Off Topic Discussions

[johnnyenglish]

How or do you even take care of your gaming gear?

I'm very demanding with my stuff, I want them to last. However, they are not a museum piece of art, they need to be used normally.

In order to make them stay in shape, I'm constantly cleaning and maintaining them.

- 2x Weekly dust clean on the PC
- Monthly clean on the mouse with a rubber treatment product
- Mouse/Keyboard mat steam cleaned once every 3 months
- Leather treatment on the headset once a month
- 2x year keycap cleaning on the keyboard

Example of a 3 year old daily driver mouse

This is what I use on the mouse rubber parts (It was from my car detail products)

My Steam Cleaned Mouse Mat 

Give some of your tips or If you want more, just shout.. reply 😉

[lowteck]

I bought a micro compact air duster that I use once a fortnight on all of my PC's.

120 MPH 450 CFM

[johnnyenglish]

You don't even need CPU cooler with that.  😁

[jaandoh]

I haven't open the case cover for about 4 years 😂

[otacon]

I give my case and hardware a dusting when I am installing new hardware, but otherwise never. I keep my area tidy and dust free, vacuuming frequently stops most dust from building up in my case or on my keyboard.
My mouse is fairly worn as I have had it for about 8 years, but I recently soldered new switches on and it feels brand new.

[warpfact0r10]

My little Senco air compressor I purchased for $100 10 years ago has gotten so much use- mostly dusting out the PC! Vastly better than wasting money on caned air.

[mengelag]

Air compressors, lots of qtips and alcohol and electronics contact/ board cleaner for the controllers and MB

[Vynski]

I disconnect everything and roll it out to the shop with a hand truck.  Then I take the covers off and use the air compressor set at 60 lbs of pressure on the regulator and deep clean it about 3 times per year.  Of the 4 desktops I do this on mine and my wife's because they are used every day.  The other 2 are on an as needed basis since have specific tasks and don't run most of the time.