Posted September 5, 2022 Welp, just got my secondhand graphics card here from a friend. Tested it, works fine, temp tends to spike a lot (as expected as I knew the guy would never actually maintain his gear as neat as myself). It kind of touched 70-80 degrees in Dota 2 while I kind of 'stressed' it. Surprisingly the GPU wasn't that dirty (considering how dusty my place is) from the outside (aside from those few dusts laying around). And I opened it, oh boy would you look at the spoiler below. Spoiler Yes, I already tried cleaning it using cotton buds + tissue + 70% alcohol (that I have laying around). Keep few drops of alcohol on it but it simply doesn't work much and I'm afraid of scratching it. Is there any way to remove it or.... Could I jus simply let it, and repaste using the NT-H1 or even the Kyronaut Extreme it and call it a day? Thanks in advance. Humor me, as you should do. Daily drivers, below. Diccbudd PC Intel Xeon E3-1225 v2 || ASRock B75M Motherboard || MSI GeForce GTX 1650 Gaming X 4G || Hynix 2x8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz RAM || 480 GB Pioneer APS-SL3 SATA SSD // 1 TB Seagate 2.5" HDD || be quiet! System Power 9 500 W PSU || Cooler Master T20 CPU Cooler || Samsung S19D300 Monitor || Fantech X6 Knight Mouse || VortexSeries VX7 Pro Keyboard Samsung Galaxy A34 5G 8GB RAM, 256GB Internal Storage, 128GB SanDisk Extreme, and you could find the rest of the specs on the interwebz lol Lenovo ThinkPad L390 Yoga Intel Core i5-8365U || 8 + 16 GB DDR4 (don't ask, gf bought me the 16 GB RAM as my birthday present lol) || Samsung 256GB SSD Personal Server: CasaOS, Home Assistant, ESPHome, Jellyfin. AMD E-350 || 3GB DDR3 || 120GB random SSD || 1TB Toshiba HDD Audio Redmi TV Soundbar || KZ EDX Ultra + KZ APTX Bluetooth Module || JCALLY JM6 CX31933 DAC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 5, 2022 6 minutes ago, TukangUsapEmenq said: 70% alcohol Try using a higher % of isopropyl alcohol like 90% or higher. CPU Cooler Tier List || Motherboard VRMs Tier List || Motherboard Beep & POST Codes || Graphics Card Tier List || PSU Tier List Main System Specifications: CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X || CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 Air Cooler || RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB(4x8GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 || Mobo: ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero X570 || SSD: Samsung 970 EVO 1TB M.2-2280 Boot Drive/Some Games) || HDD: 2X Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB(Game Drive) || GPU: ASUS TUF Gaming RX 6900XT || PSU: EVGA P2 1600W || Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow || Mouse: Logitech G502 Hero SE RGB || Keyboard: Logitech G513 Carbon RGB with GX Blue Clicky Switches || Mouse Pad: MAINGEAR ASSIST XL || Monitor: ASUS TUF Gaming VG34VQL1B 34" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 5, 2022 14 minutes ago, TukangUsapEmenq said: Could I jus simply let it, and repaste using the NT-H1 or even the Kyronaut Extreme it and call it a day? Heating the dry paste with a hair dryer and adding a little fresh paste can help loosen it I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B Primary PC: i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 10 and Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me. Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference. How many watts do I need? ATX 3.0 & PCIe 5.0 spec, PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 5, 2022 Yea use isopropyl and maybe even a microfiber cloth as its better than just paper towel. CPU: Ryzen 5800X3D | Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 Elite V2 | RAM: G.Skill Aegis 2x16gb 3200 @3600mhz | PSU: EVGA SuperNova 750 G3 | Monitor: LG 27GL850-B , Samsung C27HG70 | GPU: Red Devil RX 7900XT | Sound: Odac + Fiio E09K | Case: Fractal Design R6 TG Blackout |Storage: MP510 960gb and 860 Evo 500gb | Cooling: CPU: Noctua NH-D15 with one fan FS in Denmark/EU: Asus Dual GTX 1060 3GB. Used maximum 4 months total. Looks like new. Card never opened. Give me a price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 5, 2022 Author 6 hours ago, CommanderAlex said: Try using a higher % of isopropyl alcohol like 90% or higher. 