One Month Old Computer - Dust Already!

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WabeWalker

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I looked inside my one-month-old, two-thousand dollar PC, and was disgusted to see that so much dust had gathered.

I simply blew most of it away by blowing on it with my mouth (trying my best not to spit on it, of course). I've heard, however, that some people use compressed air in canisters to remove the dust from inside their PCs.

Expensive, that.

How about a hair dryer? I've got a really powerful hair dryer in my bedroom. Can I use the hair dryer to blow the dust away from the inside of my computer?
 
Ya, maybe.. but compressed air is generally more focused than a hair dryer, that way you can get the dust out of all the tiny nooks and crannies between pins and such.
 
lol @ blowing by mouth.. use compressed air. If you can afford the 2k pc, you can afford a few cans of it.
A couple dollars per can; a can should last you several months, if cleaning your pc is your only use.
Or get some filters; pantyhose is dirt cheap and works great.
 
lol a month and your worried about dust? try living in the boonies where the air is constantly filled with a fine layer of sand floating around.. i have to take a can of compressed air to my system every 2 weeks..
 
Dont put PC on/near the floor, thats where the worst dust lives.
I use a vacuum to clean mine, twice a year approx.
 
You could buy a case with filters over the air intakes, or clean your house more often/better, or reduce your airflow to what's actually necessary to keep your temps within spec instead of some monster cooling solution that's overkill (even if that means reducing an OC a bit).
 
even a 1 day old computer is gonna have dust but i agree with the rest a pair of pantyhose or compressed air will work wonders on keeping that highend computer clean and running good
 
I would suggest turning one of the systems fans around in the tower, so that it faces outward. I know it sounds stupid, but it works.
 
Its just dead skin. Stop shedding so much and your dust problems will go away. :)

Seriously, getting the computer up off the floor can dramatically reduce the dust problem. I blow my system out with canned air every now and then and do a full clean out every 6-12 months.
 
If you paid $2,000 for a PC, I don't see going through 2-3 $4 cans of compressed air a year to keep it running cool to be expensive.

I've used air compressors to blow out systems and I've also used vacuums that allow you to hook up to the exhaust and use a pointed tip that gives you a lot of air force to blow out the dirt.
 
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