Plastic or Aluminium air filters???

[BMF]

I'm finally getting around to buying some dust filters for my PC fans and am wondering if plastic or aluminium filters are best, or if there is a difference at all.

Plastic seems a bit pricer, but not enough to bother me since im not bothered which i get, just wondering if one is better than the other.

tks guys...

[Mottikhan]

I tried filters once upon a time, but found that they did more harm than good.

I work in a cement plant where dust is a big problem. The filters would get clogged and the users wouldn't clean them often enough. After a while, I removed the filters and just started opening the computers up once every few months and blowing the dust off with the exhaust end of a shop vac. (Compressed air can push dust into hard drive vents and canned air isn't beefy enough).

[BMF]

Oddly enough i did think about getting the compressor out and using that.....stupidity gave way to intelligent thinking though, and we dont have the canned air over here...

I do realize they require some weeekly effort to keep clean, which is no problem....its better than having to do the whole case every few weeks though..

[dystopic]

neilo keep in mind motti's talking about a highly dusty environment. if you keep your tower off the floor and your home well vacuumed, filters aren't that much of a PITA. i'd go with metal since you can put them through the dish washer.

but i'd not use them myself either. not because they clog, but because they restrict airflow SIGNIFICANTLY. if you're gonna stay into overclocking, just get in the habit of blowing out your tower every month or so (canned gas works great on regular dust if you do it regularly).

[BMF]