5 hours ago, Fasauceome said: Heating the dry paste with a hair dryer and adding a little fresh paste can help loosen it 5 hours ago, DoctorNick said: Yea use isopropyl and maybe even a microfiber cloth as its better than just paper towel. All noted and perhaps will be tried when I actually need to. I just went YOLO (because I urgently need to use the PC) and the temps are actually good still while I tried some gaming. Though, just wondering in long-term, will it affect that much? Humor me, as you should do. Daily drivers, below. Diccbudd PC Intel Xeon E3-1225 v2 || ASRock B75M Motherboard || MSI GeForce GTX 1650 Gaming X 4G || Hynix 2x8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz RAM || 480 GB Pioneer APS-SL3 SATA SSD // 1 TB Seagate 2.5" HDD || be quiet! System Power 9 500 W PSU || Cooler Master T20 CPU Cooler || Samsung S19D300 Monitor || Fantech X6 Knight Mouse || VortexSeries VX7 Pro Keyboard Samsung Galaxy A34 5G 8GB RAM, 256GB Internal Storage, 128GB SanDisk Extreme, and you could find the rest of the specs on the interwebz lol Lenovo ThinkPad L390 Yoga Intel Core i5-8365U || 8 + 16 GB DDR4 (don't ask, gf bought me the 16 GB RAM as my birthday present lol) || Samsung 256GB SSD Personal Server: CasaOS, Home Assistant, ESPHome, Jellyfin. AMD E-350 || 3GB DDR3 || 120GB random SSD || 1TB Toshiba HDD Audio Redmi TV Soundbar || KZ EDX Ultra + KZ APTX Bluetooth Module || JCALLY JM6 CX31933 DAC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 5, 2022 1 hour ago, TukangUsapEmenq said: Though, just wondering in long-term, will it affect that much? Probably not much at all. Even dry, thermal paste is fairly thermally conductive. Being that you presumably applied some fresh thermal paste over top of this, it'll mix with the dry stuff and still provide, as you've seen, decent thermals. I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B Primary PC: i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 10 and Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me. Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference. How many watts do I need? ATX 3.0 & PCIe 5.0 spec, PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 6, 2022 Author 10 hours ago, Fasauceome said: Probably not much at all. Even dry, thermal paste is fairly thermally conductive. Being that you presumably applied some fresh thermal paste over top of this, it'll mix with the dry stuff and still provide, as you've seen, decent thermals. I definitely did a fresh coat of NT-H1 obviously after that card being tortured for a year (I guess lol). 18 hours ago, Fasauceome said: Heating the dry paste with a hair dryer and adding a little fresh paste can help loosen it And just realized it's actually the same concept as this anyway lol Humor me, as you should do. Daily drivers, below. Diccbudd PC Intel Xeon E3-1225 v2 || ASRock B75M Motherboard || MSI GeForce GTX 1650 Gaming X 4G || Hynix 2x8 GB DDR3 1600 MHz RAM || 480 GB Pioneer APS-SL3 SATA SSD // 1 TB Seagate 2.5" HDD || be quiet! System Power 9 500 W PSU || Cooler Master T20 CPU Cooler || Samsung S19D300 Monitor || Fantech X6 Knight Mouse || VortexSeries VX7 Pro Keyboard Samsung Galaxy A34 5G 8GB RAM, 256GB Internal Storage, 128GB SanDisk Extreme, and you could find the rest of the specs on the interwebz lol Lenovo ThinkPad L390 Yoga Intel Core i5-8365U || 8 + 16 GB DDR4 (don't ask, gf bought me the 16 GB RAM as my birthday present lol) || Samsung 256GB SSD Personal Server: CasaOS, Home Assistant, ESPHome, Jellyfin. AMD E-350 || 3GB DDR3 || 120GB random SSD || 1TB Toshiba HDD Audio Redmi TV Soundbar || KZ EDX Ultra + KZ APTX Bluetooth Module || JCALLY JM6 CX31933 DAC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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