I Salvage The WORST Craigslist PC I Could Find...
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I bought the worst-looking PC I could find on Craigslist and attempted to bring it back from the dead.
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Why recycle the psu when a vacuum cleaner will work just fine?
I'd just get the compressor to like 5 bar and just blow it out whilest in a lab suit
Nice video, small tip just blow from the opposite side of the accumulated dust, should be opposite to the direction of the fans air flow. When you go the other direction you essentially push the stuff further in the fins of the rad. I prefer a vacuum myself
you know the power cable routed through the front... i had to do that on one pc because the case was too big and the cable was too short to go around the back. also the spider... that wasn't a dead spider, it was a cast-off exoskeleton from molting.
If you ever come across a rad like that run it under a tap cleans up 100% and quickly
I dont understand how people leave their PCs more dirty than Dawids innuendos.
simple, you put them under the desk, they don't fail, you never touch them again
Dawids innuendos? You have obviously never heard Vicent Teoh of HDTV test lol
They don’t care as much as Dawid does.
now i need dawid to say innuendo
Most people are lazy and as long as it still works its all good people except stuff to break now 3 or 4 year cycle and they ll buy a new one
That PSU is defo worth saving since it's a rebranded high end seasonic and based on the other parts of that system it's barely been used.
Oh cool! I think I'll use a compressor to blow it out.
By the design, looks like a Super Flower
@@DawidDoesTechStuff dude just drain the caps and properly clean it...
@@hmello3250 Capacitors don't hold charge forever. I doubt there's any charge left with the amount of time it took to purchase the computer, "clean" the PC and edit the video.
@@bloodgoat its an xfx, readable on the side and like said before, they are using seasonic psu platforms
I saw you put the freshly rebuilt computer on the table and thought "Damn, that case looks so much better now that it's cleaned up". Took me a sec to realize that wasn't the original case. 😂
it dirty the way you like it muhahahahahahaha
Great video. I appreciate the work that went into it. Videos are a difficult process sometimes people don't understand that. Keep it up
"I Clean The WORST Craigslist PC I Could Find By Blowing Dust off of it and Replacing Half the PC"
He keep Just the mobo? Ahahah
to be fair that cpu could run with a fairly basic cooler and power supply replacement
I hate this so much. If you are going to do something do it right or don't do it at all.
Especially something as simple as cleaning a pc.
Ohhh but to clean this part it takes time and effort, i just want to put the video out ASAP with minimal effort and make money
@@4rd17 I mean you have to consider he's likely flipping this to get money back on it so refreshing the aesthetics is an easy way to make a PC look as modern as it performs. If he doesn't have time to spend more than x amount of houts on a video while other ones need filming too thats his decision. Just be happy that you got to see an older system revitalised for free, everyone online will always criticize someone's effort but at the end of the day he bought that computer with his money and he put what effort he thought reflected the value of the system to him. Don't be a petty perfectionist because he forgot a few bits of dust and saved himself some time so he can put out more content for his audience.
@@4rd17 it's not his best video
I'm getting a bit suspicious about Dawid being sponsored by vileda
Watch the end clip
I used to rock wit Vileda but now I hooked up with a dental hygenist and she keeps me rich in medical latex gloves, bonus I feel MUCH more like a scientist with these ones on while I work (Vileda is coo and all but has a real 'Molly Maid' vybe in comparison)
@@thereeceter6600 have you heard about sarcasm?
With his penchant for dirty jokes and suggestions I wouldn't be surprised if they send him proctologist model next time, lol
@@Tc4ify Hahaha!! Not sure if I should be excited about that.
You can use a soft bristle flat brush usually used for painting when removing dust. It saves having to use canned compress air and electronics contact cleaner all the time, which is easier on the wallet. I have several I use for cleaning my pc components. A 1 inch, 2 inch and 4 inch flat brush are my weapons of choice.
