radiator doubles as air filter

[smesx1]

http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/5033/linttrap9sr.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

i guess i should clean it out more than once a year :shrug:

[CCUABIDExORxDIE]

OHH JEEZ! look at that dust bunny! that was probably killing your temps like WHOA. get a can of canned air and show those bunnies whose boss

[Son1990]

Ahh the attack of the dust bunny kinG!
Ruuuuuuuuunnnnnnnnn!
Clean it bro :)

~Ken

[WarriorII]

Kinda gives ya that warm.....*cough* FUZZY feeling huh?

:cool:

BTW: that's pretty gross looking. :P

[bryan_d]

Hehehe damn thats pretty bad!

But considering that its been a whole year that is pretty good. It's summer time here and I have 2 cats that shed like there is a no tommorow so mine would probably look like that in about 2 months!

But out the canned air and vacuum!

Bryan D.

[smesx1]

teee heee

http://img347.imageshack.us/img347/3486/cleansafe3oq.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
and here she is:
http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/8302/dustbunny0to.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

these pics were taken last night... i have since installed my new storm block and cleaned out all my tubing...
http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/1914/freshstorm7zh.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
aww its so purty now. temps dropped from 46 to 40 at load after cleaning the rad and installing the storm.

[CCUABIDExORxDIE]

ohh ahh storm! very nice and clean setup. that dust bunny, was just...offensive!

[rogerdugans]

smesx1- I thank you.

Finally someone who makes me feel good about how often I clean things out. ;)

I have had some rads, fans and sinks get bad but that is simply incredible!
I am pretty amazed that the thing was still running ok.
Edit: re-read and you had answered my question. ;)
46c with all that crud really isn't too bad.......

Clean and 40c is better of course, lol.

Thanks for sharing those images, man: never seen a better reminder for PC Housekeeping. :)

[smesx1]

well that was a years worth of dorm dust and back home i have 2 cats and a dog. Load temp was 46 with all that crap

[citronym]

Wow. Thats really something...

[Moto7451]

Wow, thats a lot of dust. How did that much build up? Is your computer on the floor?

[RMT99e]

holy **** dude, lol. thats all i have to say honestly

[smesx1]

i have my dryer running to it so it doubles as a lint trap. jk yes its always on the floor

but in reality i just didnt have time to take everything apart until now. I know that it has been needing it for the last 6 months.

Ive taken some computers apart where i work at and they hadnt been cleaned for probly 5+ years. They put my little dust bunny to shame.

[Fighter2a]

Nice temp drop from cleaning it though.

[the adam]

atleast that was only in the radiator... I opened my sister's two year old comp one day and a fourth of the case must have been dust (I could barely see the cpu heatsink).

[OvaKilla]

are you serious, 1 year? are you a smoker?

[Acurax]

I can see that from 1 year of dorm dust. My dorm is dusty too. I took my comp home on break and cleaned the rad with an air compressor in the garage. :rolleyes:

[johan851]

are you serious, 1 year? are you a smoker?

Yeah, he's a smoker. That's not actually a dust bunny - his radiator got cancer.

[smesx1]

nope no smoking

[Bob Vila]

Don't feed the dust bunny. It will only breed more dust bunnies.

[voigts]

I recently worked on a computer for a friend of mine. He said that it just stopped working. Everyone in their house smokes like chimneys. I opened the case, and oh my...

You couldn't see the heatsink for the tarred-up goo. I had to take apart the PSU completely just to get the tar-dust slime out of it. After blowing/vacuuming/blowing/vacuuming again (outside on the front porch), I had to wipe the entire inside out due to the tar. After I put it all back together, it worked fine. It must have been totally overheating. That sure reinforced to me why I won't even take a puff!

This dust thing is one reason that I went to a passive car rad setup ("http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=401801) with only one undervolted case intake fan/filter and two undervolted exhaust fans (+ quiet PSU). It is wonderfully quiet also.

[.......]

Insane, man! I tweak with stuff far too often for this to ever happen to me, though. I'm never satisfied with my component orientation! :shrug:

btw: That air duster looks like the kind walmart sells. If you can find a costco nearby you can score a whole pack of six for a great deal (kirkland brand).

Love the look of your tubing; nice, minimal and clean!


:cool:

[Sneaky]

ROFL! thats worse than nikhsub1's triple rad after a year (though he did have air filters over all his intakes)