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Cleaning Thermal Paste R9 290

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You can leave it be, or pinch (push it in with your fingernail) the cleaning device (coffee filter/microfiber cloth) into the edge. 

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I wanted to replace the thermal paste on my R9 290 as I may have done it wrong the first time around. I noticed that there is thermal paste on the ridges surrounding the GPU. Is there any way to clean it? Is it safe to leave it be?

 

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You can leave it be, or pinch (push it in with your fingernail) the cleaning device (coffee filter/microfiber cloth) into the edge. 

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since they put shit ton of thermal paste on gpu's I assume its not conductive so yeah it should be ok.

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Thanks for the quick reply guys! I was already trying to clean it's really hard without putting a little force on it and I didn't want that.

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K @ 4.4GHz CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 GPU: Sapphire R9 290 Tri-X OC Motherboard: Asus Z87-Plus RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3-1600 SSD: Samsung EVO 840 120GB HDD: Western Digital 1TB Blue PSU: Corsair RM1000 Case: NZXT Phantom 630

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I use white spirit to remove thermal compound. I'm sure it's not recommended. but it's oil based so no conduction and its really hard to just buy rubbing alcohol in the UK.

I just make sure I fully clean it off afterwards so there's no resedue.

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