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11/7/12 at 1:10am
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Hello all, I seem to have this type of dust problem. I have filters on now every fan in my case but i still seem to be having a bit of a dust problem (I only just put filters on the side fans). I always seem to get dust, my fan blades always have a layer, my gpu. I have a filter right next to my computer i dont know if that helps or if it makes it worse by attracting dust because its a static one i believe, but iv had that off for a month or more now and I still have a lot of dust inside as I just changed all my fans around and installed filters on the side 2 fans. any ideas or thoughts to minimize this issue?
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post #2 of 7
11/7/12 at 8:35am
Put filters on every opening to the case, not just those with fans and vacuum your carpet/clean the floor regularly.
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11/7/12 at 10:57am
How many fans do you have? and how many of those fans are sucking air out of the case? if you have more fans for pulling air out of the case, a negative air pressure can attract a lot more dust than a positive air pressure (more fans pushing air into the case). That may be a big factor
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11/13/12 at 9:00pm
Thanks for the question, thanks for the tips...
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11/13/12 at 10:25pm
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I have 8 fans, 6 intaking and 2 exhausting on the top
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What fan filters do you use? I used these but still had dust comming in, esp the fan blades. Switched to these silverstone's and they have fared much better.
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12/1/12 at 1:17pm
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i cant remember which ones i have, i tried looking them up on the site i bought them from but i couldnt find them bought them a while ago, the filter itself seems to be pretty good and you can vacumn it, just the cover that goes onto the fan is a little thick so screw barely grabs everything
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