My idle temps dropped approximately 10 degrees after I...

[Andrewr05]

used my air compressor to blow 3 months worth of dust out of my rig.

 

I know case maintenance is common sense but sometimes we procrastinate and put things off way too long.

 

This is just a friendly reminder that just because you have to "not be on the computer" for 35 whole minutes, dismantle your rig and lug it outside doesn't mean that we shouldn't clean our machines AT LEAST once a month.

 

It may be a pain in the arse and I preach it to everyone else when I have to work on their disgustingly dusty machines but it is worth it and if you appreciate technology you should take care of it just like a nice car.

 

 

 

That is all.

[dr_bowtie]

I have to clean mine twice a month sometimes....

[Andrewr05]

I have to clean mine twice a month sometimes....

Yeah, I should do mine twice a month as well now that I have my case on the lowest shelf of my desk.

[Nyt]

I dust it out every week, with so many fans there is a lot of dust that gathers in my case

[cjloki]

 

I know case maintenance is common sense but sometimes we procrastinate and put things off way too long.

 

That is all.

 

I'm guilty as charged (with an excuse) your honor....I have procrastinated,

due to I've been waiting to move all the daughters belongings to L. A. so I can have my office back, which is now accomplished.

So, soon, I will transfer all the gamer stuff back where it belongs, and that will include a serious fall cleaning

[bishop245]

if i notice dust on my top fan i start after it with atleast to new cans of air other wise i leave it alone but i do pull my gfx cards every few months and take the heatsinks off to blow them out good

[Andrewr05]

Lets just put it this way, I had so much dust in my case and I'm such a geek that I took the fans struggling to spin to full RPM as my poor computer wheezing.

 

[_TheAlexO]

I need to do this as well. i can see a very thick layer of dust on my radiator lol but im just so lazy to take the panel off and pull out the compressed air

[dr_bowtie]

I just bought a mini-air compressor and I use it at 40 psi and with a water filter....works very well...best thing was the air compressor was pretty much new and only 15.00 from a friend...

[JBags]

I blow mine out semi annually (every 6 months or so), and I do it judging by how much dust has gathered between the cpu heatsink and its fan. Unfortunately, I dont see that big of a drop in temps, maybe a few degrees...

Edited September 6, 2010 by JBags

[OwinC]

Guilty as charged.

Going offline to go and clean this thing.

[Boinker]

I just a guilty as everyone else.... I have left my computers for 3 months while folding and it takes its toll.

 

^ Ashamed