if there is any kind of dust on my graphic card or motherboard will i get any issue?

[roudy-s]

hello guys if i have any kind of dust on the back plate of my gtx will i get any issue? like 1% of dust on the back and i have used compressed air to clean it and maybe the dust is in the pc case or on the mobo or ram or cpu cooler will this make any issue and i clean my pc very often and thank you. the main questin is if any dust is still in my pc or on components like 1% will rhis be a problem

 

[volkgren]

Don't let dust build up to create a dust layer preventing air flow over the components. A little dust is sometimes unavoidable.

 

[justin.m.beauvais]

Normally a little bit of dust won't be an issue. You don't immediately need to clean it. When the dust gets thicker it starts to form an insulating blanket or starts to clog the spaces between heatsink fins, then you absolutely need to clean it. The longer you wait the worse it will get. So, you don't have to keep it spotless, and you can likely go months between cleanings. Just keep an eye on it.

 

[delaro]

light dust isn't a big deal and even heavy dust won't hurt your components, it just decreases the cooling capacity. What can be a real pain is mixing light dust with cigarette smoke and or cooking grease, neither of these will hurt the pc components but mixed that can be a real hassle to remove from Fan blades and cooling fins.

 

[justin.m.beauvais]

light dust isn't a big deal and even heavy dust won't hurt your components, it just decreases the cooling capacity. What can be a real pain is mixing light dust with cigarette smoke and or cooking grease, neither of these will hurt the pc components but mixed that can be a real hassle to remove from Fan blades and cooling fins.

Or pet hair.

 

[Scottray]

I little dust is not an issue. It's inevitable that you'll get some dust in you PC due to the fans. It only becomes an issue when a PC is not cleaned and a thick layer of dust builds. This thick layer of dust traps in heat, which reduces the reliability of the components.

 

[roudy-s]

thank you so much and btw my gtx is a 1070 founders edition so it is all closed if i need to clean it how can i do that?

 

[Scottray]

Don't make things too complicated. Get a can or two of compressed air for electronics. Every 6 months or so, open the computer case and blow off the dust. There's no need to disassemble your PC. If you have dust filters on your PC's case, take those off maybe every 3 months and blow the dust off. That's it.