Do people actualy keep their PC clean?

[Cheddle]

As a loyal subscriber of Linus that I see my self as, I've been wondering for a while now about whether people keep their PCs as clean as they appear in some of LTTs videos, I see that Linus will likely give whatever is staring in the show a good dust up before it appears but it seems when ever I see a computer anywhere it has far less dust in it than mine, don't get me wrong I do blow the dust out from time to time but I never really take it apart and dust things down.

 

To wrap things up I want to know if leaving my main computer to collect its dust like this will be a bad thing or should I actually start to do something about it?

 

I clean my PC whenever I have the side off for an upgrade or rebuild... so every two months or so...

 

I would suggest cleaning it every 3 months assuming you have air filters and that you run it 24 hours a day and own pets.

 

If you ran it 3 hours a day, had no pets and had air filters then you could likely get away with a clean every 12 months.

[Arma_Sektos]

Almost none of my clients dust out their machines, so I am doing that on a near daily basis. The worst PCs belong to indoor smokers...

I know that feeling.  My previous PC was in good shape when I gave it to a smoker friend of mine.  At this point, I've told him that I won't be cleaning it out for him ever again.

[DigitalHermit]

Blow-dusting every 3 months... Thorough cleaning every year...

 

Still haven't managed to fiexd the imbalanced GPU fan (which gets noisy at the 60-67% pwm range)...

[lightningterror]

Few times a year.

[ShadowCaptain]

Literally... never

[Blebekblebek]

Cleaning? Cleaning computer??

HAHAHAHA

No.

 

 

People barely clean their own bed.

well, that's why my services come in handy.

[CrusaderNINE]

I actually haven't gone more than two or three weeks with out opening up my system to tweak one thing or another since I built it in march, so I've not really needed to do any "deep" cleaning yet. I think my positive air pressure helps a bit too.

[Northmountain]

Yes, definitely.

Since I got my new rig (and got a good look into the old one...), I spend about 10 minutes each month or so cleaning the inside.

Vacuum cleaner close to exhaust fans, fans manually on full whack and some canned air to get the nooks and crannies. 10 minute job.

[Oskar94a]

I clean it when i do something with it, like removing/inserting something, clean the whole system, take a gut picture, clean the whole system, etc etc

[vanman69]

I have a particularly dusty room, so I clean my computer every three months or when I get bored, whichever comes first.

[Wardojack]

Of course I just did it today.

I just do it when I'm bored lol

[Wardojack]

Double post

[lutewan]

i clean it about every two weeks since my house is filthy

[sgloux3470]

It takes 20seconds to run a can of air though the case. Come on guys how lazy can y'all be?

 

But canned air is not free though. And you got to clean up your desk too, if you dont do it outside

 

Air = $4-8 and say 10minutes... That's nothing. Think of how much we spend on our whole systems... A little can of air is nothing..

 

Canned air is really expensive for what it is

 

I dust it out once every 6 months with canned air. Can't be bothered to disassemble it like others do it.

 

It's not canned air, it's difluorethane usually. (Sometimes other fluorocarbons)  The correct term is "gas duster"

 

Minor pet peeve of mine.  It's not air and people thinking it is air is somewhat dangerous.

 

Wikipedia sums it up well.

Since gas dusters are one of the many inhalants that can be easily abused,^[1] many manufacturers have added a bittering agent to deter people from inhaling the product. Because of the generic name "canned air", some people mistakenly believe that the can only contains normal air or contains a less harmful substance such as nitrous oxide. However, the gases actually used are denser than air, and inhaling can lead to paralysis, serious injury or death.

Though not extremely flammable in gaseous form, many dusters use a fluorocarbon that can burn under some conditions. As such, there is also a warning label present on some gas dusters. When inverted to spray liquid, the boiling fluorocarbon aerosol is easily ignitable, producing a very large blast of flame and extremely toxic byproducts such as hydrogen fluoride and carbonyl fluoride as a combustion product.

[rkcmd]

I clean it every time I want to stare at my rig's innards. That's what floats my boat... how I get off...

[Suika]

Every time I swap or add components.

Every month or so.

[MemeMaster]

Air = $4-8 and say 10minutes... That's nothing. Think of how much we spend on our whole systems... A little can of air is nothing..

It's like £10 in the UK, thats £40 a month, which is £480 a year on air in a can... 

[MemeMaster]

 

 

 

It's not canned air, it's difluorethane usually. (Sometimes other fluorocarbons)  The correct term is "gas duster"

 

Minor pet peeve of mine.  It's not air and people thinking it is air is somewhat dangerous.

 

Wikipedia sums it up well.

 

Really? get a life lol

[wildcxt]

I used to never clean out my old PC, and it got to the point where it would shut off every 5-10 minutes. As soon as I dusted it, it worked like perfect. It even impacted the performance, it was better than before. You should definatly clean out the dust to keep your PC healthy.

[sgloux3470]

Really? get a life lol

 

You wouldn't call a PC tower "the hard drive".

[MemeMaster]

You wouldn't call a PC tower "the hard drive".

I know

[Br3tt96]

It's like £10 in the UK, thats £40 a month, which is £480 a year on air in a can...

I don't use a whole can with one dusting....

[deviant88]

Yes like between 3-6 months i clean it up well,if i get a brand new piece of hardware inside i usually clean it like every 2-3 weeks cause wtf theres something new in there lel.

[TheKDub]

Some people clean their PCs very often, I myself clean it maybe once a month or two, depending on how dusty it gets. (Which usually isn't very dusty considering I only have 1 intake and 1 exhaust.. )

[Thony]

I have Corsair R200, withouth top mesh fans or any magnetic mesh cover. Havent cleaned my pc sonce i built it (1year aniversary in june lol).

Will get to it in few weeks.

So answer is: People do clean their PCs just not as often as they should.