Exactly, the best option if you don't have a compressor, I use the same, every time I need to clean a PC.
I loved this one, Dawid! I'm glad you gave Greg Salazar his proper, too. I feel a little disappointed that you didn't keep the case, aio and psu for three final rebuild. I'd love to clean and reuse that PSU-- please don't throw it away!
a hidden m.2 drive nope it's the main ssd hard disk yay
I was hoping to see that case all cleaned up and looking good but still a cool video
Indeed. We need you to clean the old case, Dawid
+Maree Jeanpierre, writes _" was hoping to see that case all cleaned up and looking good"_
The same here, I was disappointed that he "cheated" and simply replaced parts rather than cleaning them. I was also disappointed there was no before/after testing on the system's cooling performance.
Maybe he will if we support him more
Yep, vid sounded like a laugh, but he ended up replacing a good chunk of the PC with brand new parts, so ended up disappointed...
Actually, you could just toss everything except perhaps PSU into soapy water, then after hour or so wash it out and there you go. For PSU I recommend compressed air, if you don't have it, well workout for the lungs :D
replaced nearly everything, not even put it back in the same case. More of a scavenging than a cleaning.
Agree ! I'm also disappointed. If he wants to turn this into a series, he should do it properly. Clean everything, literally everything and only replace components that are broken beyond repair. Otherwise, it's kind of pointless.
If he wasn't making this into a video to monetize he would lose money on this by buying that expensive NZXT case and that all-in-one water-cooling and a whole new psu. when the previous one only needed some cleaning. He really should also invest in a air-compressor to clean computer parts of that initial dust layer.
Agree really disappointed in this video
Agree
I disagree this is a nice clean build compared to the original. I'm sure cleaning everything does improve performance and probably prevented a fire by replacing that old psu.
That XFX is a Supersonic 80+ Gold Unit. It is worth cleaning. I have the exact same model and I've had it in use since around 2011. 10 years... still going strong.
Dawid, you are one funny dude. I always love your vid's. You uplift me no matter how my day has been, you are the master of cool speech. I don't know whether you spend 5 hours rehearsing, but man, you make listening to you very enjoyable. You have a way with words. You, could leave your day job and become a comedian, you deliver straight-faced lines so well. Keep up the excellent work and humour. All the best.
A shame you didn't test the computer before the cleaning. Could have been fun to see the comparison🤔
Still another great video though🙂
with the state of the dust and power supply thats a fire hazard
@@lplafrance2000 Can't deny that 😅
I wouldn't turn this thing on inside my home.
The computer probably didnt even launch before the cleaning lol
What do you expect, to gain few FPS by cleaning :D
Plot twist: the real sponsor of this video is not Manscaped but Vileda
You don't say
And he said 'VElida" 👍
Omg what a thing to say
@@SpltPersonaltyOF The blasphemy.
This was a lot of fun to watch, one of my students brought in the same case last week pretty much lol. Back in the "Alcoholic Fuelled Punch in the Face Feel" days school of design. Looking at cases like this really takes you back.
Two things: 1. For the AIO Rad you could use a small vacuum cleaner (like a Dust Devil) to suck most of the dirt out from between the fins. Then a quick rinse and most (of not all) of the dirt should be gone...just make sure to let it sit dry for a while. 2. Similarly for the power supply: use the vacuum to get as much of the dust off it without opening it. Then find a shop that can safely drain the capacitors and proceed to clean and re-assemble it.
Naa, just use a dry brush and then a brush with some IPA. For the power supply, its not that dangerous and do the same method, just do it last, after every other component.
Probably not recommended, but I just use high pressure air nozzle with an air compressor and blow them out through the vents. move the nozzle around back and forth between the fan opening and the exhaust (making sure the fan doesn't spin of course) until no more dust flies out. Been doing it for years and never had an issue. I have seen people say that the moisture from air in an air compressor can cause issues, but they make air dryers for them.
