smoking around your pc??

[capkid1000]

hello
so my question is about smoking by my pc.
so I am a smoker and I do smoke around my pc. I've read and heard that its bad to smoke around pc's but I don't know why. and that's the question. why is it bad and what will it do to the pc?

I know its bad for me and I know what it will do to me and it's my choice so don't give me shit for being a smoker please

 

[Remmy]

Apparently it makes the case really really dusty inside. There was a thread recently where someone claimed that most of the dust in their PC was due to smoking near it.
Other than dust I doubt you'd actually harm your PC in any way.

 

[Snortan]

You're gonna get more dust in your case due to the cigarette ash, that's about it.

 

[MadShadow]

Just make sure to have dust filters on the intakes, so you will be dust-free.

 

[capkid1000]

If its only a bit more dust I will just clean my pc a bit more often. thanks for replying

 

[cooperman]

You get lots of dust and tar in your pc i am a heavy smoker and i have to rip my pc open and clean it out at least every 4-6weeks if you dont you will start geting a bilud up of sticky tar cloging up fan's and video cards even with 'dust filters' installed.

 

[SuB]

it will ruin the insides of your case. because it lines it with a lovely sticky tar layer which catches dust, and puts a carpet on everything.

Then more sticky tar goes on top of this, and then more dust.

[rinse repeat]

Smelly, disgusting sticky icky gooey shit will get all over everything where it settles...

heed my warning, I've had to deal with a PC like this before from a smoker, and I flat out refused. It's disgusting.

 

[capkid1000]

Ok so I've heard.
my old pc (2000 tiny) I had from 2000 to 2010 I smoke around that pretty much every day and the most amount of dust that got in to that thing was a bit of dust on the fans.
so with my experience with it as long as you clean it before it gets to bad you'll be fine.

 

[Wraith]

It's not the ash you have to worry about it's the Tar vapour that sticks itself onto the components it's horrid and stinks. While I do smoke I do it outside (back door) it's a dirty habit of which I'm trying to give up.

I can spot a pet owner/smokers PC just by the dust these days, the orangey colour and smell are the obvious signs of a nasty cigarette habit.

This is a PC I cleaned last year owner was a smoker.

 

[Davva2004]

If your PC cooling is designed to generate positive pressure and you use dust filters on all intakes then you do minimise dust build-up. You'll still get a sticky coating of tar all over everything, but if you keep the dust out it won't stick to the tar and form felt.

 

[SuB]

Aye it's the sticky shit that will ruin stuff, dust or not everything still turns a really nasty brown/orange colour and starts to smell really bad.