Air Filters

[RF]

Ya, so now that most of us have a handle on heat, an o'cers worst nme, I was wondering if you use some sort of filters infront of you're intake fans to filter out the dust. What kind of filters do you use?

[Andrew Hruska]

my friend used air conditioner filters once
They might work.. maybe

[RF]

Hmm, right here this guy used scotch brite pads and duct tape to fix his problems.

http://www.overclockers.com/tips1065/

Another guy also used scotch brite pads to filter his dust too. Sounds like this is what I will use.

http://www.overclockers.com/tips103/

[Phoenix]

better use a car air filter, adapt it to the intake fans. They're made with some kind of special "paper" so it wouldn't be too difficult to adapt them.

[GSDragoon]

http://www.svc.com/filters.html

You can easily snap a piece off and remove the filter to clean it, then just snap it back on. If you let it sit, it will get clogged and block too much airflow.

[RF]

I found some scub pads under the sink last night and taped them in the front of my case. They are kinda like scotch brite pads, but they will do. I will check the dust right now to see if they are doing anything .

[n_w95482]

I think I'll try something similar for my new comp. With duct tape you can do anything! I could always buy a k&n car air filter and use that since it uses cotton gauze for the filter element . They filter out dust and other stuff really well and they have a lot more air flow than normal car filters (that's why the hp in a car jumps up by 10-20 when you put one in). I don't think they are too cheap tho, probably $30-50 but they probably would work really well.

[RZetlin]

If you're low on cash you can use a coffee filter.