CPU and Thermal Compound

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sklerter

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I recently purchased Arctic Silver 5 thermal compound. The instructions say that before i put the compound on the CPU, i should clean it with some sort of alcohol. I was wondering how necessary this was to get the full effect of the new thermal compound. Or if i do have to clean it, is there anything a little more household that i can clean the CPU with?
 
Rubbing alcohol from your bathroom will be fine.

Make sure all alcohol has completly evaporated before placing CPU back in socket, and before applying AS5.
 
Just make sure u dont get any of the rubbing alcohol on the MB, because rubbing alcohol is REALLY bad for your electrical terminals.
 
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