Dust Proof PC

[tErOn]

Hey guys, what do you to do try to prevent dust from entering your PC if its in a negative air pressure setup?

Gaps below the CDROM drive drive me crazy..

 

[bhtan83]

really not advisable bro, u need air as a medium to cool your components. if u stave air in your casing, air will not reach the critical component like cpu and gpu to properly cool them.

 

[Elijahonli]

try positive air flow....

 

[jtjt00]

Remove the CDROM drive and cover with 5 1/4" plate.

....Gaps below the CDROM drive drive me crazy..

 

[Swiftbladez]

try positive air flow....

yup try that.

 

[congrade07]

Firstly there isnt any dust proof unless u cool by using mineral oil. Total submerge into mineral oil.

If not what u can do is to get good quality filters for example demciflex

 

[tErOn]

ah..many thanks for the advice..i think i will try positive airflow and see how it goes

 

[coyote]

there is no such thing as dust proof desktop. Only thing is to minimize. And the best way is to build from source... a low tdp cpu gives a low spinning cpu fan. a fanless gpu or the lowest power gpu that will satisfy your need. With these 2 choices fixed to the minimum requirement, then try to minimize the no. of exhaust fans, that's where the first 2 considerations are important. If you get super hot cpu & gpu, you CANNOT cut down on exhaust. Lowest amount of exhaust fan will slow down the amount of dust collection from small gaps where the air comes in. Put your chassis as high as possible. I use those metal racks that you see in SLS where they put chassis on display. The higher the chassis, the less dust it collects. Simple physics.

Last & also one very important, junk all those chassis with perforated holes that claim to be 'cool chassis'. Chassis with lots of holes are dust magnet, junk them & ignore whatever their advertisement may say...

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[jtjt00]

Look like TS need casing change to reduce dust.
Today, kinda hard to find casing without mesh front.

 

[Alphas]

on the contrary, perforated panels are very good in filtering dust, just get the filter to cover the holes in the panels to prevent dust from getting it.

Positive air pressure by blowing the air into the case can also minimize dust but you have to clean the dust filters regularly. It is impossible to cover the gaps between the drives, usb ports etc, in fact not necessary. When there is positive pressure, the air will move out of the case by the small opening, so no dust can ever get in.

I only clean my dust filters once a month and the interior of the case is almost dustless, maybe clean it once a year.

 

[jtjt00]

DEMCifilter SA

 

[muddle]

Place your pc in a cleanroom

 

[stay8899]

Place your pc in a cleanroom

Or water cooled every component and run your rad outside the case.

 

[AnTiLooP]

to be really realistic if you do not have clean room you'll still have dust in your case no matter what. the point is to reduce it and not prevent it.

also, don't be to obsessed with Dust going into the casing as it happens no matter what unless you completely water cool your system with the RAD running out side.

even then you'll have dust build up at some point, that's just nature. oh... unless you have a clean room.

 

[Alphas]

watercooling does not reduce the dust, it merely cause the dust to bultup in the rad. To have a really dustless PC, you will have to get a passive cooled PSU, passive heatsink like the heligon and passive cooled graphics card, well which has no fans at all.

 

[Entry Level PC]

What I use.
1x Intake Fan Only and 1x Removal Filter so sibei easy to clean.