soon )?
i mean i dont wanna clean my pc every week cos that takes an hour =[

Well my two tips based on experience are

1) don't smoke near the PC
2) don't buy a HAF932 case - Huge fans and no filters. I have laminate floors so it sits in the corner of my room acting like a permant vacuum cleaner!

mdusiek · 1 Sep 2009 at 19:26

hmmm ty for the link and dw. air is harmless lol =]
the high pressure pushes the air out quickly which pushes ouit all of t3h evil d00st lol

_SBradley_ · 1 Sep 2009 at 20:03

Ste59w said:
OCUK of course!

How long does one of those cans last?

dr4g0nf1y · 1 Sep 2009 at 20:08

I would so have loved to have cleaned that out lol

just use a small paint brush next time, it's more eco friendly than all those cotton buds

julianhj · 1 Sep 2009 at 20:44

_SBradley_ said:
How long does one of those cans last?

I bought some OCUK compressed air a few weeks back and used what feels like half a can cleaning out my desktop. It hadn't been done for two years though, so was fairly filthy!

mdusiek · 1 Sep 2009 at 21:00

lol cleaining was a preety fun part except taht the heatsing was conected to psu and i had to hold the damn thing in 1 hand while cleaing with other = not fun and sore arm after 10 min of doing that =[ damn u asus heatsink lol

coupe69 · 1 Sep 2009 at 21:08

I prefer to leave it until I can no longer see the mainboard

PermaBanned · 1 Sep 2009 at 21:13

They look more like cobwebs...

But yeah, compressed air and see if you can install a dust filter... or some tights

fordypaul · 1 Sep 2009 at 21:16

Prevention is better than cure, filters are a must on cases these days, especially if you have good airflow!

Qu3 · 1 Sep 2009 at 21:16

Would that even still work?

_SBradley_ · 1 Sep 2009 at 21:20

coupe69 said:
I prefer to leave it until I can no longer see the mainboard

That's impressive! :eek:

I hoovered out my PC the other day; I do it every year or so.

QlimaxUK · 1 Sep 2009 at 21:25

OP pics aint that bad really, i had worse in mine

EDIT: and theres nothing wrong with hoovering!!!!!

as people on here seem to think its evil

bifday2k · 1 Sep 2009 at 21:55

Yeh my old packardbell used to get like the OP'ers, my own self build sucks a lot more air in, but becuase of the dust filters thats the only thing i ever have to clean on a regular basis, usually do it every 2 weeks (takes 2mins).