Blowing a room fan into your case -- more harm than good?

[Quad]

my room is really hot and humid (no a/c)

if i were to take a regular room fan and blow it into my open case, would it do more harm than good? would dust be a major problem? thx in advnace

 

[iownj00]

A friend has done this with quite alot of success. The room is hot, but dry. He just leaves the side of his case off, and has a fan leaning against it.

 

[Shooters]

It'll be fine.....just expect to dust that thing out a little more often.

 

[bacillus]

and don't let any inquisitive little brothers or sisters get their hands inside that open case!

 

[Quad]

Thanks everyone for your quick replies.

will ALL my parts get more dusty? or just the case itself?

 

[HamHam]

i do that with my old celly, it wont get dusty at all unless the area ur case is in is very very dirty.


Hamham

 

[AG73]

yeah, and keep the rodents and housepets out of the computer if you have the side off
lol

AG

 

[Marine]

Yeah, I agree, how can dust settle with a constant wind blowing through your case? I'd think you'll have less dust than a sealed case collects. I frequently leave a side off a case when I'm working on a machine and find temps at least as low as with the side on and frequently a few degrees cooler.

 

[Shooters]

"Yeah, I agree, how can dust settle with a constant wind blowing through your case?"

Take a look at your cpu and case fans and you tell me if there's dust on them.