In Pictures: 40 Of The Dirtiest PCs You've Ever Seen
Even if you like to get your hands dirty, today's picture story may make you want a shower. Get your latex gloves and liquid air ready. These messes won't be easy to clean up.
Life In The Desert
This very orange, yet still rather inoffensive, interior serves as our warm-up. You've seen worse, right?
Partial Obstruction
A brush and a vacuum cleaner are the only things that can help here. Still, it’s not bad compared to...
Smoked
...what was left behind on this machine, proving that the Marlboro Man is all but neat.
Farming Mushrooms
Mushroom farmers would be excited about this mutated fungus.
Semi-Passive
Why bother with air openings if they only get obstructed anyway? The semi-closed version must have been deemed preferable, especially since the dust works well as a sound dampening material for noisy PSU fans.
Desolate
This might look like a grey landscape drawing, but it’s not. The intern should be told to clean this up immediately.
Caulk
This proves once again that the dust’s alive! The mites are having a party in the dunes here.
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Intel Inside
Intel (and dust) Inside.
Good Job
This PC was professionally equipped with sound dampening material to make it silent. Exemplary!
Oldie, But Goldie?
Playing the 1000-disk edition of the Complete 80s Collection leaves some tracks, and it’s not just the music that’s dusty.
PC Mouse
Nomen est omen – why live on the desk if it’s so much more fun in the PC.
Igor Wallossek wrote a wide variety of hardware articles for Tom's Hardware, with a strong focus on technical analysis and in-depth reviews. His contributions have spanned a broad spectrum of PC components, including GPUs, CPUs, workstations, and PC builds. His insightful articles provide readers with detailed knowledge to make informed decisions in the ever-evolving tech landscape
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Nuckles_56 Wow, these pictures just show how robust the hardware actually is if it can survive this kind of treatmentReply -
Tynidik Pukes and panics at every electronic item in house... So many machines So little time!Reply -
junkeymonkey looks like the everyday stuff folks bring to me and say '' can you fix this ?? it just stopped working for no reason ''Reply -
CAaronD Who needs custom case mods when you have this? ... This ... Desert themes are no longer required because you already have a desert inside your PC.Reply -
junkeymonkey true I hear the 220w fx 9000 chips can make for excellent pop corn poppers just replace thermal paste with cooking oil and your good to go ...Reply