I've bought craigslist PCs like this before, and my solution was to go outside with a large air compressor and just blast the hell out of it. The can air dusters just can't do it. It's actually very satisfying seeing giant clouds of human filth shoot off when using the heavy duty air blaster. Wear a respirator. After, it only needs a tiny bit of touch up.
^^^ This ^^^
I don't understand why someone would take an old dusty PC and blow the dust off it IN THEIR HOME (or office) when Outside is just there, on the other side of their door! And for apartment dwellers who can't reasonably own a compressor, take the PC outside and blow it out with a couple of cans of compressed air.
Vancouver is a very rainy place at the moment 😅😂
@@AnnaDoes I used to live there: it seems like it rains from September to May.
A leaf blower works too
As a alternative you can fit the air compressor hose with a paintgun fitting that traps moisture as well.. It works. I'd have washed the case in a tub after removing wiring/fans.. Had to do it many times with peoples systems. NOT fun.
Dawid’s fear and respect for that spider corpse is both highly entertaining and kinda sweet.
Duuuuuh-vid
you again?
@RDY 2RIDE wrong video LMAO
Thing is, that isn't a spider corpse. It's a shed exoskeleton after molting . The spider is probably long gone, and bigger.
@@MrColinZ That's what I came here to say
I absolutely enjoy watching you content. Your sense of humor is awesome in your videos. Keep up the good work 👍
Dawid a soft bristled brush is great for cleaning off components, and it's gentle enough that it won't damage anything! I use one all the time, it's especially good for those pesky fan blades!
Other creators will roast your setup pics, Dawid will literally buy your computer just to roast it inch by inch. This man is the legend, please keep doing this.
Dawid sounds like hes being neutered when he talks about Vileda the only brand for him
Greg Salazar would have been proud to get this PC for his deep clean series
Exactly the comment I was expecting to see! Love the PCDC series he does, and be interesting to see the 'Dawid' approach, not up to Greg's standards, but the innuendo bingo makes up for that ;)
I have had pc's in pretty rough conditions myself (not quite as bad as that one but not far off). One of my methods is to take it outside and use a hair dryer to get rid of a big chunk of the crap. I follow up with a dry paint brush to shift some of the more stubborn bits. For me personally, the PSU and aio were definitely salvageable cleaning wise.
I love computer videos like this. Two things that would make it even more satisfying is testing it before and after, and also using a vacuum cleaner instead of air. I've vacuumed many PC's, even using brush attachments, and not had any issues yet.
vacuuming is not very safe due to static electricity
Wow, Impressive how the case cleaned up so well it looked like a completely different one. 🙂
i like hat nzxt case, but i already have a h500
He also clearly washed that radiator way too hot because it shrank from 240 to 120mm
@@ColdieHU it is a i5, it should fit better
now, if i submerge a 240 into the right hot water temperature, will it expand into 360mm?
@@pepre7594 lmao, thank you or sharing this important information
@@arch1107 yes just make sure it boiling water to really get it to expand
For the power supply you can blow it out with an electric leaf blower. I've been using one for years to clean out my systems. It does a great job
Or, you know, just use an air compressor. They are really not expensive. Just make sure to use a pin or precision screwdriver to hold the fans to keep them from spinning so fast that they fail.
@@shrraga there aren't very many steps between a leaf blower and an air compressor. Especially gasoline powered leaf blowers
Massively satisfying watching a dust filled spider nest get cleaned out and look like new. Great video!
Tip for you if your AIO looks like that first step is to use a vacuum it will make it like new really quickly.
I'd love to see this video conclude with as many original components as possible after a thorough cleaning, though!
That looked like a spider exoskeleton to me-i.e., the spider shed its skin at some point.
It was more likely to have left the case months or even years ago, rather than specifically after you brought it to your office, though.
Spiders shed????
@@AnnaDoes Any creature with an exoskeleton has to shed it in order to grow.
