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The best thing ive found to clean out my case.

Canned air aint cheap!
I use a clean paint brush with long bristles and an air compressor to knock out the lose stuff.
That unit will cause static discharge, and give ESD to your computer.
 
Achilleslastand said:
Well at least in my neck of the woods canned air is about 6 bucks a can which comes out to be about 10 cans of air.
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This thread is beginning to reveal a wide variation in the price of something that is almost a commodity except for the branding, unless different propellants are used.

I'd found the six-packs at COSTCO priced around $16. And I STILL thought it was pricey -- requiring travel if I ran out of spare cans. The cans are only effective so long for one continuous usage, and the pressure varies considerably from first use to the last. I'd found myself trying to use each can "sparingly."

I keep close-by my two most useful dust-abatement items: My Metro-VAC 500 and a soft 2"-wide sable paint brush. I've never had any problem with static charge or ESD, although I use the tool in short blasts.

After that, I have a wonderful Shark Navigator and a Hoover Steam-VAC. More frequent use of those items would probably mean less dust to abate, but this is So-Cal in the late summer.

And -- I deploy DMCI-Flex custom filters for my HAF 922's.

Even so, there are occasional times when you'd want a can of compressed air, so I'd continue to buy them with much less frequency.
 
DigDog said:
sixty bucks.

equivalent to 40 cans of compressed air.
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Actually it's LPG, or lighter fluid that you are buying spaying and inhaling. You still like 10 times its price buying it in a can, BTW. Granted all spray cans use this stuff, but in much lesser quantities.
Hope you are not a smoker!
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Compressing air takes a lot of force, which is why canister for compressed air look a lot like this rather than a spray can. Liquefied air on the other hand basically handles like liquid nitrogen except it's even more dangerous.


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I actually would recommend a hand operated 4 liter cylindrical double-action-pump that is generally used for big inflatable stuff combined with a vacuum to capture the dust cloud.
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Why buy anything to clean out your PC. Borrow your wife's or GF's hair, aka blow, dryer, set it on high air, no heat; and use a small soft brush to clean the fins of your heat sink.
 
MadScientist said:
Why buy anything to clean out your PC. Borrow your wife's or GF's hair, aka blow, dryer, set it on high air, no heat; and use a small soft brush to clean the fins of your heat sink.
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NOw . . . I almost feel stupid for buying the ED500. I think you're right about this, providing the hair-dryer has a blast strong enough to dislodge the dust. And -- I think it probably does . . .
 
Wow never thought of a hair dryer LOL. I personally use an air compressor and shop vac, been a while since I done any of my systems though, my workstations were recently converted to rackmount so they're in new clean cases, and my servers I don't want to shut down. If ever I do need to shut them down I'll clean them at same time, probably going to be nasty in there! Probably lot of spiders and stuff.
 
I use a 5 gal. portable air tank that I fill with a compressor. I think I paid $20 for the tank 20 years ago. I have cleaned computer 100's of times with it.

The compressor was about $100, but it has dozens of uses. I originally bought it to roof my house.
 
I used a hair dryer on my radiators to dry them after flushing. Hair dryers are just fine for the job and you can even rig up a nozzle to direct the air and make it more forceful. FREE AIR FTW.
 
Achilleslastand said:
Was going to splurge and get a air compressor to do what I was tired of doing with a combination of canned air/vacuum cleaner until I found this.
http://www.amazon.com/Metro-Vacuum-ED500-500-Watt-Electric/dp/B001J4ZOAW%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAJ7VMODKUTIUWFY2Q%26tag%3Doverclockdotnet-thr-mcb-lo-t-d-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB001J4ZOAW

Used it inside my Antec 900 case today and it looks immaculate. Much more powerful{and safe}then canned air and look for it to pay for itself in no time.
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I bought this over ten years ago. It's an anti-static vacuum. Unfortunately, the vacuum was never that strong and I still use compressed air in a can.

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DigDog said:
sixty bucks.

equivalent to 40 cans of compressed air.
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It's like $4-5 a can where I'm at. Not cheap at all like you are quoting.

PhIlLy ChEeSe said:
That unit will cause static discharge, and give ESD to your computer.
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No it won't. It's made for use for your pc.
 
I use a DataVac also...
They are great, good air pressure, small.

However the DataVac is my final line of cleaning..
This is my first wall against dust..
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HVAC Filter over the main intake on my radiators keep the entire top chamber dust free where all my air exchange takes place.
 
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