Recommend me a CPU cleaner ?

[Nelly]

I bought one of these and I've still got quite abit left, I ordered mine in from a LloydsPharmacy for a couple of quid in 2006.

 

[cjgardens]

I just wipe with tissue

This is what I've done for years. Does the job on CPUs and GPUs just fine.

I've just bought some Isopropyl, bought a used board and it had TIM on a few pins. It's does work very well, bit I wouldn't of bothered if it wasn't for that

 

[rare]

I just wipe with tissue

Same, easy.

 

[Cyber-Mav]

yep keep wiping the tissue till it stops turning black then its clean enough

 

[w00dy85]

yep keep wiping the tissue till it stops turning black then its clean enough

I do the same, always works for me

 

[DarrenM343]

A little general purpose citrus based solvent will probably do. I've got a small bottle of Akasa TIM cleaner from years ago and that's citrus based and probably no different than any general purpose citrus cleaner you can get in 5L containers for a tenner or less

 

[RevBillyG]

Mustard (standard OcUK answer )

 

[iamdjdz]

Kitchen roll followed by a glasses wipe.

 

[J.D]

Plenty of good advice in this thread so here's my feeble attempt, don't use a pressure washer.

 

[Cyber-Mav]

Plenty of good advice in this thread so here's my feeble attempt, don't use a pressure washer.

Have to ask, is that advice from prior experience?

 

[J.D]

Have to ask, is that advice from prior experience?

No, it was in relation to the very recent AMD GPU situation that was possibly due to a bitcoin miner pressure washing cards before selling them on. There was a video circulating of someone pressure washing equipment.

 

[Gavster]

A little general purpose citrus based solvent will probably do. I've got a small bottle of Akasa TIM cleaner from years ago and that's citrus based and probably no different than any general purpose citrus cleaner you can get in 5L containers for a tenner or less

I also have some of that, I bought it when I built my first PC around fifteen years ago.

 

[Demon]

Yep - why not? I always have them around, and they remove all kinds of residue from my glasses (so TIM is no problem from a metal CPU heatspreader)

Same here, I have truckloads of individual lens cleaning wipes (for cleaning the glass bed of my 3D Printer, but also use them for cleaning anything and leaving no residue) and used them last time, cleaned up the CPU perfectly!

 

[LiE]

I use these.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/70-Isopropyl-Alcohol-Pads-Individually/dp/B08X1PQPZK/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=O0YUCUO3U9C9&keywords=Isopropyl+Alcohol+Pads&qid=1676020399&sprefix=isopropyl+alcohol+pads+%2Caps%2C104&sr=8-3

 

[DarrenM343]

I also have some of that, I bought it when I built my first PC around fifteen years ago.

Probably around the same time I bought it. Think it will last the rest of my life of PC upgrades .