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How often do you clean your PC?

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I was wondering how often should i clean out my pc? My intakes are filtered and have positive air pressure but it has been like 2 years since i really cleaned it out and there are like microdust on everything inside xD

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I cleaned it when I had it for a week.

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If your case has good seals/pressure get a can of air and blow it out every 3 months.   

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If you setup positive air pressure in your case you shouldn't have to clean it that frequently, I clean all the dust filters in my case every few months (1 or 2) anyways.

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Every 6 or 8 months, it depends.

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20 minutes ago, niofalpha said:

I cleaned it when I had it for a week.

Woah dedication xD

18 minutes ago, Newenthusiast said:

If your case has good seals/pressure get a can of air and blow it out every 3 months.   

I havent did it in 2 years... is that bad? xD

9 minutes ago, Jacktastic-Mofo said:

If you setup positive air pressure in your case you shouldn't have to clean it that frequently, I clean all the dust filters in my case every few months (1 or 2) anyways.

I clean my dust filters every week! The super fine dust particles still goes through though D:

1 minute ago, GreezyJeezy said:

I dust mine evey 6 months and that's when I clean my dust filters 

6 months sounds like a good number :P 

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2 minutes ago, xnoobftw said:

Woah dedication xD

I havent did it in 2 years... is that bad? xD

I clean my dust filters every week! The super fine dust particles still goes through though D:

6 months sounds like a good number :P 

My first PC I never cleaned until I upgraded then realized this is super dusty xD but that was only like one year.

 

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I clean all of the filters about twice a month, i usually just wipe them down with a paper towel rather then getting out the air compressor. I also wipe down the PSU shroud about twice a month with a paper towel, as dust seems to be very visible against the red of my shroud and it bugs me when there is dust on it. About every 3-6 months, i will thoroughly blow out the case and fans with an air compressor.

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Uh, any time I see some dust in there. So about once per week, but that's because i run it with the side panel off.

 

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I've had mine for like 6 and a half months and haven't. LOL. I just use a dust cover on my tower when I'm not using it. Looks brand new inside still.

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I clean out my laptop and families pcs every week but I live in the desert and have lots of dust in the air. A great example I use is that my ps4 will develop a thick enough layer of dust in one week that running my finger across leaves a very noticeable trail.

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every 3 months bc muh aesthetics , before that it was around 6-8 months

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