TexAg12
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I'm sure most of you know how to and that you should, but its a nice reminder to take some time and clean up your builds. Especially in this time of shortages taking some time to clean up and maintain your PC will help it last longer.
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Re: Spring Cleaning.
Thursday, April 29, 2021 4:28 PM
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You are totally right. In fact, I usually do it every 3 months.
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Re: Spring Cleaning.
Thursday, April 29, 2021 4:32 PM
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I definitely need to clean up mine.
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Re: Spring Cleaning.
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Re: Spring Cleaning.
Thursday, April 29, 2021 5:55 PM
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Just tinker and upgrade more and you won't need to clean :D
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Re: Spring Cleaning.
Thursday, April 29, 2021 6:08 PM
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Good idea, esp if you have pets!
Use a vacuum instead of canned air.........that way you actually get rid of the dirt/fuzz/dustbunnies instead of scattering it everywhere lol
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Re: Spring Cleaning.
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Re: Spring Cleaning.
Friday, April 30, 2021 2:44 AM
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Re: Spring Cleaning.
Friday, April 30, 2021 9:50 AM
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One of the first things that I got used to is to clean my PC of dust on a regular basis 
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Re: Spring Cleaning.
Friday, April 30, 2021 12:18 AM
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Re: Spring Cleaning.
Friday, April 30, 2021 9:43 PM
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I gotta set a reminder to flush out my water loop in a couple weeks. Thanks!
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Re: Spring Cleaning.
Friday, April 30, 2021 11:56 PM
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Usually I do once a month, but my new Cooler Master H500 is a bit annoying, wish I considered that when buying. My previous Corsair I could just press the front panel and side panel off.
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Re: Spring Cleaning.
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Re: Spring Cleaning.
Wednesday, May 05, 2021 4:11 PM
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Positive air pressure and filters make all the difference in the world. Aside from that, you can counter-intuitively set up your case for a turbulent air profile. Laminar will get you the absolute best cooling performance in air-cooled systems, but turbulent flow will prevent dust from easily building in the nooks and crannies of your hardware.
Also remember that if you're using radiators with fans in a push config, to take them off and give your fins a good dusting/air blasting!
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Re: Spring Cleaning.
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Re: Spring Cleaning.
Wednesday, June 02, 2021 3:15 PM
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i always take my pc to my buddies shop to clean it up. he's got a nice industrial air compressor. all I have to do just blow it all over and get the dust out of it. but thanks for the reminder!
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Re: Spring Cleaning.
Wednesday, June 02, 2021 11:22 PM
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Clean it once a year for good luck right.
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Re: Spring Cleaning.
Thursday, June 03, 2021 0:18 PM
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i always take my pc to my buddies shop to clean it up. he's got a nice industrial air compressor. all I have to do just blow it all over and get the dust out of it. but thanks for the reminder!
The air compressor is really worth it. I've got a friend with one too and can't imagine cleaning any other way. Canned air works alright but you really have to baby the can. I also recommend giving the file system a once over. I'm sure everybody has unused programs that could be uninstalled.
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Re: Spring Cleaning.
Thursday, June 03, 2021 3:52 AM
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Don’t forget the keyboard! I’m super grossed out every time I clean that out!
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Re: Spring Cleaning.
Friday, June 04, 2021 8:41 AM
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2 times in month with a dust blower
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Re: Spring Cleaning.
Friday, June 04, 2021 4:34 PM
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2 times in month with a dust blower
Should probably clean all my room with a leaf blower, not just the pc
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Re: Spring Cleaning.
Friday, June 04, 2021 6:57 PM
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What are the steps you guys go through when cleaning? Like do you do a general blow out of dust then go to work with little brushes?
I wouldn't mind reading what people do for some ideas.
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Re: Spring Cleaning.
Saturday, June 05, 2021 0:14 PM
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Haven't had to really clean my case more than once every two years, aside from sliding out the mesh filters and vacuuming them 2-3 times a year, advantage of this nice silverstone case, will never go back to cases that don't/can't have mesh filters tbh.
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Re: Spring Cleaning.
Saturday, June 05, 2021 2:18 PM
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I just clean my case when i clean my room.. like twice a month.. but I don't really clean the inside of my case maybe like once a year.
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