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I have just bought a noctua nh-d14 and taken off my old cooler. Of course there is some thermal paste left on the Cpu. Should I take it off with some alcohol and earsticks or do I have to look out for something special? Is there anything I have to be careful with than please write it to me.

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Isopropyl alcohol (as pure as you can)

Microfiber cloth or Earsticks

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I have just bought a noctua nh-d14 and taken off my old cooler. Of course there is some thermal paste left on the Cpu. Should I take it off with some alcohol and earsticks or do I have to look out for something special? Is there anything I have to be careful with than please write it to me.

If you don't have microfiber cloths ear sticks work fine. It just takes a while.

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Sorry, but I forgot to ask if somebody also has some tips for putting new thermal paste on. Do I just put it on and spread it out or what?

Tiny pea sized dot in the middle will work best, putting the cooler on the cpu spreads it out evenly.

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alcohol and any cloth that does not leave fibers there are a lot of varying opinions on how much thermal paste to use check the manual and if not i just use a small amount the size of an uncooked grain of rice linus has said to use that one in many of his videos and i think it works just fine

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 all u need to know

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