PCGH.de Unveils Gallery of 400 Neglected Dusty PCs to Highlight Maintenance Needs

The German website PCGH.de has released a gallery featuring 400 images of computers that have been neglected and uncleaned for extended periods. The authors aimed to remind readers about the importance of maintaining their PCs.

«Please note: Many of the exceedingly dirty computers do not belong to community members, but were merely handed over to them for troubleshooting, upgrades, or cleaning, and were photographed at that time,» reads a comment accompanying the gallery.

A thread showcasing these images has been active on the PCGH.de forum since 2012. The collection includes outdated coolers, motherboards, and graphics cards that are still recognizable despite being coated in thick layers of dust, including models like be quiet!.

The gallery also features graphics cards from Gainward, as well as systems based on the Asus Maximum III Formula and Abit Fatality FP-IN9 SLI.

This showcase primarily highlights desktop PCs.

However, PCGH.de reminded readers that laptops are even more susceptible to dust accumulation and suffer more due to being placed on soft surfaces and utilizing relatively small cooling systems. It is likely that they will dedicate a future collection to this topic.