DUST!!! any ideas how to stop it?

[ionicle_old]

i keep gettin dust cloging up my HSF and i have to take it out daily, and blow it to get thick clumps and wads of dust out of it, any help would be aprechiated on how to stop it lol

 

[Dav0s]

get some fan filters and set up your airflow in the case to have air moving out of it aswell as in, place fan filters on the intake fans only

 

[ionicle_old]

i have a fan on the side of my case, blowing in, then the hsf blowing towards the back and an exaust on the back, with the power unit as an exaust at the top...

 

[Dav0s]

well get a fan filter for your intake

 

[ionicle_old]

a what?

 

[Dav0s]

a fan filter

http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/acatalog/info_2739.html

 

[bloodthirst]

if you dont want to spend money you could do something ghetto and use stockings and cut them up and put them over your fans

 

[FragTek]

Fan filters are your best guard against dust, but dust in your case is inevitable, it's gonna get in no matter what. Some good fan filters will slow the rate that it gets in however and prolong your cleaning sessions.

I accidentally bought the wrong size filters when I ordered my rad fans a long time ago and havent bothered to get the right ones yet, u should see my rad, u cant even see through the fins its got so much dust in it, lol.

 

[NickS]

I reccomend cleaning your house...

 

[anonymous_c]

I reccomend cleaning your house...

I was just about to say that. I usually only have to clean out my PC from dust (though there's not much in there, even with a side intake fan) every month, not even.

 

[FarFarAway]

Get a dust filter - the ones from Kustom are very good - I have 2 x 120mm ones and they did the job in my old box

 

[FragTek]

D'oh! I should have ordered some with my vid card and waterblock.... Grrr... I'm gonna have it all apart anyhow, it would have been a good chance to take off my top fans and vacuum the dust out of my damn radiator. Blasted!

 

[ViN86]

compressed air with blast that shit out of there no problem, put it along side of the heatsink and shoot it in, it will fly all over

 

[bloodthirst]

compressed air with blast that shit out of there no problem, put it along side of the heatsink and shoot it in, it will fly all over

not everyone has a compressor to make use of compressed air

 

[FarFarAway]

not everyone has a compressor to make use of compressed air

You can buy it in a handy can-sized package - good stuff and works a treat

 

[NickS]

I do have a mini-compressor but it uses a car +12v (cigarrette lighter plug).

 

[deepfried]

I do have a mini-compressor but it uses a car +12v (cigarrette lighter plug).

cool, the ability to compress things while on the move

 

[bloodthirst]

cool, the ability to compress things while on the move

its meant for pumping up flat tyres i think lollers

 

[Zyxthior]

Also consider just using drier sheets as a ghetto filter (Bounce, Downey, etc). Put them in front of your intake fans.

Keeps the dust out and makes your computer smell nice and fresh!

 

[FragTek]

lol I should do that! bounce freshness might increase my overclock