@@AnnaDoesyes they do, and in fact every kind of spider does not just tarantulas
@@AnnaDoes yes
Came here to say this. Spiders molt! That was definitely just a molted exoskeleton.
You can separate the blades from the fan motor, either by removing a plastic clip under the sticker, under a small dust cover; or if it's a magnetic one, by just using two plastic spatulas to pry the edge of the center of the blade and the motor. It should pop off, allowing you to further clean it and lube the bearing inside, or whatever it uses.
You’ve gotta love the cinematic shots of the finished product!!!
Dawid, I noticed you are still using canned air as your method of cleaning pc parts. As there isn't anything wrong with that, I highly recommend investing in a multi-use electric air duster. I purchased one online from walmart for $50 and it's definitely worth it for as much money I spent on canned air. Plus, you don't have to wait for the can to re-pressurize itself when you need it again :)
are you scared of pc gonarea?
@@raven4k998 slightly
@enrique amaya Jesus molested me as a child😭😭😭
A trick I use to make those cans gain pressure again is to just run the can under lukewarm tapwater, boils the liquids inside to heck and pressure is back in seconds
Video should have been "I just replace the dirty stuff" ! I love your vids but this one needed another day or so in the oven to actually clean the PC.
A little more info on the AIO and case you replaced it with would've been interesting. Looked super clean.
This was a very cool and entertaining video. Thanks for making it. I actually really laughed whenever you were describing some of this like "The age old two screws in the middle of one side radiator mounting method" 🤣😂
he now living with another strange spider poor guy🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
It's always a good day when Dawid uploads
spiting fax
Indeed it is😌
its never a good day seeing like bait copypaste comments
Thank you. 😁
@@choppings54 Thats what they always say
What. You threw away perfectly working parts. That was pretty much half the pc.
I didn't throw any of it way. 😂
Once you have ALL the electronics, cables and fans removed from the case, take the case pieces to the local DIY car wash and spray mightily for 10 minutes and rinse for 5 minutes. As clean as it will ever be again. Sit in sunny location for several hours with a box fan blowing on it to dry.
Be careful with that canned duster stuff, the chemicals it puts out can affect you momentarily so use it in a well ventilated area, it is also flammable.
If you find yourself using the stuff somewhat often I would recommend investing in the corded electric stuff.
It was an awesome video, just please don’t cheat, stay with the original parts. I know it involves a lot more cleaning, but a vacuum cleaner and a soft paint brush can help a lot.
yeah it was really bad but nothing impossible to do... so the cleaning of the whole PC was cleaning a motherboard and the ram, that wasn't that bad... oh and tthe ssd
As a PC technician working for 5 years.This PC is clean as hell bro.
there you know dawid is not a pc technician right?
@@arch1107 He cleaned the AIO radiator as wrong as you can do it - making the dust wet and then blowing it into the radiator.
Right way: Using a vacuum cleaner to suck out the dust or blowing through the radiator with compressed air.
Also, this PC is quite clean except for the radiator, he is over dramatizing hard in this video
@@Glasrandkante I've seen dirtier PCs, but those have been stored in a damp cellar for a couple of years.
I've found numerous dead mice in PC cases before. (which says alot me being a hamster!)
Dude keep up the great work 🤟🏼hopefully one day soon you can do mega video with all the big TH-camrs
A few tips from a restorer of 40-50 year old Arcade machines. They have more dust and dirt than you can imagine.
1: Get some large and small soft bristle paint brushes. They work miracles as "dusters"
2: Get a small air compressor with an air blow nozzle. Stop wasting $6 on each can of compressed air. And the compressor makes short work of the dust.
3: All electronics can be "washed". Remove all plug in components. Spray on Simple Green or another cleaner. Use your soft bristle paint brushes and softly brush off the dirt and grime. Rinse with a soft flow of water. Use your air compressor to blow off most of the water. Leave in the sunlight in a window for a few hours and then leave it to dry out for a few days. Looks brand new and will not hurt anything.
