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3 minutes ago, GeorgeKellow said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Arctic-Silver-5-AS5-Thermal-Paste-Arcticlean-Thermal-Adhesive-Remover-XBOX-/321619890238?hash=item4ae20a103e:g:ymMAAOxyRHdRyxuU

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Save yourself some money and just buy the paste, then get isopropyl alcohol at the local grocery store.

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It is perfectly fine.

It is conductive so make sure you don't get any on sensitive parts of the motherboard or chips.

So long as you don't glob a ton on to the chip you should be fine.

 

If you want a nonconductive paste MX-4 is a good alternative.

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Just now, aisle9 said:

Save yourself some money and just buy the paste, then get isopropyl alcohol at the local grocery store.

Not sure you can buy it off the shelf in the UK

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Just now, GeorgeKellow said:

Is it conductive? 

AS5 is not a paste you want to smear all over your socket, no. MX-4 is a better bet if that's a concern for you.

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1 minute ago, GeorgeKellow said:

Is it conductive? 

According to that EBay page, No.

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1 minute ago, GeorgeKellow said:

Not sure you can buy it off the shelf in the UK

Rubbing alcohol? Surely you can.

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3 minutes ago, GeorgeKellow said:

Is it conductive? 

no.

 

get the MX-4 instead

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1 minute ago, GeorgeKellow said:

Never seen it xD Could I use this stuff? http://www.boots.com/en/Milton-Sterlising-Fluid-500ml_25418/ 

amazon uk has one

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Health-Beauty-Isopropyl-Rubbing-Alcohol-First-Septic/dp/B00FQLUHSI

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1 minute ago, GeorgeKellow said:

I thought the best was to use 90% and above? 

It is, but 70% works just fine. You just have to give it a little more time to dry.

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1 minute ago, GeorgeKellow said:

I thought the best was to use 90% and above? 

70% works just as well :)

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1 minute ago, aisle9 said:

It is, but 70% works just fine. You just have to give it a little more time to dry.

Could I put it on my cpu and then wipe it off so it is bone dry instead of it wating to dry 

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2 minutes ago, GeorgeKellow said:

Could I put it on my cpu and then wipe it off so it is bone dry instead of it wating to dry 

That's what your supposed to to make sure to use a microfiber cloth or something like a coffee filter to clean it,

 

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3 minutes ago, GeorgeKellow said:

Could I put it on my cpu and then wipe it off so it is bone dry instead of it wating to dry 

It takes ten minutes to dry. Tops. Better to spend a few minutes admiring your shiny, clean CPU than leave fibers on it or, worse, accidentally touch the die and have to go at it with alcohol again. Use a coffee filter to clean everything up, wipe it a couple more times with a coffee filter to dry it off as much as you can and get any last debris off of it, then walk away for ten minutes.

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14 minutes ago, Snadzies said:

It is perfectly fine.

It is conductive so make sure you don't get any on sensitive parts of the motherboard or chips.

So long as you don't glob a ton on to the chip you should be fine.

 

If you want a nonconductive paste MX-4 is a good alternative.

arctic silver 5 is actual non conductive it even says on the product page 

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From http://www.arcticsilver.com/as5.htm:

 

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Arctic Silver 5 was formulated to conduct heat, not electricity.
(While much safer than electrically conductive silver and copper greases, Arctic Silver 5 should be kept away from electrical traces, pins, and leads. While it is not electrically conductive, the compound is very slightly capacitive and could potentially cause problems if it bridges two close-proximity electrical paths.)

 

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mx4 is better and non conductive

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22 minutes ago, GeorgeKellow said:

I thought the best was to use 90% and above? 

70% is fine.

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