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The cleansing

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I picked up a used 660 Ti FTW Signature 2 today and it needed a good cleaning.  Not perfect but it's amazing how much dust will cling to these things.  Didn't smell like he smoked so it's not tar build up but it was clinging to the fans pretty bad.  A couple before and afters.  Anyone have any good tips for deep cleaning GPUs?  Had to link it since I used a real camera to take the pictures. http://imgur.com/a/fRCVr#4

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I picked up a used 660 Ti FTW Signature 2 today and it needed a good cleaning.  Not perfect but it's amazing how much dust will cling to these things.  Didn't smell like he smoked so it's not tar build up but it was clinging to the fans pretty bad.  A couple before and afters.  Anyone have any good tips for deep cleaning GPUs?  Had to link it since I used a real camera to take the pictures. http://imgur.com/a/fRCVr#4

I had two of those, I'm jelly that you have one.

 

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-The Bellerophon- Obsidian 550D-i5-3570k@4.5Ghz -Asus Sabertooth Z77-16GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 1866Mhz-x2 EVGA GTX 760 Dual FTW 4GB-Creative Sound Blaster XF-i Titanium-OCZ Vertex Plus 120GB-Seagate Barracuda 2TB- https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/60154-the-not-really-a-build-log-build-log/ Twofold http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/121043-twofold-a-dual-itx-system/ How great is EVGA? http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/110662-evga-how-great-are-they/#entry1478299

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Compressed air or leave blower. I don't know if they have it where you live but here you have those little things at gas stations for filling tires you could use one of those things. But personally I just use a air compressor at my work or my uncle's. I don't like the idea of paying 13 (or sth) euro's for a can of air...

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If you legit wanted one he has one more and I'd happily send it to you.

but I have two 760's(I was upgraded for free) I want it and I miss mine but my 760's are faster and have more VRAM so I would have absolutely no use for it.

-The Bellerophon- Obsidian 550D-i5-3570k@4.5Ghz -Asus Sabertooth Z77-16GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 1866Mhz-x2 EVGA GTX 760 Dual FTW 4GB-Creative Sound Blaster XF-i Titanium-OCZ Vertex Plus 120GB-Seagate Barracuda 2TB- https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/60154-the-not-really-a-build-log-build-log/ Twofold http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/121043-twofold-a-dual-itx-system/ How great is EVGA? http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/110662-evga-how-great-are-they/#entry1478299

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I wish I could upgrade to a 760 for free.

Well it hasn't been all sunshine and daisies but it happened so there wasn't any way round it really. It also worked into my plans reasonably well as I was planning on doing 5760x1080 at some point and the 2GB of VRAM on the 660 Ti's wouldn't have cut it. Still I maintain that the Signature 2 660 Ti is the best looking 660 Ti out there by a good margin. The easiest way to clean them is with some compressed air and a paintbrush.

-The Bellerophon- Obsidian 550D-i5-3570k@4.5Ghz -Asus Sabertooth Z77-16GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 1866Mhz-x2 EVGA GTX 760 Dual FTW 4GB-Creative Sound Blaster XF-i Titanium-OCZ Vertex Plus 120GB-Seagate Barracuda 2TB- https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/60154-the-not-really-a-build-log-build-log/ Twofold http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/121043-twofold-a-dual-itx-system/ How great is EVGA? http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/110662-evga-how-great-are-they/#entry1478299

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