Dust cases (warning, image heavy)

[Oldschool22]

Remember that video Linus did about the year long dust experiment with 3 different fan configs? I see those dust cases and raise you granddads what appears to be an older budget rig.

Btw, is there any hope in saving this or is it a permanent fire hazard?

[AshleyAshes]

Just now, Oldschool22 said:

Btw, is there any hope in saving this or is it a permanent fire hazard?

Well, this might be a crazy and radical plan, to radical for most on this forum even but; Have you considered blowing the dust out with a gas duster or compressed air?  Crazy I know but I've been reading some science on this and it might actually be possible.

[iRileyx]

I'd just leave it.

 

That PC belongs to the spider(s) now.

[mr cheese]

Time to get out the compressed air

 

I recommend getting a duster and a shop vac or other small hose vacuum cleaner to clean out the big stuff, then use compressed air to get the rest. I recommend keeping the vacuum around to suck up the dust while you use the compressed air so you can breathe

[Andreas Lilja]

Doesn't seem that bad tbh.

[emosun]

7 minutes ago, AshleyAshes said:

Well, this might be a crazy and radical plan, to radical for most on this forum even but; Have you considered blowing the dust out with a gas duster or compressed air?  Crazy I know but I've been reading some science on this and it might actually be possible.

blasphemy , you're flying too close to the sun Icarus. To remove dust goes against the sacred tablets!

[kelvinhall05]

I'll take it.

 

 

 

holy shit holy shit it has another sabertooth x58 ok kelvin dont panic just breathe......

[Ithanul]

Darn, my Uncle's computer was almost that bad too.

I had to take out my Kirby vacuum to clean his.  Good thing that vacuum can double as a blower.  Still, had to take the heatsink off and dump that into some water and soap and use a tooth brush to clean it.

 

Hmmm, looks like a 990FX board in there.

[Crunchy Dragon]

Grab an air compressor and you're all set.

[Oldschool22]

Update: Sacrificed a pen to clear the webs, blew away loose dust from the big fan, back fan, and top of power supply. 

 

Side note, just how old is this?

[it_dont_work]

3 hours ago, Ithanul said:

Hmmm, looks like a 990FX board in there.

Yea it does a little, it won't be though with triple channel memory, probably x58

 

2 hours ago, Oldschool22 said:

Side note, just how old is this?

Motherboard is worth cleaning up and keeping should be a good OC platform and if it is x58 6c/12t zeons aren't very expensive. As for the psu it's probably 2002~ and pretty useless these days, markings make it look like its one of the first with the supplemental power connectors for cpu.

[ElfarrWi1]

Leave this fossil right were it is.  Btw where on earth do you have your pc????????

[Virus__]

8 hours ago, ElfarrWi1 said:

Leave this fossil right were it is.  Btw where on earth do you have your pc????????

Why? X58 is still pretty good when you pop a cheap Xeon in them!

[ElfarrWi1]

When said fossil I was referring to the dust lol

[Froody129]

On 5/17/2018 at 11:09 PM, ElfarrWi1 said:

When said fossil I was referring to the dust lol

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Agreed that X58 is an amazing (and cheap!) platform. The GPU isn't atrocious either. That was a pretty decent system 

[Oldschool22]

I found it in my granddad's computer room. must've had it years along with all his other crap. I swear I saw a Commodore 64 box somewhere in there, along with anything basically analog computer stuff.

 

I've currently got my own computer that's only a few months old, a newborn compared to that fossil

@ElfarrWi1