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so i have my H100i in a pull on the "outside" of my case (there isnt enough room for the rad and the mobo inside the case). the thing is that i have it in pull so since its not (wasnt) filtered i would find some dust depositing on my GPU. what i did was get a used pantyhose and cut some holes and put it on the plastic cover that originally came with the case. so can a pantyhose be used as a proper air fiter?

PROJECT MOGAR: CPU: i5 4690k @ 4.9 Ghz CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i in Pull on top Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming GT GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1080 G1 Gaming Edition RAM: Corsair Dominator Platinum (2x8GB) 2133 Mhz  PSU: EVGA G2 850W SSD: Samsung EVO 840 250 GB HDD: WD Black 1TB Case: Cooler Master CM Storm Scout II

 

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Pantyhose works fine as a filter.

Specs: CPU - Intel i7 8700K @ 5GHz | GPU - Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming | Motherboard - ASUS Strix Z370-G WIFI AC | RAM - XPG Gammix DDR4-3000MHz 32GB (2x16GB) | Main Drive - Samsung 850 Evo 500GB M.2 | Other Drives - 7TB/3 Drives | CPU Cooler - Corsair H100i Pro | Case - Fractal Design Define C Mini TG | Power Supply - EVGA G3 850W

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Pantyhose works fine as a filter.

how "fine" exactly?

PROJECT MOGAR: CPU: i5 4690k @ 4.9 Ghz CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i in Pull on top Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming GT GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1080 G1 Gaming Edition RAM: Corsair Dominator Platinum (2x8GB) 2133 Mhz  PSU: EVGA G2 850W SSD: Samsung EVO 840 250 GB HDD: WD Black 1TB Case: Cooler Master CM Storm Scout II

 

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so i have my H100i in a pull on the "outside" of my case (there isnt enough room for the rad and the mobo inside the case). the thing is that i have it in pull so since its not (wasnt) filtered i would find some dust depositing on my GPU. what i did was get a used pantyhose and cut some holes and put it on the plastic cover that originally came with the case. so can a pantyhose be used as a proper air fiter?

It'll work fine. People have done this with Mac's, too.

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how "fine" exactly?

 

Not the absolute best option for a fan filter, but it still filters out plenty of dust.

Specs: CPU - Intel i7 8700K @ 5GHz | GPU - Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming | Motherboard - ASUS Strix Z370-G WIFI AC | RAM - XPG Gammix DDR4-3000MHz 32GB (2x16GB) | Main Drive - Samsung 850 Evo 500GB M.2 | Other Drives - 7TB/3 Drives | CPU Cooler - Corsair H100i Pro | Case - Fractal Design Define C Mini TG | Power Supply - EVGA G3 850W

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It'll work fine. People have done this with Mac's, too.

 

inb4 mac cooling is already inadequate :P

PROJECT MOGAR: CPU: i5 4690k @ 4.9 Ghz CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i in Pull on top Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming GT GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1080 G1 Gaming Edition RAM: Corsair Dominator Platinum (2x8GB) 2133 Mhz  PSU: EVGA G2 850W SSD: Samsung EVO 840 250 GB HDD: WD Black 1TB Case: Cooler Master CM Storm Scout II

 

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Not the absolute best option for a fan filter, but it still filters out plenty of dust.

what would be a better option?

PROJECT MOGAR: CPU: i5 4690k @ 4.9 Ghz CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i in Pull on top Motherboard: Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming GT GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1080 G1 Gaming Edition RAM: Corsair Dominator Platinum (2x8GB) 2133 Mhz  PSU: EVGA G2 850W SSD: Samsung EVO 840 250 GB HDD: WD Black 1TB Case: Cooler Master CM Storm Scout II

 

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I've tried the partyhose option and it was too restricted to allow any decent amount of air flow (could just be the pair I used were just too fine)

In the end I gave up and just picked up a silverstone's magnetic fan filter for $5

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