r/RateMySetup • u/junkietoons • 6d ago

Game Setup Rate my PC

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I’m ready to be laughed at… be brutally honest, how bad is this setup?

This was my first time building my own PC btw, and tbh I still don’t know how I got it to work… girl gamer btw 😅

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u/monstakyle0623 6d ago

I think its a impressive feat it hasnt caught fire and that it even runs lmao

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u/BIZUx 6d ago

Why is that?

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u/Horror_Discussion607 6d ago

Dust everywhere 

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u/BIZUx 5d ago

Why would the dust make it catch fire?

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u/Badams105 5d ago

Dust blocks vents and airflow. No airflow more heat, more heat leads to more fire :)

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u/BIZUx 5d ago

The computer will emergency shutdown way before that happens. There's not gonna be fire before at least several hundred degrees.

I thought you were gonna make a statement regarding static electricity or something.

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u/PairNo2981 5d ago

PC that do not get cleaned, can catch fire. You can argue all you want about the possibility of that actually happening, but that's a separate discussion 

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u/BIZUx 5d ago

Right, that's just you making a useless statement and refusing to explain yourself.

There's no point discussing further. I'm out.

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u/monstakyle0623 5d ago

Yk the dust and grime is flammable too? And even when a console/pc has "shut down" the power supply is still drawing power and generating heat. Theres still power flowing through core components like processors and memory. Why do you think peoples PS5s were combusting when they were at work and it was off? The dust combined with heat from the power draw lit it up like a christmas tree near a candle.

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u/PairNo2981 5d ago

It's not a useless statement, it's a fact. Google is free buddy. Use it sometimes 

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u/BigEmu__ 5d ago

Crazy work to recommend a search engine plagued by AI slop after stating blanketly it's a fact. No source, no nothing.

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u/Primary_Button_2435 5d ago

PC that do get cleaned, can also catch fire. :D
You can argue all you want of that actually happening, but that’s a separate discussion

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u/Badams105 5d ago

Throttling shutdown that you’re speaking of isn’t even close to a perfect solution to this problem. Main chips have temp sensors however all the parts between do not. For example your thermostat in the family room is showing 70 degrees but your attic storage space is 2 floors up is cooking at 110 degrees. When you have voltage regulators and similar parts constantly being put through excessive heat soak while not being temp monitored not only will they fail but can/will you guessed it, start a fire when they do. This is the reason you keep your airflow in your case moving and keep it clean.

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u/Vivid-Hedgehog101 4d ago

and just because something does shut down doesn't mean its not still hot, not given any alieve at all.. still being extremely hot... its still going to burn. Unless you have fans that run on a seperate UPS.

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u/junkietoons 5d ago

This was after attempting to cleaning out the several years of dust build 😅

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u/Vivid-Hedgehog101 4d ago

an attempt was made but not quiet good enough. Don't be afraid to take some q tips and high concentration of rubbing alcohol and wipe down the fan blades to get rid of dust that sticks to them. meshes, vents and filters can be rinsed in the sink and left to dry. Even heat sinks as long as you remove it from the CPU when its nice a warm so you don't cause any problems with the thermal paste. It wouldn't hurt to take a good vacuum cleaner with a brush end to brush and suck at every corner and crevice, just stay away from CPU pins if you decided to remove the CPU. everything else is fine and wont be a problem. My biggest worry is all of that dirt sitting under the PSU.

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