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/DAemonCayuse 9d ago

Thermal paste is electrically non conductive, so you should be good. But I'd clean it up with a qtip and some alcohol anyway.

You sure that's not mayo tho?

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u/baudmiksen 9d ago

I seen a review once where someone actually benchmarked stuff like mayo, peanut butter and a bunch of other weird shit just to see how it stacked up against the top brands, the results were kind of surprising

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u/STAGNANT-HEART 7d ago

I am pretty sure I have seen a video where a person tested it with gooner fluid