Update: I already have filters on all the fans. Dust from these suckers STILL manage to get in the case. I clean the filters regularly with a mini shopvac.
TL;DR at the end.
So, my fiancee has birds. They aren't going anywhere, and they are on the farthest possible part away from the bedroom, which happens to be the computer room. That isn't going to change, unfortunately. For those of you that don't know, birds are incredibly dusty creatures. It has to do with the way feathers pierce their skin.
Every 2-3 weeks, I take my computer outside and with an air compressor, dust it out. And every time, it's FULL of dust. It got to the point that it wasn't enough. My video card was STILL overheating. I took it apart completely, and with some rubbing alcohol and a toothbrush cleaned the living crap out of it. Seems to be stable for now.
I've never done water cooling but have starting doing some research, and I am a bit intrigued. Instead of having to clean out the entire system, I may just have to clean out the radiator, which would be a huge bonus, and hopefully increase the longevity of my PC parts.
I don't do any overclocking, but what entices me the most is not having any air travel through the inside of the system, and hopefully no dust. I have tried fan filters as well. I have a filter over each one of the fans, but it still gets very dusty.
TL;DR
I have to dust out my entire PC every 2-3 weeks because of bird dust.
My question is; would liquid cooling be worth it for me? If I have a liquid cooling setup to cool the CPU/GPU/Memory/SSD could I remove all the fans? Is it possible to take just the radiator part off to clean regularly? Can anyone think of any other options? Anyone have any suggestions on some setups for a water cooling n00b?
TL;DR at the end.
So, my fiancee has birds. They aren't going anywhere, and they are on the farthest possible part away from the bedroom, which happens to be the computer room. That isn't going to change, unfortunately. For those of you that don't know, birds are incredibly dusty creatures. It has to do with the way feathers pierce their skin.
Every 2-3 weeks, I take my computer outside and with an air compressor, dust it out. And every time, it's FULL of dust. It got to the point that it wasn't enough. My video card was STILL overheating. I took it apart completely, and with some rubbing alcohol and a toothbrush cleaned the living crap out of it. Seems to be stable for now.
I've never done water cooling but have starting doing some research, and I am a bit intrigued. Instead of having to clean out the entire system, I may just have to clean out the radiator, which would be a huge bonus, and hopefully increase the longevity of my PC parts.
I don't do any overclocking, but what entices me the most is not having any air travel through the inside of the system, and hopefully no dust. I have tried fan filters as well. I have a filter over each one of the fans, but it still gets very dusty.
TL;DR
I have to dust out my entire PC every 2-3 weeks because of bird dust.
My question is; would liquid cooling be worth it for me? If I have a liquid cooling setup to cool the CPU/GPU/Memory/SSD could I remove all the fans? Is it possible to take just the radiator part off to clean regularly? Can anyone think of any other options? Anyone have any suggestions on some setups for a water cooling n00b?
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