Originally Posted by DaiNasty

Yeah, wouldn't advise that either. It can generate a lot of static electrickery which is not good for your delicate components..

A soft clean brush to dislodge any dust is safe and you can safely hoover up the residue from the bottom of the case.

That should be plenty of ram to run VLC or Firefox, unless it's all getting taken up by autorunning programs that load at startup.