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Wonder if any PC gaming case manufacturers will ever think to add some HEPA filters to the unit - be good for the PC to have cleaner air going in and that airfl
by Zenst 5y ago
Wonder if any PC gaming case manufacturers will ever think to add some HEPA filters to the unit - be good for the PC to have cleaner air going in and that airflow out would be put to good use to cool the PC.
I recall seeing a video (BigClive on YT) in which he gets a fan and used a peace of kitchen roll as a filter and found it fairly effective and just dug that out - https://youtu.be/kK7sJq2E0bE https://youtu.be/kK7sJq2E0bE
- mattmaroon 5y agoBut then you’d have to change the filters and if you didn’t possibly cause airflow problems and then overheating. It would be a nice feature as long as you keep up with it though.
- fighterpilot 5y agoProbably cheaper MERV 8 filter would make more sense, since for this application you're mostly concerned about those larger dust particles. Also it seems like this would be a job for the fan manufacturers rather than the PC case manufacturers. The fan just needs a little slot where you can slide in a thin replaceable filter.
- leetcrew 5y agoyou don't really want something that extreme for case fan intake. you end up "paying" for the cleaner air with higher temps or faster (louder) fans. there are some newer cases with a fine mesh screen over the intake fans. I have these in my fractal meshify 2, and they seem to work pretty well so far.
- Johnny555 5y agoI used to have a PC case with a cooling fan filter -- by the time I retired that PC, the dust was nearly an inch thick. I had forgotten that it had a filter, and "out of sight, out of mind". It wasn't even a HEPA filter, just a fine mesh.