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Just wondering if anyone here has any experience with making an enclosure for a computer to keep dust from getting inside?
My 5 year old computer died the other day. I think the CPU finally got fried after overheating many times due to dust clogging the cpu cooler. It had gotten a bit unstable over the last couple of years, but finally got to the point where it just wont boot.
On the floor, my pc seems to collect a lot of dust and I tend to have to blow it out with compressed air about once a weel.
Well, I've got a new MB, CPU, and Graphics card on the way and I'm wanting to try and protect this new investment.
I was thinking if I built some kind of enclosure for my pc that had a filter on it and fans to pull air into the enclosure I might be able to keep the dust on the filter, and not inside my pc.
Just wondering if anyone has any experience or suggestions.
Thanks!
Brent
My 5 year old computer died the other day. I think the CPU finally got fried after overheating many times due to dust clogging the cpu cooler. It had gotten a bit unstable over the last couple of years, but finally got to the point where it just wont boot.
On the floor, my pc seems to collect a lot of dust and I tend to have to blow it out with compressed air about once a weel.
Well, I've got a new MB, CPU, and Graphics card on the way and I'm wanting to try and protect this new investment.
I was thinking if I built some kind of enclosure for my pc that had a filter on it and fans to pull air into the enclosure I might be able to keep the dust on the filter, and not inside my pc.
Just wondering if anyone has any experience or suggestions.
Thanks!
Brent