Why on earth did the guy who built this buy a 1050 watt PSU to power a 4670k and gtx 1060?! Dude must have powered his microwave from his PC. Absolute mad lad.
Follow up video be like:
*How a TECH TH-camR SAVED an endangered species from danger of going extinct!*
That was gnarly! I don't know how someone's pc can actually get that dirty with just dust alone. That thing must have been running non stop for years without filtration and on a dirty ass carpet.
Anna shit your not supposed to film that lol
Appalachia is really dusty, I had a PC setting on the floor of my workshop and it looked like a full on mophead was living on the inside within a year or so.
The random Bush next to the PC is the star of this video. I mean this in the best way possible. The bush just took so much screen time.
5:51 Not to worry you in any way, but I don't believe these are the mortal remains of PC Spider. I think that's just a cast of exoskeleton.
That's right, Dawid. It's not dead...
(ominous chord plays)
... it's *growing bigger*.
This is just as satisfying as watching someone restore old tools , I hope you do this more often!
you wanted an endangered computer just buy one of those dirty little computers and watch how cleaning it brings it back to life
Great video 😂 like your work, maybe Get a small desk top vacuum for cleaning ya pc parts, very handy for projects like this 👍
Good video mate, with dirty motherboards, just take battery out along with heat sinks and hose with fresh water, after flood PCB with IPA to dry the water on the board.
Have been doing this for 25 years, works a treat
Best regards Andrew
For most of my cleaning i use a dyson with a bristle nozzle. Especially helpful with those pesky fan blades.
A rechargeable electric duster is pretty useful. It doesn't lose compression during use.
Liked the video, Dawid!
That was way more work than I'm willing to put into cleaning. I just use an air compressor to blast all the crap off. Doesn't hurt anything and works well. Very satisfying to see all the crap blow out of a PSU.
For the radiator I'd go for a vacuum cleaner to suck that dust away safely. And it's not a good idea to push it through but it's better to get dust out the direction where it came from. Same thing for the case after removing the fans. I'd even use it for the first attack on the PSU.
5:50 "altough it had a really nice home for itself" dude, the system was literally conected to the world wide web, you say that's big? Lan is not big at all!
Bruh lol
Send this PC to Greg Salazar for deep cleaning in exchange for a faulty memory channel ryzen 5 3600.
deep cleaning, also known as using water to wash the case and leave it all rusted, so dumb idea
@@arch1107 _Rusted?_ LOL. You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about 🤣
@@GregSalazar on the areas where you have rivets or screws, the water there will start a rust process, just leave it there and you will see
the weather where you do this also affects, cold humid or hot humid air will speed up this, you never wash metal from a pc case, never, unless is anodized aluminum
@@arch1107 bruh.. I've washed motherboards under tap water and they still work fine after drying out.. i don't think a bit of water's gonna ruin a case.
Compressed air while paint brushing, then electronics cleaning spray. The paintbrush really helps get all the nooks and crannies. And if a slot is having bad connection issues because of galvanic response petina buildup use a very thin low coarseness emery board.
I love this kind of videos. Keep it up!
You should have used a vacuum on that AIO, or at least dry brushed it to remove the majority of it. Generally you should only use liquids on dust on smooth surfaces.
Would have liked to see all the components reused and before and after tests.
Agreed. You just end up turning it to mud.
Light vacuum and a anti static brush then blow out the rest from the opposite side.
Please do a follow up with all the unused parts along with some eBay or AliExpress junk to make another build!
Oh that's an interesting suggestion. I'll look into it.
@@DawidDoesTechStuff Franken PC for Halloween!
Love the 1050W psu for the 1060, and that the picture he showed from Craigslist had a completely different gpu. The 2 different pairs of ram is always nice too
You can get a sonic cleaning tank to clean up all the crud in seconds. They are not that expensive. You did a great clean up job. Love your videos. Two thumbs up. A two inch paint brush (high quality - not synthetic) helps speed up removing the heavy loose crud.
