How often do you clean your PC?

I clean mine out every couple of months as not only would the heat cause problems, it could also catch fire if you were unlucky.

A PC full of filth!

 

I normally do mine with a pressure washer...

 

Let me just say this - Mr Muscle Oven Cleaner and a PC do not make happy bedfellows.

 

I run about 10 in an office with the server running 24/7 and they only get cleaned when they're upgraded; which is about every 3 years. Never caused me a problem. IMO, cleaning them out every 2 months seems a little OTT.

 

i dont

 

My Mac's are too cool to get dirty. ;D

 

The cooler on my graphics card pics up a lot of dust so gets hot and spins the fan up faster making more noise. It drives me mad so I have no choice byut to clean it.

 

This is going to sound like bull - but it was certainly true in my first real job as a production engineer.

If you leave dust on cooling fins it makes the surface area and therefore cooling surface larger - i.e. more surface area, more efficiency in disapating heat.

I would also imagine using compressed air to ram dust in to fan bearings and slots on the mother board isn't a great idea.

I suspect if dust was an issue - kit would have some form of filter - I have never seen any computer kit intended for general office use with filters, nor have I seen servers etc in computer rooms fitted with them either (and not all computer rooms and datacentres have filtered air believe me!)

I don't think dust is such a big deal (though that PC in the vid looks like its been in a spray shop or similar!)

 

just cleaned a keyboard for the first time ever. Got to the stage when I had to crunch some keys down :-[

 

you can clean a PC ?

 

Not wishing to be rude but if you need to clean your pc fan that often you live in a dirty house buy a hoover.

Mine only get a blow out job if I open them to upgrade

 

Surely you only need to clean up your pc periodically if you visit porn sites?

 

I only clean mine on upgrades.

 

My lap top was making an awful racket the other day.. until I blew into the air vent... Silent now