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I don't really have isopropanol. Any substitutes? Or is it optional?

 

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My arctic freezer 13 just arrived and I thought I might post this here so I don't screw something up. So can you read this and correct if something's wrong.

I remove my stock cooler, remove the thermal paste if there's any sticking to the CPU with a dry soft cloth and just put the freezer 13 on my cooler on my CPU and that's it.

EDIT: i forgot to mention that the thermal compound is pre-applied to the freezer 13.

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To clean the thermal paste you probably going to need some isopropanol as well.

Then ofcourse you need to reapply some thermal paste and then put the new cooler on.

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Make sure to clean up any remaining residue from the previous thermal paste with Isopropyl rubbing alcohol...99% is recommended.

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You know, they include an installation manual for a reason...

I should be studying.

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To clean the thermal paste you probably going to need some isopropanol as well.

Then ofcourse you need to reapply some thermal paste and then put the new cooler on.

I don't really have isopropanol. Any substitutes? Or is it optional?

 

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I don't really have isopropanol. Any substitutes? Or is it optional?

 

Go buy some

Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow; Motherboard: MSI ZZ490 Gaming Edge; CPU: i7 10700K @ 5.1GHz; Cooler: Noctua NHD15S Chromax; RAM: Corsair LPX DDR4 32GB 3200MHz; Graphics Card: Asus RTX 3080 TUF; Power: EVGA SuperNova 750G2; Storage: 2 x Seagate Barracuda 1TB; Crucial M500 240GB & MX100 512GB; Keyboard: Logitech G710+; Mouse: Logitech G502; Headphones / Amp: HiFiMan Sundara / Mayflower Objective 2; Monitor: Asus VG27AQ

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You know, they include an installation manual for a reason...

Yeah I'll follow it, I'm just worried that I might screw something up even before that

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Ok.

You could also use some white spirit or refined petrol.

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You could also use some white spirit or refined petrol.

Oh actually I remembered that I have those things for cleaning glasses that have alcohol on them. Would that work too? I think the term is "glasses wipes"

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Oh actually I remembered that I have those things for cleaning glasses that have alcohol on them. Would that work too? I think the term is "glasses wipes"

Would not recommend them. If you use them make sure you clean the cpu afterwards with a piece of cloth.

CPU: i5-3570K GPU: Sapphire R9 280X Vapor OC MOBO: Asus P8Z77-M RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 16GB. PSU: Corsair CX600M CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer 7 rev 2 


SSD: 1x Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120GB, 1x Crucial M4 128GB HDD: WD Caviar Black 1TB


 

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Thanks for all the replies. I managed to install it and it seems to be working fine.

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