Like Greg's video's, but with better 80s synth music.
You could discharge the PSU before opening to make it safe and that´s very easy to do. Just connect a mobo+CPU and try to boot a couple times not being pluged in, that draws all the charge left in the caps.
The "corpse" of the spider was actually just a shed spider skin. When you see the feet together like that, it's where the spider had to shed it's old exoskeleton in order to grow bigger.
Always satisfying and somehow sickening to see a PC cleaning video. You and the SStudio dude never fail to deliver great content!
as long as your pc is never allowed to get that dirty you better then that computer own is as a human being🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That 4690k should reach 4.4-4.6GHz easily, I remember OC'ing easily a 4670k to those figures without sweating too much on a big tower air cooler.
My best guess was insufficient power delivery by the board.
@@louiesatterwhite3885 Probably yeah, you can throw a lot of voltage safely to those chips but obviously the board needs to handle & deliver aswell.
2:44 for cleaning PSUs you must unplug the pc and press and hold the power button for upto a minute for bigger ones. after that its complietly safe to open up
Dawid, love your videos! Keep up the great work.
Dawid in the thumbnail looks like he is holding his first child
Damn it would've been great if you had tested it prior to cleaning and changed nothing other than the cleanliness to see how big of a difference it made!
I really like the pretty much all blacked out no RGB look. That will be something I try in a future build. 🙂 Thanks Dawid!
I'm a year late to the party but if you want to clean a cooler matrix like that i suggest foaming coil cleaner, it's designed to clean and displace grime that's set up on condensers for refrigeration units and would make cleaning that AIO a breeze
"Man juice stains" 🤣 nice one Dawid
I'm starting to wonder if Dawid wears those gloves for his "alone time."
I mean they are latex so..........
I'm washing dishes with those gloves lol
Great video! I'm glad velida was kind enough to sponsor it
To clean radiators I just use the sprayer attachment on the sink with warm water and soap. It works rather quickly and gets it all nice and clean.
We need benchmarks comparing this used PC to some of those prebuilts and other machines you've got lying around. I need perspective about how terrible the game experience is on a 4 something series chip as opposed to a 10 or 11 series.
get some velida gloves to protect you from a dirty computer when cleaning it
Hello. I love your vids
I just douse my components in QD cleaner after disassembly for deep cleaning. For lighter cleaning air duster and some dust gel rubbed around makes it look like new.
For the AIO, I use the vacum cleaner with the brush adapter, works like a charm and doesn't put dust all over the room :)
You made a PC cleaning video but just didn't clean most of the parts. Lack of time? Then don't make this video! Pretty disappointed in the lack of commitment despite you knowing what you signed up for.
you get to clean that!!!!
Yes to Dawid cleaning montage
No to replacing 90% of the bits of the PC we actually see!
Just a heads up, that spider corpse may not actually be a corpse, just a molt. As spiders grow, they need to shed their exoskeleton since it doesn't grow with them. So you may still have a spider friend wandering around
So I uncovered a really old PC in my basement a few days ago and decided to clean it. I didn't do Dawids method and properly clean it, oh no.
Leaf blower. That dust flying out was so unbelievably satisfying.
I did it outside people. Don't worry.
It amazes me that humans can have such low hygiejne....that pc case is revolting
I use a steady stream of warm water to clean out dust-quilt radiators. Gentle agitation with a soft brush can help too, but I find a strong enough flow usually does it. Rinse it from the backside so the heavy stuff pops right off rather than it going through the fins. Also, might be worth your time and money to get a Metro DataVac. They suck AND blow (ohhhh yeah), and have a bunch of little attachments that concentrate the air for cleaning out things like computers.
