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Like the title says actually, whats the best way to clean out for dust in your pc? 

Either take apart the entire system and use an air compressor, do not use canned air it can spray some liquid and damage your parts. If you have a pool pump to blow up floats, or a electric tire pump that'll work as well- or just use a air compressor if you don't want to take it apart.

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Either take apart the entire system and use an air compressor, do not use canned air it can spray some liquid and damage your parts. If you have a pool pump to blow up floats, or a electric tire pump that'll work as well- or just use a air compressor if you don't want to take it apart.

 

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A lot of this doesn't sound right...

How so? Using canned air can shoot out a liquid sometimes that can get on components and damage them. Whereas with any air compressor that just shoots out air you can't or are very very unlikely to damage your components.

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How so? Using canned air can shoot out a liquid sometimes that can get on components and damage them. Whereas with any air compressor that just shoots out air you can't or are very very unlikely to damage your components.

While this is true, if you are not careful ice crystals can also form on parts like the GPU if you spray it for too long, and as we all know

water+PC components = nope

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How so? Using canned air can shoot out a liquid sometimes that can get on components and damage them. Whereas with any air compressor that just shoots out air you can't or are very very unlikely to damage your components.

 

Unless you use a filter, air compressors tend to have moisture.

I've never had problems with canned air. Just hold the can upright.

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Unless you use a filter, air compressors tend to have moisture.

I've never had problems with canned air. Just hold the can upright.

That's why I also said something like a pool pump or electric tire pump, they literally just move air- and no matter how safe you try to be with canned air your odds of damaging components are exponentially higher.

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