I wouldnt use nail varnish tbh because they say about all the chemicals that can be found in it, and at that I just wouldnt risk it. Im tempted to get that Arcticlean as it is fairly in-expensive, but am also tempted to get that IPA stuff, probably from Superdrug if any pharmacy sells it?
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Arctic Silver 5 & removal
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yeah i wouldnt use toilet paper either, the lil bits behind = bad mmkay.
Kitchen roll is better but i found coffee filters to be amazing. They are a lot tougher than kitchen roll (yes even tougher than bounty). A touch of CPU cleaner or something and you can scrub off even the nastiest of gunk.
GL
Kitchen roll is better but i found coffee filters to be amazing. They are a lot tougher than kitchen roll (yes even tougher than bounty). A touch of CPU cleaner or something and you can scrub off even the nastiest of gunk.
GL
danceMB said:
I use it and think it's great, albeit a bit pricey. A few drops from the first bottle liquifies the old TIM which then wipes off as easily as anything. A couple from the next bottle is then supposed to prepare the cleaned surface for a new TIM and also prevents flash corrosion. Might be a bit OTT but it works a treat anyway.
I have ordered this anyway, to wipe off the old and make way for the Arctic Silver 5, remove the OTES on my IC7 Max 3 to make enough space available for my SI-120 & Akasa Amber, rather than the stock cooler which is quite loud & useless for anything faster than stock settings.
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I use Fellows Screen Cleaning Wipes. They are amazing at cleaing paste of heatsink and cpu.
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As above, nail varnish remover (it's the acetone that removes the goop!)
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Acetone damages some plastics, don't be tight, spend £3 and get some IPA.
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Sorry to bring up an old topic but what high street shops sell IPA as I could do with some today. The only other thing I have is lighter fluid but I'm guessing this isn't as good?
