The 19th is now "Clean Out Your HSFU" Day!

[Leper Messiah]

I hearby declare the 19th of every month to be "Clean out your Heatsinks" Day!

Yeah, sure, some of you have hermatically sealed cases that are more sterile than AMD's fab plants, but for the rest of us, we need some reminding that dust doesn't conduct heat well. Clean out your CPU HSFU, your NB, and your GPU! Your temps will drop, and your case will be prettier!


I'll bump this on the 19th of every month, to remind you guys.

 

[Phlargo]

Hehe... that's a clever idea. But it would mean I actually have to turn my computer off once a month. That's okay, right?

 

[Leper Messiah]

you can try and do it with out turning off your PC, but i wouldn't recomend it...

 

[Vegito]

cool.. i just did mine 1am this morning... lots of gunk under the fan..

 

[arnosmith]

For some reason, I don't get dust in my Computer. I have 4x120mm fans sucking in at the front, and 2x120mm sucking air in from the top, no filters, and dustballs the size of elephants running amok in my room. But my Computer never collects dust... *shrug*

 

[Phlargo]

You have elephant-sized dustballs too? And here I thought I was special...

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: arnosmith
For some reason, I don't get dust in my Computer. I have 4x120mm fans sucking in at the front, and 2x120mm sucking air in from the top, no filters, and dustballs the size of elephants running amok in my room. But my Computer never collects dust... *shrug*

And monkeys will fly out of your butt! And I hope all your fans aren't intakes....

 

[Insomniak]

Just did mine about a week ago, no lie. I do have to say, the built in dust filter on the CM Centurion does an excellent job. I only have to dust this thing out about 3 times a year, and there's hardly anything in there when I do.

I have been very happy with this case.

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: arnosmith
For some reason, I don't get dust in my Computer. I have 4x120mm fans sucking in at the front, and 2x120mm sucking air in from the top, no filters, and dustballs the size of elephants running amok in my room. But my Computer never collects dust... *shrug*

Maybe the air is moving so fast through his system that dust doesn't have a chance to settle? Plausible? Y/N?

 

[Leper Messiah]

could be. Thats a lot of moving air...

 

[NightTrain]

I have an air compressor in my workshop that I use to blow out pc cases. One thing to always remember...stick your finger in each fan before you blast it. If you don't you can and will ruin the fan motors by over-rotating them.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: Zap

Originally posted by: arnosmith
For some reason, I don't get dust in my Computer. I have 4x120mm fans sucking in at the front, and 2x120mm sucking air in from the top, no filters, and dustballs the size of elephants running amok in my room. But my Computer never collects dust... *shrug*

Maybe the air is moving so fast through his system that dust doesn't have a chance to settle? Plausible? Y/N?

Over time it will still accumulate on the fan and heatsink fins, high CFM or not.

 

[Leper Messiah]

which is why I have this friendly reminder. ^^

 

[superkdogg]

And I declare the 18th buy canned air day and the 20th get a fan filter day too!

LOL

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: superkdogg
And I declare the 18th buy canned air day and the 20th get a fan filter day too!

LOL

You can use a leaf blower, air compressor, ect for dusting, and old dryer sheets for filters

 

[Avalon]

I'd be scared to take my computer outside, open it up, and fire a leaf blower at it. That just seems like too much power being shot into my system...would make me nervous. I'll have to go clean my HSFs, since they probably are very dusty. This house always gets dusty really fast.

 

[Munky]

I have a lian li case with an air filter, and I've only had it about a month, so I'll check it out when I get home. I know my old case without filter would get dusty pretty fast. This one better be clean...

 

[Hyperlite]

haha good call leper, i'll do it in a minute.

good lord arnosmith! is you case a cardboard refridgerator box?

 

[arnosmith]

I bet it's because I always have something going in and out of it, I don't ever just let it sit there. Need some exercise, move those electrons...

edit: the reason for all the fans are the two 2x120mm radiators, and just some exstra fans i mounted on the top. So with 6x120mm fans, and the fans in the PSU and a couple of 92mm in the back, it's pretty cool inside...

 

[JoLim24601]

Originally posted by: superkdogg
And I declare the 18th buy canned air day and the 20th get a fan filter day too!

LOL

im afraid april 20th is reserved for another day if you dont know what i mean then forget it lol

 

[Jon855]

Originally posted by: JoLim24601

im afraid april 20th is reserved for another day if you dont know what i mean then forget it lol

Hah, very funny, I obtained my Driver's License on that day, what a memoir... Just amke sure you yell grass loud when police pulls you over.

 

[Painman]

I just cleaned mine about 2 1/2 weeks ago when I popped in a new mobo... don't feel like puttering around with it again quite yet I'll catch up with ya in May

 

[Painman]

It's the 19th, folks. Time to bust out the compressed air cans and the USB vacuum cleaners again!

Mine just got cleaned while it was out of the machine on Sunday.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

I just swapped CPU's a couple of weeks ago, I took the HSF out in the garage and blew it out with an air compressor. I couldn't believe how much dust had accumulated since Dec. After about 5mins of compressed air the dust finally quit coming out. And I have a nice case with filter. Damn dust

Of course I live in Texas the land of dust storms and we are way under or avg. annual rainfall things are pretty dry around here.

 

[Gamingphreek]

Man mine is bad... maybe ill do this sometime soon.