hi guys what best way/thing to remove thermal Paste Properly


also what is the Best Thermal paste to Use to redo the paste


(I'm planning to Change Motherboard)

I tend to use the Akasa cleaner, thermal paste I tend to use AS5 but everybody has there own personal favorite:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Akasa AK-TC TIM Clean CPU & Heatsink Cleaner= £5.99
• 1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)= £8.99

Thanks RJC

The Tim Cleaner is Currently Out Of Stock the one I sure was Articlean

I use nail varnish remover to get rid of the old thermal paste. I'd recommend Arctic Silver 5 as per RJC's suggestion. It's the only TIM I've used for years and I have no complaints about its performance.

Another vote for Artic Silver, It's all I've used for the past 20 years

Thanks Rob and theMilitant

ill get The Artic silver

is it ok to use kitchen Roll to put the cleaner on then use ??

You'll get all kinds of different advice on how to clean. But yes, personally I dab a little of the TIM cleaner on some kitchen roll then wipe off the top of the CPU IHS and base of the heatsink. Have a couple of cotton buds to hand for around the edges of the CPU IHS.
Double check you don't leave any residue behind.

RJC said:

I tend to use the Akasa cleaner, thermal paste I tend to use AS5 but everybody has there own personal favorite:

Akasa AK-TC TIM Clean CPU & Heatsink Cleaner
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)

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Exactly what I used yesterday (and 40+ times before that!)

Thanks firejack

Overclockers are out of stock of the akasa Cleaner

IPA or nail varnish remover (acetone) + cotton buds will do the job fine, IPA is circa £2/ltr. Application I tend to use the plastic bag method for compound and again i've used AS since it launched - I probably still have some original stuff kicking about.

I use the Arctic Silver remover, although it's not needed I like using it. Then AS5 as i have done for years, works perfectly for me.

RJC said:

I tend to use the Akasa cleaner, thermal paste I tend to use AS5 but everybody has there own personal favorite:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Akasa AK-TC TIM Clean CPU & Heatsink Cleaner= £5.99
• 1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)= £8.99

Total: £23.68
(includes shipping: £8.70)
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LOL at the shipping charges. You only have to pay £3 more for my monitor which weighs 13KG

+1 on the Akasa TIM Clean. I've got a tube of Arctic Cooling MX-4 which has been great the few times I've used it.

Raises an interesting question, does this stuff go off?

nail varnish remover 99P for a big bottle

Nail varnish remover here.

Used isopropyl alcohol for years then dry with non lint cloth.