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Should I cover the top of the case? (ani.social)

submitted 1 week ago by great_7562@ani.social to c/buildapc@lemmy.world

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So I have a Corsair 4000D air flow, and the top of the case is like full of holes to allow airflow (with a dust filter on top of it).

Thing is, I put the case more or less below where my hand is touching the mouse, to the right of my feet.

And, well, I could wash my hands or otherwise have my hands be slightly wet at some point, so I am afraid, those holes would be easy for a drop or two of water to fall down on the PC components.

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[–] daddybutter@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That seems like a pretty extreme measure for protection and I have so many questions... How often are you using wet hands with your mouse? Are the vents directly below the edge of the desk/table so that any liquid would drop off directly into the vents? Could you simply push the desktop back a little and not have the vents directly below the edge where liquids might fall? Do you have a cloth mousepad that would likely pick up any small amount of liquid that might come off your hand?

[–] great_7562@ani.social 2 points 1 week ago

How often is kinda like it depends. But I mean, it can happen, my hands aren't always perfectly dry, I might even forget to dry them properly. I try to be careful now, but it can happen.

So, like 10-20% of the case is not under, I can't push it entirely back, but I could push it back some more (and even then, drops of water don't always fall perfectly vertically, so movement of hand can throw them under the desk anyway).

No cloth mousepad, I don't even use a mousepad.