Question Fear of cockroaches inside case prevents me from buying a desktop PC, is there a way to keep them out ?

[terryvalencia]

I heard about butterfly enclosure from internet. Is that the only way? I am really really hate cockroaches. And that's being the reason why I want to go for a mini PC instead of a desktop PC. Although I need the power of desktop PC.

I am not joking/trollng. I am serious. I hope to not get misunderstood.

 

[Lutfij]

I heard about butterfly enclosure from internet. Is that the only way?
Might want to pass on a link to what you're looking at.

If you have cockroaches, no matter what case you go for, they'll make their way into said case. What you need to do is treat your room and rid it off of cockroaches, first.
^
IMHO.

 

[USAFRet]

I heard about butterfly enclosure from internet. Is that the only way? I am really really hate cockroaches. And that's being the reason why I want to go for a mini PC instead of a desktop PC. Although I need the power of desktop PC.
I am not joking/trollng. I am serious. I hope to not get misunderstood.

Do you have roaches in your house or apartment?
Probably not.

But to allay your fears, simply enclose the whole thing in a sealed screen mesh. Like the screen you use for windows.

 

[Gururu]

Yeah almost impossible as baby's will go in through the smallest of openings (even netting) and get fat with organic dust debris and lay eggs, etc. Just get a big old case, put a roach motel inside and change out every couple weeks.

 

[kamikaze4kanojo]

Not sure where in the world you live but I'm in a sub-tropical area of Australia and had a moderate cockroach problem in my house for years (they were a large species). I have a big old PC case which I open for some reason or another every few months and only ever had dust and sometimes spider web. I once had an entire ant colony infest my oculus rift box (goes to show how useful I found it haha). NOT ONCE any sign of cockroaches in my PC.

However, 18 years ago I had a job servicing touch screen terminals in restaurants, where the restaurants had cockroach problems - and those terminals were bad. The roach activities would short out circuits (including in other appliances like dishwashers - they nest in the warm control boards). These however were a smaller bodied species of roach to what most houses in my region get.

So my life experience on this one: IF you have SMALL cockroaches in your house, then they will move into your PC and other appliances, and any efforts to stop them getting in probably aren't worthwhile. Best advice: keep your house clean, especially the kitchen. Crumbs left on the benchtop overnight would be enough reason for roaches to stick around.

 

[bill001g]

Yeah almost impossible as baby's will go in through the smallest of openings (even netting) and get fat with organic dust debris and lay eggs, etc. Just get a big old case, put a roach motel inside and change out every couple weeks.

The ones I see in my house are about 1 inch to 3 inches. I have never seen small ones and it would be scary to think about if these are babies that recently hatched so they must come from outside. I have no clue how these get in the house. I suspect they could get into the computers also but the cats like to play with them so I only see dead ones.

 

[USAFRet]

The ones I see in my house are about 1 inch to 3 inches. I have never seen small ones and it would be scary to think about if these are babies that recently hatched so they must come from outside. I have no clue how these get in the house. I suspect they could get into the computers also but the cats like to play with them so I only see dead ones.

I used to live in Louisiana....AKA Roach Central.

I had them kill a battery alarm clock once. Got inside, ate some of the wire insulation, and shorted it.
They were maybe 0.2" long.

Seen others live between the glass tabletop and the wood surround.

 

[terryvalencia]

But to allay your fears, simply enclose the whole thing in a sealed screen mesh. Like the screen you use for windows.

enclose entire cpu with net?

 

[CountMike]

enclose entire cpu with net?

Sure, why not.

 

[Gururu]

The ones I see in my house are about 1 inch to 3 inches. I have never seen small ones and it would be scary to think about if these are babies that recently hatched so they must come from outside. I have no clue how these get in the house. I suspect they could get into the computers also but the cats like to play with them so I only see dead ones.

It's the German cockroaches you have to worry about as babies are ~0.125 inches long (0.3cm). And yes, now they are everywhere.