Cleaning

[encoder]

How often should we clean our PC? When I was working in an internet cafe, I clean the inside parts of the CPU once a month. It sure makes the performance of the computer better when its dust-free. But the thing I wouldn't want to happen is that I could damage a part of the computer because of excessive cleaning.

And what is the best thing that we can use to clean the inside parts of the PC? I have use blower and a paint brush.

[MadKad]

well I clean mine out about once a month as its a dusty room lol, but all would realy be on how dusty the place is my tower is in a closed section of my desk and thats not good but i dont mind

[SlothX311]

compressed air and an anti-static cloth are the best things for cleaning, i would recommend cleaning you pc at least every 3 months, or more freqently like MaKa who cleans his every month

[PCguy]

Now I will go out on a limb here and tell you guys I run my PC with the side off and a large 12" fan keeping my system at a constant 125 degrees, I use a PCI fan as well next to the cards, I have fooled with water cooling, and every size of fan or heatsink on my chipsets, and CPUs, now before anyone loses their mind that the fans will not work with the side off, I care about temprature when I am full blown gaming with all the games options turned on full blast, I use the highest resolution I can that the game allows and I can game for up to 4 hours straight without a glich. Now I do blow my system out with compressed air every 4 to 5 days and my system does not sit on the floor, its about 25" off the floor on a cabinet with nothing surrounding it, cooling is my middle name and right now I am making a cowling for a free standing room AC unit that will push cold air right into the cut out I have on the side of my PC right near the two video cards to see if this will be a sollution to cooling when gaming hard, I do not care about sound from fans and the like, using 7 speakers turned up enough to make my wife deaf, fan sound is the least of my worries. Right now the case I am using is a Thermaltake Armor VA8000BNS and it still had dead air space next to the video cards with 6 case fans on board plus I run the Zalman CN9500 CPU fan to boot and I also mount my PSU upside down to aid their cooling as well...

[MadKad]

WOW sounds intresting can you show us some pictures in the computer system section, I also think cooloing is a good thing

I would love to see this system, also I would say thans will work with the side off all they do is pull and push air

[PCguy]

I am not one to have a nice looking system, I am very much into speed and cooling so I am always changing, cutting, rewiring and doing what ever I can to make the system bulletproof, so I have really been into how air moves through the systems, I have seen as the years progress with us getting into Dual CPUs and SLI we are going to be having major heating problems and I think most gamers do not even think how their systems lives will not be very long when it comes to overheating, I know dust is a killer but excessive heat is worse, and don't forget in just few more years will we be using 4 and 6 CPU Mobos, not super PCs but your own home PC...

[MadKad]

Hay to me a pc can look really crap but can work alot better than a good looking pc, take some pictures and show us we love to see peoples systems

[PCguy]

I will surely do that then, I know I have a digital camera around...

[MadKad]

Great I cant wait Thank you mate

[FilleFolle]

PCguy hasn't come back with the pictures... or are they in another thread? Anyhow, I don't clean the CPU myself. I let the computer technician do it for me, which is about once a year.