So guys, what do you do to clean your PC? compressed air? vacuum? old style tissues?

I havnt cleaned my PC in a little under a year, last time i did it i used Tissues and a brush.

A bucket of water

Thing is itll void your warranty.

thejoker wrote:

lol....i just cleaned out my 2 like 3 days ago, used a air compressor, looks so much better now

i was thinking of using a Air comp, but it only blows the dust back into the pc : /

Might give it a go when my new HDDs come. Its got like a inch layer of dust....might invest in dust filters next.

Yea you can also use a stoking and just wrap it around the air intakes it will work just fine, and virt no your fishnet stoking will not work LOL.

Air-compressor + Vacuum cleaner

Lol. Yeah i use a big fucking air compressor. Gotta be careful cause its so powerful it might break something.

Why buy $20 worth of compressed air. Vacuum FTW. Just attach lil gadgets in the end of it. Make a thing one with a coke bottle and tape that.

DYI lol

Got me happy there for a sec illicit lol charlie, coke bottle eh? static much?

Shit sorry. Add the rubber tape around it. there you go

electric tape works better, so ive been told.

Vacuum cleaners and electrical equipment especially PC's = Very bad idea

You may be fortunate enough to get away with it without damaging stuff but some vacuum's more so the older models have been known to cause massive electrostatic discharge to other electrical equipment.

Many a PC has been killed by an owner who thought they were doing something "good" for it by vacuuming the dust out, only to wonder why it doesn't work when they try to switch it back on again.

NEVER VACUUM OUT YOUR PC IF YOU EVER WANT TO USE IT AGAIN.

^^ happened to me once. thought id cleaned it and the mobo was dead, never turned on again.

dayum, thanks for the heads up Troppo, ill stick to the Air compressor, this weekend hopefully

My friend just shakes the case

^^ Epic, does he find loose change?

Well he avoids the vacuum and any device that lifts the dust to roam around in the case while cleaning so he shakes it, to sort of drop the dust on the bottom.

i use the compressor i have down in my workshop, i go over mine & the wife's once a month Virt if you don't have one of your own the local servo will give it a blast for you, Make sure you keep your fans still or it can over rev them & they can tend to shit themselves with such a volume of air passing through them I made a special tool to stop them spinning while I give mine the blowjob i made the mistake only once & shortly after it cost me another 20 bucks for a new side fan lol And Illicit is right the fishnet's he gave you to wear are no good just use your old nylons

Thanks for the tips MAB, my old mans got a few air compressors in the garage, ill just use one of them.
Thinking of it now, my computer hasnt generated THAT much dust in the last year, i mean, its noticable, but its not unmanageable xD

it's not the dust that you PC generates it's the dust that get's unsettled by your mum vacuuming dude it lift's it all up and recirculates it and your PC is just a object that it get atrracted to the most lol go figure

^^ Who says my mother vacuums for me? im a 19 (t.y) Year old adult, and i can manage cleaning my room all by my self, i dont only use the vacuum, i use static free cloths and wipes to clean around my computer to ensure that dusts dont collect up bigger than i can handle.

ummm Virt you Vacuum the whole house for you mum you champion lol

If she asks sure....and im sure theres a GTX 480 in it for me somewhere.

xD

but yea, ive realized a dust free computer is essential to maintain a fully functioning PC.

deodorant can and naked flame= dust free pc......but ya gotta be quick its pretty unforgiving lol dude compressed air is the only way to do it!!!You can get filters for ya comp that sit behind and in front of ya fans, making the comp airlock tight is anther thing so dust cant enter. Cleaning filters would be so much more easy maintenance and component friendly in the long run.

Also be careful using a compressor, as the air is expelled it can form condensation and fuck up your gear as well. It's how refrigerators work, compressing air generates heat and expelling compressed air cools things down. It's the same as condensation on a cold can of coke. safest thing to do is use proper canned compressed air.

Either that or a vacuum that can reverse and blow air through a fine point attachment. Because it isn't compressing the air it should be fine.