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kjvnasa
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Ok so i have a 5 year old antec powersupply that has been working great all the time. Recenty i opened up my case and noticed that there is a sh!t ton of dust in it. like legitimatly a layer dust. So i unscrewed the casing and vacumed most of the dust out. What i am wondering is if it is safe to run a powersupply after this. I will be building a new pc and would not want it to destroy my new components. I have no pc i can try it on though before i do it.... what do you guys think?

My rig:
CPU: i7 4790k @4.5ghz (1.165v) COOLER: Hyper 212 Evo  MOBO: Asus Maximus VI EXTREME   RAM: 8GB Kingston FURY @1866 Mhz   GPU: ASUS STRIX GTX 970 DUAL SLI   PSU: Corsair HX750   CASE: NZXT Phantom 830 HDD: WD Black 3TB SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 256Gb

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just so long as you get as much the dust out of the power supply as possible it should be fine.

My rig:
CPU: i5 4690k 24/7 @4.4ghz (1.165v) Max 4.7ghz (1.325v) COOLER: NZXT Kraken X61 MOBO: Asus Z97-A   RAM: 16GB Crucial Ballistix Tactical   GPU: EVGA GTX 970 SSC   PSU: EVGA GS 650W   CASE: NZXT Phantom 530 HDD: WD Caviar Blue 1TB + WD Black 2TB

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5 years old, it will be on its last limbs soon enough lol 

vaccuming it wont hurt it i do mine all the time

 

 

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Antec generally make good PSUs so I wouldn't be too worried.

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Power supplies generally last a long time.

 

I have an Antec 430W PSU in my HTPC, powering a Radeon HD 4850 + Athlon 64 X2 6000+, and it is about eight years old -- still going strong.

My main system is using a Corsair TX850 (ver 1.x) and I have had it since 2010. It's powering  a FX-8350 @ 4.9GHz and two HD 7970's; no problems yet.

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  • Corsair A50 air cooler  NZXT X61
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  • Cooler Master HAF 912 White NZXT S340 Elite w/ white LED stips

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  • Thermaltake Frio w/ Cooler Master JetFlo's in push-pull
  • Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD + Kingston V300 120GB SSD + WD Caviar Black 1TB HDD
  • Corsair TX850 (ver.1)
  • Cooler Master HAF 932

 

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Ok so i have a 5 year old antec powersupply that has been working great all the time. Recenty i opened up my case and noticed that there is a sh!t ton of dust in it. like legitimatly a layer dust. So i unscrewed the casing and vacumed most of the dust out. What i am wondering is if it is safe to run a powersupply after this. I will be building a new pc and would not want it to destroy my new components. I have no pc i can try it on though before i do it.... what do you guys think?

Chances are it's perfectly fine. My 7 year old Antec is still working perfectly.

"Rawr XD"

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