Cleaning Thermal Paste

[Nate75]

Hi.

My https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ther...20-se-black-cpu-air-cooler-coo-tlr-03291.html has arrived (that was quick!).

Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE Black CPU Air Cooler

I have some Isopropyl Alcohol 99.9% due to be delivered next week.

However, would like to get on with this today.

Question, would white spirit be okay to use or should I wait it out?

Cheers

 

[Nate75]

Sorted

Temps have dropped LOADS and the thing is silent!

 

[Nate75]

Exactly what I do when I need to clean off any thermal paste

Used some screen clean wipes I had in the end as lint free.

All sorted and really happy with this cooler.

Idle has dropped 20-30 degrees. Not tested any games yet but on boot it was hitting 90 before settling down, hits 50 now.

Hence I needed a new cooler...

 

[Nate75]

Only a 5600.

I was using the Wraith cooler that was supplied with the CPU.

I did clean it out and re-pasted with Grizzly which helped a tad about 6 months ago. But really, it's never been right for intensive games.

On buying a new GPU I had to get a decent solution.

 

[Nate75]

Exact what I started doing after a while and it does the job fine.

Yeh I used the "kit" 6 months ago.

As long as it's clean and not wet when assembling, not much of an issue, as I have found.

 

[Nate75]

Another vote for kitchen roll.
I think you used a bit too much paste though, but that's a topic for another discussion lol.

Well you need to use a "pea" shaped size.

And it came out as a stream.

Did what I could do!

 

[Nate75]

Look.

The "pea" thing worked.

All good.

 

[Nate75]

 

[Nate75]

Played Dying Light 2 last night with all the "bells and whistles" on.

Working well, 2 hours.

Before, the machine would just switch off...

Not sure the 9070XT is a good match for the 5600, though. The thing is a beast.

 

[Nate75]

Also, Dying Light 2 was horrific.

But that's a story for another day!

 

[Nate75]

I've used meths before with no issue.
Like white spirit though (I think) it can leave a very light greasy residue so it's technically not good practice.

Do you have a first aid kit? Some surgical spirit or alcohol wipes would be better.

Or if you dabble in car mechanics, carburetor or brake disk cleaner would work.

Or just give it a good wipe with regular old kitchen towel..

I used some lint free screen wipes that I had in the end.

Did the trick. Made sure the CPU was dry after use.