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How to Keep your Computer Dust Free and Cool

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How to Keep your Computer Dust Free and Cool was created by [BBF]sleepwalker

Keep them away from the computer!

1. Dust inside of the computer every 3 months using compressed air

2. Install dust filters on intake fans

3. Manage your cables inside computer
- Birdnest cables all around the computer will restirct airflows and decrease cooling

4. Try to keep Positive Air Pressure inside the case.
- this is quite simple but really helps.
- intake > exhaust
- due to the positive pressure, air will leak out of case through any gaps or openings of the case.
- Beause of the Positive Pressure only intake fans will need dust filters.


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Under $100

a. Antec Three Hundred Mini Tower Gaming Case

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- this case does just about everything good cooling good space good price

b. Coolermaster CM 690 II Advanced ATX Mid Tower Case

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- even supports long graphics cards and good cooling




Under $200

a. Corsair Graphite Series 600T Mid-Tower Case

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- You can't really ask for more

b. Lian Li PC-7FNWX ATX Aluminum Mid Tower Case

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- if you want to show off your hardware this is the way to do it~

c. Silverstone RV02B-W Raven 2 Black ATX Gaming Case

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- If your air cooling, this is the best you can get. I've gone through about 20 different cases and never found one that cools better that this case.



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a. Corsair Obsidian Series 800D Full Tower Case

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- Best watercooling tower case.

b. Lian Li PC-8FIR ATX Aluminum Mid Tower Case

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Nice Article. I use a compressor instead of compressed air. I bought one of those compressors that came with a nail gun. It works for tires, nail guns, air wrenches and mostly to clean my computers.

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Nice Article. I use a compressor instead of compressed air. I bought one of those compressors that came with a nail gun. It works for tires, nail guns, air wrenches and mostly to clean my computers.

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[quote="[BBF"]Muggermadison]
Nice Article. I use a compressor instead of compressed air. I bought one of those compressors that came with a nail gun. It works for tires, nail guns, air wrenches and mostly to clean my computers.

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Nice Article. I use a compressor instead of compressed air. I bought one of those compressors that came with a nail gun. It works for tires, nail guns, air wrenches and mostly to clean my computers.

Love me some power tools :)
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there are a few bad reasons not to use a compressor.
1 a air compressor can collect water molecules inside the tank which could possibly damage your system
2 an air compressor releases air to fast for the fans inside your case, which can over spin them which will reduce their life span.

but dont get me wrong having all that air pressure to clean even some of the most stubborn dust out is nice. I just warn if you use a air compressor use it with lots of caution.

for water molecules its almost impossible to stop them from building up inside your tank but your can put something over the nozzle to collect the water molecules.
and to protect your fans just holde the propellors and keep them from spinning.
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hahaha i am glad people are taking some time to actually read
thank you for reading
hope to be some help in this forum

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There is a way to launch multiple Windows Media Players.
but it is not really a good idea.
The reason is WMP takes so much resources from the computer so that if you launch multiple of them it can crash easy and just not really functional.

i personaly think WMP is one of the worst media players out there.

SO!!!!!!

i suggest Gom Player ---> Download Link

this player supports multiple lauch, really light on the system, automatically suggests codecs for you, will play any video or audio type there is.

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