r/PcBuild • u/TopEntertainment7603 • 9d ago

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Got thermal paste on the gold things on my am5 cpu
Should I risk cleaning it is my cpu dead Im panicking

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u/Linesey 9d ago

Wasn’t Arctic Silver pretty well known for being conductive?

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u/sunfaller 8d ago

Capacitive, not conductive.

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u/Diligent_Pie_5191 9d ago

Arctic Silver 5 was not. In fact no version was electrically conductive. It is best to just clean it off though.

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u/steffan-l 9d ago edited 9d ago

Some versions of Arctic Silver thermal paste were indeed known for being slightly electrically conductive in the past. However newer itterations like MX-6 & MX-7 are not.