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how to remove stock thermal paste?

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Amadeus-Figaro

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how do i remove stock thermal paste on the heatsink? i have some arctic silver i'd like to throw on there.
 
Use Isoprpyl rubbing alcohol and a qtip. very carefully. then use a coffee filter for the final wipe (no lint). sometimes you have to scrape the stuff off, I use a credit card so I dont damage the surface.
 
i avoid using q-tips to avoid all possible lint, but as long as you finish with something lint free (like a coffee filter) it should be okay.
 
I don't reccomend paper towels, tissues, or the like.

They have wood fibers in them that could scuff up the surface and mess up the thermal conductivity
 
if you want soft and lint free, then get som lab grade optical wipes............very soft, and guarenteed lint free, which toilet paper, q-tips, paper towl, kleenex and dish towels are not.

even if coffee filters are somewhat coarse feeling, one would have to apply a LOT of force using one to put a scratch to in the ceramic core or metal heat spreader.

the bigger concern is leaving lint fibres behind, which might or might not be big enoug for you to see with the naked eye. coffee filters address that particular issue.
 
sod that, just use ear buds. if you can't get isypropl, just use vodka, or surgical spirit...
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vodka at 40% or iso at 99% hmm............................which will leave more residue behind again?

that being said, i FAR prefer both the tast and effect of vodka.

mmmmmmmmm.................iceberg............
 
Komataguri said:
I don't reccomend paper towels, tissues, or the like.

They have wood fibers in them that could scuff up the surface and mess up the thermal conductivity
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That is erring on the side of too "extreme"...
 
_Korruption_ said:
That is erring on the side of too "extreme"...
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Hey, You pay good money for the heatsink, You better get every last nanoBTU of heat transfer you can get.
 
Komataguri said:
IThey have wood fibers in them that could scuff up the surface and mess up the thermal conductivity
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Thats what the thermal compound is for - filling in the little "scuffs". :)
 
I use alcohol prep cloths with 70% alcohol, then I just air dry the processor.

It's worked for me and I've never had a problem.
 
probably, but it's better to make sure not to get anything on there in the first place, and gently blowing on it is probably safer than firing compressed air at it.
 
chilly_DoG said:
Oh my, never waste the drink. Sahme on you
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was i the one suggesting the use of vodka? i believe that i was the fist to ridicule such wastefull use of precious liquor.
 
Ive allways used denatured alcohol that didnt leave residue like isopropal....
 
DFI Daishi said:
was i the one suggesting the use of vodka? i believe that i was the fist to ridicule such wastefull use of precious liquor.
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Actually, you should never use denatured alcohol on electronics. Well, at least when I was in the fire alarm field we'd never use it to clean smoke detectors because it would damage the optics.

It might be safe for the back of a CPU but I dunno.
 
dfedders said:
Thats what the thermal compound is for - filling in the little "scuffs". :)
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Yeah.

But thermal compound is yet another material heat has to transfer through before being dispersed by the heatsink.


Smoother heatsink = less thermal goop = less thermal resistance/turbulance = more effecient cooling = cooler CPU.
 
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