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Fastest way to clean filthy cases

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It's very fast, thorough and doesn't require much effort. Pretty self-explanatory:

1. Remove all electrical components that you care about.
2. Use a spray bottle to cover everything with a weak soap solution. A bit of dishwashing soap works pretty good.
3. Hose everything down (with tank water ideally, not town water).
4. Obviously let it all dry out completely before re-using.

And yes, that intake fan is definitely getting a bath. It was already dead.

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I havent seen grass for months, and here you are splashing around with the hose.
 
Use cajuput oil to remove those stickers and tooth paste
 
Lol...ok! If people dont know this is possible, I sure hope natural selection does its job! :roll:

Anyway, isn't using canned/compressed air faster? It may not be as thorough but you dont have to take apart the entire pc!

PS - I've put about 4-5 mobos in the dishwasher... helps get all the vaseline and junk off of it from ln2 cooling. ;)
 
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Loving the second pic. Looks like how you clean and dry your PC case during the coming zombie apocalypse. :roll:
 
Fastest way to clean filthy cases?
Don't allow them to become dirty in the first place, clean them on a reg basis.
 
with tank water ideally, not town water
This might be down to geographic differences and how various countries handle water supply, but I have no idea what that means. What is tank water?

... is that an AT PSU somehow powering an ATX (G41 I think) board, or is it an actual ATX PSU with a monitor power output? I've never seen that before. Also, those poor, poor fans.
 
Good way to wreck your fans by not securing them before blowing them out!
 
Right. Well, thanks for sharing, I suppose :D
 
... is that an AT PSU somehow powering an ATX (G41 I think) board, or is it an actual ATX PSU with a monitor power output? I've never seen that before. Also, those poor, poor fans.

The thread isnt about whats inside the case, but how it is cleaned.
 
Every time I bought a can of air I always felt ripped off. I got one of these for Christmas:


It’s awesome and I can use it when I see some specks or just do it at my leisure. I recently did my AVR for the first time since I unboxed it in 2012, it was very satisfying. It’s got a long cord so if you are lazy you can walk around the room and dust everything, just be careful because it has the power to make a big mess :laugh:
 
Formula 409 works great as the pre-spray.

This works great; as long as you let it dry thoroughly, it will be fine.

I do this, but in a sink.

Bonus point for the hose! :)
 
Well thats one way I guess.:D

Personally I use an air compressor that my father bought for the car.
I do a full system clean out once every 6 months or so,ofc I dial down the pressure and I keep my distance so I won't damage anything on the mobo,etc and also hold down the fans with my hand when I clean them.

Been doing it like that for years now and so far I had no issues,same with my brother's system.

Glass side panel/outside of my Case does require more care tho so I do that more often.
 
Done it this way on my own systems, it is not that fast.
 
Drying time is a drag; but it's clean!

I usually yank the cmos battery, but it won't hurt to leave it in; you're likely to lose the cmos anyway, depending on dirt content. :)
 
And even faster in a hot country - it dries in minutes. I've used this technique loads of times when reconditioning a PC and then selling it for more than I would have done before the car wash.
 
I have a large air compressor to blow the dust out with. I use PrepSolv to clean things that stick to the case off with.
 
The thread isnt about whats inside the case, but how it is cleaned.
Consider it a minuscule observation that wasn't intended to cause the thread to go off the rails.
 
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