I’ll be straight with it. I’m a smoker, I smoke inside, I have a PC that is also inside. I want to clean my PC thoroughly to buy it a few more years. I know about the q tip method, and the compressed air, and general methods of cleaning out gunk and junk from PC parts. But this boy is way too gunked up for a regular cleaning. So, I reckon, the easiest way to clean it is to dunk the dirtiest parts in a bath of isopropyl alcohol. I was considering acetone at first, but it’s way too strong of a solvent, and alcohol should be better at dissolving organic residues. Is this a good idea?

I hereby submit this query to the council, and await judgement.

  • SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    18 days ago

    I would highly advise against this! That would be a health and fire hazard waiting to happen. Isopropyl is good for cleaning your electronics but I wouldn’t bathe them in it.

    If you still want to try submerging your PC in some kind of liquid, you can try mineral oil. This was a trend in PC building back in the early-mid 2010s but seems to have lost momentum around 2017/2018. I’ve never done this myself so research thoroughly. Other than that, stick to water-cooling.

    Also, at the risk of sounding like an asshole, I would advise quitting smoking.

    • Young_Gilgamesh@lemmy.worldOP
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      17 days ago

      My dude. How is mineral oil supposed to clean my PC? Is it a solvent? I don’t remember it being a solvent. I have a feeling people think I want to put a turned on PC in a vat of alcohol. Which is crazy.

      And I respect risk takers. Doesn’t make you sound like an asshole. Just EXTREMELY annoying.

      • SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        17 days ago

        The idea wasn’t about cleaning your PC but rather cooling it. The idea was that since mineral oil hydrophilic (is that the right word?), it could do a better job than air or water cooling. However, as other have pointed out, it was a massive hassle with marginal benefits.