Soldato
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Built a machine from old 775 parts to keep at the GFs house during the winter and noticed it was in need of a de-fluff so stripped it down and cleaned the components.
The GPU is a Radeon X1950 pro fitted with an after market Arctic Accelero cooler. For the first time since fitting this cooler many years ago I decided to strip the GPU and give it a good clean for good measure. The inlet behind the fan was literally matted with fluff and I realised whenever I give my main machine a good clean out every 6mths or so I do everythging except the GPU. I give the fan blades on the cooler a good clean but don't actually take the thing apart.
My trusty 6950 is getting on a bit and although it has never been opened up I've got no bones about any warranty issues this late in the day so will be giving it a good clean sometime this weekend, will also replace the TIM on the processor, but I was just wondering what other people do around cleaning the GPU?
Obviously the nutters who pump liquid around their systems probably take apart every nut and bolt of their GPU anyway (so they can squirt water through it
) but I was just wondering what the habits are of the people who run on air.
The GPU is a Radeon X1950 pro fitted with an after market Arctic Accelero cooler. For the first time since fitting this cooler many years ago I decided to strip the GPU and give it a good clean for good measure. The inlet behind the fan was literally matted with fluff and I realised whenever I give my main machine a good clean out every 6mths or so I do everythging except the GPU. I give the fan blades on the cooler a good clean but don't actually take the thing apart.
My trusty 6950 is getting on a bit and although it has never been opened up I've got no bones about any warranty issues this late in the day so will be giving it a good clean sometime this weekend, will also replace the TIM on the processor, but I was just wondering what other people do around cleaning the GPU?
Obviously the nutters who pump liquid around their systems probably take apart every nut and bolt of their GPU anyway (so they can squirt water through it
) but I was just wondering what the habits are of the people who run on air.
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