High airflow cabinets require lots of cleaning

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matoind

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I have a Cooler Master HAF 922 cabby with core i7 and a 4870 graphics card.

Prior to this, all my stuff was in CM Elite (Entry level Cabinet from cooler master.)

The graphic card used to maintain the temp at about 78 Deg C by running at 28% Fan speed. But after I shifted to HAF 922, the required Fan speed dropped to about 24% (Thanks for Good air flow).

But recently I checked the temperature, and to my surprise the fan needed to run at 34% to maintain the temperature. I immediately cleaned the cabby (using a blower). And the fan speed dropped back to 24%. (The last time I cleaned the cabby was in the end of Feb 2011). So barely in 2.5 months the cabby collected so much dust. I never faced this problem with CM Elite. (I woud clean it only if I needed to fiddle with something. Which may have been about once in six months. Never cleaned to reduce the Graphics card Fan speed.)

So I concluded that HAF type of cabbys are meant for serious over clockers who will be willing to take time to clean the cabby. For others it means that initally you may enjoy lower temperatures, but in the long run, it may be more detrimental unless the cabby is cleaned every 2 months. (Parts may run hotter than an entry level cabby.)
 
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