Greetings David. About AIO radiator as a first step i would advice to u just a good vaccum with thin end for corners on hose so u will remove like 95% of this mess simpy dry way avoiding all this squizeeng dirt inside, after that try compressed air or wet solution with alcohol. BTW all radiator is powder coated so easily you can wash it under tap just using bit soap and some old toothbrush, it wont hurt radiator unles u wont put whole pump under water... i using this method for a long time if i ofcourse removing whole thing from computer, just warm water and soap and brush. if u dont want to remove whole AIO from case fastest option is just simple vaccum... much better than compressed air and it wont doing mess with all this dust around .
Hey Dawid, just imagine cleaning vintage AT power supplies!! You will cringe when you hear how I do it!! First you need to get a toothbrush, a scrub brush with stiff bristles, a bottle of Dawn Platinum PowerWash, a spray bottle with a minimum of 90 percent IPA, an air compressor with air hose and air gun, and a sink. First you disassemble the power supply, remove the pcb from the case and power connections. Then you take your Dawn PowerWash and you spray everything down at least a couple of times over 5 to 10 minutes. You take your brushes and clean gently as much as you possibly can, and gently clean the fan blades. Once done scrubbing, you take everything and rinse it out in the sink thoroughly. When done rinsing, take your blow gun, and blow down everything as gently as possible so you don't damage any components. Then take your spray bottle with IPA and rinse everything down, take your stiff brush and scrub the solder joints on the bottom of the power supply to remove any corrosion and flux that may be present. Rinse again with the IPA, then dry it off with the air compressor and blow gun. When everything is dry, spray it down again with the IPA, the idea is to remove all the water, as the IPA will aid in soaking up the water, and you are drying it off with compressed air. Then you reassemble the power supply, and let it sit for 30 minutes to an hour. When done, it will be like new clean; and it WILL work afterwards as I have done this many times over!!
Oh dayum that is one hell of a process. Doesn’t sound like something I’d enjoy, but if your into that kinda thing I’m sure it’s fun to do.
@DawidDoesTechStuff Haha, I wouldn't say that I have fun doing it, but I am working on a project that is the History of Windows, in which I am having every Windows version installed on actual time specific hardware for that Windows release. Currently I am working on Windows 3.11 and hardware from 1988 to 1993. So trying to salvage what I can, the hardware is a challenge to obtain and ensure is working and stable.
I built my mother a computer in 2001. I cleaned it in 2012 as a presentation in my college class about why maintaining your computer systems is important. It was basically like that x3 with the webs.
I think you need to do a debauer and just put it in a dish washer.
So close to my dad's computer! Same case, same ssd, everything else is a step down... I5 4440, 16 gb, GT 1030 for modern video decoding, 500 watt psu and a nice air cooler.
He keeps it clean though.
you should just use a vacuum with a small brush attachment on the AIO radiator. No components to risk damaging with static.
In fact, you might want to invest in some anti-static brushes for cleaning stuff.
Getting dust off of fans is not difficult when you use an air compressor at 100 PSI. Just hold them still before the air touches it so you don't risk damaging them... then you can manually clean the areas that are still dirty.
First I vac the MB, then a camel hair brush and then canned air. For the AIO I dunked the radiator in soapy water and that did the trick. I live in a 175 year old fabric mill. They did a good job creating the apartments but this is the dustiest apartment I have lived in.
I am, confused to hell. I had a version of the case, the CM 690 II Advanced--that compartment in the top would usually have a SATA connection since it's intended to be a hot-swap bay for drives, which was super handy for backing up to other drives or cloning. I'm guessing they had another version without that SATA connector in the top?
You should invest in a vaccum cleaner and an aircompressor. The vaccum would be perfect to clean that radiator... plus air compressor is healther than the cans (plus will last longer and be more powerful). Or one of those datavacs.
Once serviced a guy's pc that was on the floor or a converted barn behind a pile of old newspapers; in it I found multiple spiders, a mouse nest with several crispy dry baby mice and a mummified frog...