Cloth to use for cleaning the CPU??

[AFK_Matrix]

Hi,

I am about to take out an A64 3200+ Venice chip and clean it off with the Arctic Clean Kit i got. Just one question though what cloth should i use for this? I hear everyone talking about lint free cloth, but where do u get it from? Could i instead just use some kitchen towel instead? Really don't want to damage the processor as i am selling it on to a friend.

Thanks

 

[JBuk]

Ive only ever used toilet roll for cleaning cpus

 

[VoG]

i just use kitchen towel to clean old thermal goop off my cpu's, ive allways done that.

 

[james.miller]

toilet roll, and cotton buds for those hardf to reach places lol

 

[brocksta]

my mum cuts up old t-shirts to use them for dusting, i just use a clean one of them

 

[easyrider]

nail varnish remover cotton wool pads

 

[Tens]

im glad someone brought this up, i have always used toilet roll and was worried i was being a total idiot, glad to see others using it

 

[Steedie]

yeah toilet roll here too, and cotton buds if theres a tricky spot to get to

 

[loltim]

Yup, kitchen roll. Toilet roll if there isn't any kitchen roll but you have to watch out for it leaving little bits on the CPU, it flakes a bit.

Of course the official answer to this question should be "lint free cloth" but I've never bothered with anything special.

 

[VaderDSL]

The best thing I have found is coffee filters, go out to a supermarket and buy a huge pack of filters for likt £1 or less and they'll last ages, they are lint free and work very well imo

 

[PinkFloyd]

I have a big roll of industrial strength paper type stuff that is lint free and really hard to rip.
Excellent for use with computers, dust just sticks to it, and it won't scratch your moniter and get fluff over your cpu ruining the contact between the cpu and heatsink.