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- May 14, 2015
This might be a bit of an unanswered question or maybe something obvious, but I do want to ask it anyways.
I've developed a method that when I repaste a die/heatsink for a CPU or GPU, I use isopropyle alchohal and fine surface make up cleaning pads to completely clean and polish the contact surface. Afterwards I set the said subject down with the contact surface upside down(propped up so the surface can't contact anything) to ensure no dust can fall on it.
Essentially cleaning the contact surface to be as sterile as possible right up until the moment that I finally apply TIM, and attach the heatsink for good.
Is this excessive, or is there a method to this madness? would this have any affect on the cooling performance or is it just self serving placebo?
I do this with both my graphics cards and processors, using my own choice of TIM.
The idea is that using pure water and isoproypel alchohal is that purefied water when used with alchohal has a very hard time clinging and condensing to anything as it evaporates and alcohal obviously evaporates very quickly and provides a very sterilized(dirt and grime, not just microbes) and cleaned surface.
That and being very rigorous and maticoulous removes any microparticle contamination, allowing TIM to flow into the micro cracts and surface imperfections that would otherwise be filled up or blocked with dust and insulating particles.
Obviously some large contaminents could compromise the surface purity, but how much affect could micro particles have?
Could actually polishing the contact surface as heavily as possible(or at least till the point where I feel like I don't need to) create an adverse affect?
Is being super maticulous about it a good idea if you really into getting that perfect contact, or is it just fluff/placebo that doesn't actually do anything?
I've developed a method that when I repaste a die/heatsink for a CPU or GPU, I use isopropyle alchohal and fine surface make up cleaning pads to completely clean and polish the contact surface. Afterwards I set the said subject down with the contact surface upside down(propped up so the surface can't contact anything) to ensure no dust can fall on it.
Essentially cleaning the contact surface to be as sterile as possible right up until the moment that I finally apply TIM, and attach the heatsink for good.
Is this excessive, or is there a method to this madness? would this have any affect on the cooling performance or is it just self serving placebo?
I do this with both my graphics cards and processors, using my own choice of TIM.
The idea is that using pure water and isoproypel alchohal is that purefied water when used with alchohal has a very hard time clinging and condensing to anything as it evaporates and alcohal obviously evaporates very quickly and provides a very sterilized(dirt and grime, not just microbes) and cleaned surface.
That and being very rigorous and maticoulous removes any microparticle contamination, allowing TIM to flow into the micro cracts and surface imperfections that would otherwise be filled up or blocked with dust and insulating particles.
Obviously some large contaminents could compromise the surface purity, but how much affect could micro particles have?
Could actually polishing the contact surface as heavily as possible(or at least till the point where I feel like I don't need to) create an adverse affect?
Is being super maticulous about it a good idea if you really into getting that perfect contact, or is it just fluff/placebo that doesn't actually do anything?
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