My question is about the dust and chip collection. Does a fan blow out the chips?
1631835
No the natural air movement of the spinning cutters does this but I recommend using a shop vac or other dust collection system to help keep your work area clean.
1631836
No fan. The rotation of the blades gives some push to the chips but I connect my shop vac to the discharge nozzle it works well but it fills up a shop vac pretty quick. I plan to buy a cyclone collector to put ahead of the shop vac if I have a large job to do.
1631837
No, the chips are ejected by the air flow created by the spinning blades. I would highly recommend either a shop vac or some other collection system as it creates a lot of dust and chips.
1631838
I do not have the dust hooked up and I have been coughing and gaging it comes out everywhere else.
1631839
No Fan, It is just the rotation of the blades. I use mine al the time and for the price very good.
1631840
No, Its forced out from rotation of blade. Its a good planer. Ive used for Cedar, Cherry and walnut with no problems or blade change.
1631841
not really. you have to put some kind of a vacuum otherwise the chips collect where you put the wood for planning and you might not get the right thickness. it does come with a shute of 2.5" I think. the planer is generally good.
440116
I think you will be fine using the stock fan with the usage that you laid out. It's a really impressive little chip, enjoy.
173113
Yes my fans run at 80% all day and next to my MSI R9-270x I can barely hear these cards. Dust collecting on fan blades does add noise, just keep them clean.
1695607
No, but see about vaccuming out accumulated dust. That can perhaps be a problem.
1695924
Hi, Michael. I can't tell, because my other 5 case fans hide it. I can tell you this: the overall noise of the whole system is pretty low. To illustrate this, I had to turn off the air conditioner to notice it. So, the card's fan contribution to noise must be next to nothing. I hope it's useful.
2139284
ABSOLUTELY...it collects all the dusty bits...even upside down on our ceiling fans!!!
296873
Ours runs 24/7 except when we have a power company outage and there has not been a sign of soot nor even an abundance of dust. Our two small dogs put off a lot of hair, but not a lot of dust. The two old folks here put off dust and not a lot of hair, but in neither case is soot a concern. I opened the back of the unit and found no soot and a normal amount of collected dust.
1351332
I have very little dust in mine. Any dust that can get in will fall out naturally over the course of time.
770183
I've used mine full power for nearly a year now, and there is some signs of oil build-up on the cover. the real issue is the fan bearings failing. actually, the real issue is getting a fully-functional product back from MSI on an RMA. I'm on my 3rd attempt at it, and it all started with a minor inconvenience of the fans not starting, they needed a push to start.
116721
For the most part the air blows out the back(exterior), but yes, with this design, some of it does blow inside the case -- here is where having a case with good airflow design is key. My top card is a bit warmer than my bottom card, but that's to be expected in an SLI setup, and again good airflow design helps here as well.
2236999
I don't. But you shed millions of dead skin everyday. All fans get dirty after some time and you do need to wipe them clean etc. Just make sure to clean the area around your fan. Maybe even place it atop a small chair or something and see if that helps your problem. Plus just dusting your home often helps.
222003
honestly I haven't experience any and I'm running an R9 290 in there. Air flow will be restricted, I just swap out the intake fans for some SP and dropped my GPU temp from mid 40's to high 30's on idle, and no PSU problem as long you have the intake fan on the PSU facing down. I love this case. So clean and minimalist, I would not crossfire/sli in unless they were some Blower Cards.
1351330
The spots are on the bottom of the computer. I leave my computer on the table. I don't see how much dust is going to get to it if you live in a normal house.
1482028
It doesn't have the port built in, and unless you want a real mess you probably should get it. But even with the port hooked up to a more than adequate vacuum, the planer spits chips out the front. So I figured I was capturing about 67% of the chips and dust with the "optional" dust port.
1624634
It may restrict the airflow, the problem is: it gets clogged with dust quite fast and you need to keep an eye on it, I usually clean it like once a week and I take the filters out when I'm playing a heavy game because you need a lot of airflow during that time.
1855956
None here. Runs cool and quiet. I prefer to manually turn up the fan speed to keep the card a little cooler (which, in turn, generates more noise) but even then, it's more than tolerable.
2181885
No. You could replace old fans with new fans or simply clean the fans periodically.