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Dust cause by case fan.

  • 23-07-2009 11:27am
    #1
    The Toff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 91 ✭✭


    I have a coolermaster CM690, which is a fine case. Comes with three fans, front, back and one on the side. The side fan is the one i'm having issues with. It is an intake fan, and while it is very good at reducing temps (makes my mobo 5 degrees cooler while idle) it brings dust into the case. The top of my gtx260 216 has a thin layer of dust on it, and the system is only about 3 weeks old! Also, the grating on the case, in front of the fan, gets dusty as well. Is this all par for the course? Is there anything that I can do to prevent this? I'd like to keep the fan, as it does keep things nice and cool, but i'm dreading the dustiness of the case after a few months. Thank you very much.


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  • #2
    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,002 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    Buy a can of compressed air. Blow the dust from the case every two months or so, paying attention to the cpu heatsink and gfx heatsink.

    And yes, its par for the course.


  • #3
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85,927 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    you can get dust-filters/screening solutions but they arent exactly cheap. but you then have the same issue. You still need to do some regular cleaning. the difference being swapping out a filter vs blasting **** off of your motherboard.


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