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Correcting case airflow and dust build up

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It does not block air too.
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Such as this I used in the past with a LianLi case, NO dust gets inside.

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With all other standard PC "dust filters" you will get dust inside your case.

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The gray piece what is that?

Im presuming the 2 black screens you say won't keep dust out?

Yeah my case had a framed 1 and i broke it accidentally and what you show there might be a solution to my proplem
 
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Was just an example of type of dust filter.
 
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It is very similar to what I have on my FD. Hard to tell from here.
 
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One thought: you could just buy a cheap air compressor from harbor freight on a holiday sale and blowing out your case once a blue moon.
 
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Meanwhile, another similar L216 case continues to be mostly dust and bother free, for the moment. Running 24/7 appeared to be actually good for dust control. :p

I'm not going to haul it outside just to dust it, and risk bumping something loose...Not often, no.

FWIW the stock accessory filter of that case fits over the stock 2x160mm front panel fans pretty tightly, and the fans themselves are sufficiently powerful to still draw a lot of air through. It's not a particularly quiet case with its size and ventilation design. I do not deny that other cases might come with filters that are either pointless, or block too much air. To each their own.
 
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Easiest way is to buy a handheld air duster/vacuum like this
 

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The problem with mentioned stuff to smoke is it comes to your pc as smoke, but then sits on whatever and changes into liquid what may kill components. I don't exaggerate, it's a classic of pc repairs. Short experiment was fine, but generally avoid smoking whatever in room where pc works.

About low RPMs, my must is pc simply inaudible during low load like webbrowsing and for all of this time, so no rapid ramp ups, because something got hot for a second. But it starts with needing to have fans capable of running like that or running passive. Totally recommend, even if it means buying replacements. It's just bad to have it different nowadays when we came so far from damn loud 00's computers with all of the noisy stuff you could at best mitigate with sound-dampened cases.
thanks for explanation! I'm glad I'm not smoking heh
Just get a Metro DataVac or similar duster and blast it out every 3 months and stop caring about dust the rest of the time.

I don't run filters on any of my computers they have almost no dust. If they do it gets blasted out anyway.
Tbh it is my dream to buy this Metro DataVac! But unfortunately I'm not from USA or EU so I don't have easy option to buy it. But anyway Im looking for good electric duster !BUT! I need one with ESD protection and it is hard to find one (for example on Ali). If you guys can recommend ESD duster from Ali.
 

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thanks for explanation! I'm glad I'm not smoking heh

I left smoking two years ago and I'm not likely to come back, so me too :] You are welcome and I wish you good time with your pc, so one free of feeling the need to make anything better - it's just how it should be!
 
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One thought: you could just buy a cheap air compressor from harbor freight on a holiday sale and blowing out your case once a blue moon.
Or buy a good air compressor you can later use to build a fence around your backyard, or a new deck, or use to paint your house, or put down a new roof. I guarantee the very first time you use that compressor to fill up a flat tire so you can limp down to the nearest tire shop, you will be glad you did.

FTR, I've been using an air compressor to clean out electronics since my very first job as a tech back in the early 70's.

HOWEVER - the compressing process WILL create condensation inside the tank. The compressor also draws in unfiltered air into the tank - unfiltered air that may contain all sorts of dust and other contaminants. The condensation collects on the walls of the tank, then runs down to the bottom and mixes with the dust, smoke particles and whatever else was in the air. If the pool of contaminated water is allowed to build up, nasty, rusty water particles can be spewed onto your electronics - never good. So periodic draining is required and all air compressors have a petcock valve on the bottom of the tank for this purpose.

ALWAYS - as in EVERY SINGLE TIME - use a inline moisture and particulate filter with your air compressor when cleaning electronics (or air-brush painting birthday cakes or faces).

Never see how fast you can make a fan spin - you can easily exceed design limits and damage or even destroy the bearings (I use wooden glue/Popsicle sticks to hold the blades stationary).

Either way, please! Do it outside. No need to blast that heat-trapping dust, dander, microscopic critters that eat that dander, and the microscopic "stuff" those critters "excrete" :eek: back into your room, computer, nose, eyes or lungs. :(
 

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HOWEVER - the compressing process WILL create condensation inside the tank. The compressor also draws in unfiltered air into the tank - unfiltered air that may contain all sorts of dust and other contaminants. The condensation collects on the walls of the tank, then runs down to the bottom and mixes with the dust, smoke particles and whatever else was in the air. If the pool of contaminated water is allowed to build up, nasty, rusty water particles can be spewed onto your electronics - never good. So periodic draining is required and all air compressors have a petcock valve on the bottom of the tank for this purpose.
That's why I want to buy ELECTRIC duster :)
 
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LOL - not sure that would be better.

Unless it is a Metro DataVac ESD Duster, or something similar that is designed specifically for use around ESD sensitive devices, I would not use it. Note that despite its name, it is not a vacuum.
 
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