Well well, howdy! Have you ever been on a tight budget? Just haven't got that extra cash to get some air in a can and clean those nasty fans/case of yours?... Well I found a solution to the tight budgeted!
Since my money is limited also, I don't have $4-$5 to just go and blow on a single can of air that limits me to one or two uses... So I sat here thinking to myself... "Why do I need air? Why not just use a brush!"
So I went out to my local Dollar General (it's like a little Mini Wal-Mart... Very Mini. But they got alot of stuff!) And picked me up a painters brush for a buck! Now I was set, I know I needed to do it, and it was going to get done! Follow below for my detailed (somewhat) cleaning solution pictures!
*The Victim...*
Wow, check out those 1337 cable skeelz I got! Zip ties baby, YEAH!
*The Exhaust Fan*
Well, you can tell it works! Man, that looks like my dog got yanked up in there...
*The CPU Fan... Warning! HIDEOUS!*
Yeah, no wonder my temps were up there! It's not blowing air, it's just not blowing!
*Did I mention the EXHAUST GRILL?!!*
Hmm... I'll let you decide on that one!
*And most of all, the tool!*
Now that bugger's tough for a buck! And well, yeah, it's a buck.
*And the end results of my hard labor (15 minutes.)*
Now you may be saying "So what? They're still high."... Well let me tell you something bubba gump!
The temps before were 45°C CPU & 41°C Case! So for only a whole dollar, and a little time it's not so bad! And I only have STOCK cooling (Compaq, go figure eh?) on this block of crap. And I say for it to be stock, that's not so bad!
And I'm sorry about the picture clarity/size. Cheap camera and I shrunk them as much as possible. And I didn't include detailed pictures of them all being clean because that would be just too much to load on a single post.
But you get the idea! And the "How To" is pretty simple, take a brush to it for about a minute and get everything you can out and then slap it back in! I hope everyone has enjoyed this, and hopefully get some use out of it.
Thanks everyone, have a good one!
Since my money is limited also, I don't have $4-$5 to just go and blow on a single can of air that limits me to one or two uses... So I sat here thinking to myself... "Why do I need air? Why not just use a brush!"
So I went out to my local Dollar General (it's like a little Mini Wal-Mart... Very Mini. But they got alot of stuff!) And picked me up a painters brush for a buck! Now I was set, I know I needed to do it, and it was going to get done! Follow below for my detailed (somewhat) cleaning solution pictures!
*The Victim...*
Wow, check out those 1337 cable skeelz I got! Zip ties baby, YEAH!
*The Exhaust Fan*
Well, you can tell it works! Man, that looks like my dog got yanked up in there...
*The CPU Fan... Warning! HIDEOUS!*
Yeah, no wonder my temps were up there! It's not blowing air, it's just not blowing!
*Did I mention the EXHAUST GRILL?!!*
Hmm... I'll let you decide on that one!
*And most of all, the tool!*
Now that bugger's tough for a buck! And well, yeah, it's a buck.
*And the end results of my hard labor (15 minutes.)*
Now you may be saying "So what? They're still high."... Well let me tell you something bubba gump!
The temps before were 45°C CPU & 41°C Case! So for only a whole dollar, and a little time it's not so bad! And I only have STOCK cooling (Compaq, go figure eh?) on this block of crap. And I say for it to be stock, that's not so bad!
And I'm sorry about the picture clarity/size. Cheap camera and I shrunk them as much as possible. And I didn't include detailed pictures of them all being clean because that would be just too much to load on a single post.
But you get the idea! And the "How To" is pretty simple, take a brush to it for about a minute and get everything you can out and then slap it back in! I hope everyone has enjoyed this, and hopefully get some use out of it.
Thanks everyone, have a good one!
