General computer talk/advice

Send it back to the retailer you bought it from for a replacement.

 

I'll send new egg an email.

 

My PC gets quite dusty and requires cleaning often but doesn't get cleaned often enough, so I am thinking about putting filters inside. My thoughts are to use 2 magnetic 120mm fan filters to cover the side vents (no fans in them but airflow through them is high). For the front fan I could use a single 120mm filter but this case has a neat RGB mirrored front fan effect, so instead I would have to cut up some filters and attach them on the front intakes. The top exhaust already has a factory fitted filter in it (to prevent dust falling in when PC is off) and the PSU intake also has a filter however the PSU faces inwards making it essentially useless anyway.

Not sure if fan filters would make the computer run cooler due to lack of internal dust or hotter due to more restrictive airflow. Either way being able to clean the computer a little easier would be really nice.

Anyone have any thoughts on or experience with fan filters?

 

I'd say just take the fan filter from the top fan and put it on the intake, You'll notice a big difference. you could add filters on the side too if you want. All in all I used fan filters on every fan in my case, and notice no difference in temps with/ without.

 

The top one does actually collect a fair amount of dust from falling into the top of the system when it is not powered on though, So I wouldn't want to remove it.

The main reason I am a little concerned about airflow is because I only have 2 case fans (and the front one is quite restricted in airflow already due to the case design), the front HDD one and a rear exhaust. Yet my system has 2 GPU's an overclocked CPU plus two hard drives between the front fan and the main area. The graphics cards and CPU actually draw most of their air from the side vents which have no fans on them, So I am not sure if the fan filters may be enough of an obstruction to prevent airflow when no fan is installed.
However it likely won't make a huge difference and even if it does if it means the computer doesn't look like the inside of a vacuum cleaner every month or so then it will be worth it.


So I would likely have to get a 140mm fan filter and cut three strips out of it for each side, then attach to the inside of the faceplate.

You can see how much dust gets in through the side since the vents are coated in dust. The picture of inside is not a recent one as such there is not so much dust.

 

I see. Honestly I'd be thinking about upgrading to a better case with more airflow in your situation. Any airflow from that front fan will be pretty much killed by the drive cage. Also I just noticed we have the same motherboard and graphics card.

 

For some reason I always seem to be attracted to cases with bad airflow, I don't like having mesh grills on my computers. Currently I am really liking the black glossy plastic of this chassis and since its translucent [actually a very dark purple] it doesn't pick up fingerprints or dust.
If money were no object an InWin805 infinity mirror would probably be a very tempting proposition which potentially has worse airflow and dust proofing than my current case

It might actually be possible to create a ghetto hall of mirrors effect in the front of this case actually...

For a £35 case from 2011 its doing well

An image from a while ago showing the drive bay area being translucent [screen is behind it]. As well as one showing the metal drive bay tabs.


I think I am going to order some dust filters and see how things go.

 

Honestly what I think you should do is, add a slim 120mm fan on the side to blow some air onto your cards and dust filters all round. Should work and provide a little cool air for your 970 which is probably currently sucking in hot air of the back of that 560TI.

 

I'd probably remove the 560TI. What's that even in there for?

 

Dual card life bro! I'm guessing a dedicated PhysX card maybe?

 

Primarily for cuda cores for rendering in blender (and video file format conversions in any video converter), plus it means I can render on the 560ti while gaming on the 970. Secondarily for PhysX not that it really matters but may as well take advantage of it. Thirdly cause it confuses some benchmarking software leading me to have a surprisingly powerful 560ti (when the 970 is actually being used to render to screen). Fourthly it is kinda cool in a nerdy way.

 

This. I used to have dual gtx 760, then when i got my r9 390, i put my two gtx 760 and my gtx 660 in one pc, was amazing for blender cycles rendering. now i have dual cards, r9 390 and a gtx 760 to power all my monitors. and intel hd graphics.

 

Yeah, I find the 560ti speeds up Blender cycles rendering by around 50% which is pretty nice.

 

I'm replacing my blown 290x today. 4 gig or 8 gig rx 480? 1080p

 

I would go for the 8gb because its more futureproof wich 480 are you going for the saphire asus or amd?

 

On my way to the store I'll let you know when I get there what they have in stock. I really liked my 290x it threw down plenty hard.

 

8, a few games exceed 4 on 1080p
Ya dont get an RX480 for future proof though, you get it for 1080p60 on todays games or 1440p30 mid-ish,

 

It's a strix 8 gig for 260 or a power color red devil 8 gig for not sure how much

 

I'd go for the Strix. Never heard of Power Color.

 

Power Color is to AMD as what Zotac is to Nvidia. They're board partners, but they just build junk. It's idiotic to buy a Power Color card.
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