How To CORRECTLY Deep-Clean Your Graphics Card

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[@HermitPurple420]

I think that dirty gpu looks familiar lol😂😂 great video man and thanks again for hooking me up with that cleaning!!! She’s been running great ever since I got her back from you! Love the video keep it up!

[@GregSalazar]

Great to hear, KC! Glad it's working well. And thanks again for the wine! You're the first viewer from the series to do that. I really appreciate the gesture. Hope all is well.

[@HermitPurple420]

@@GregSalazar any chance the rest of the cleaning made it’s own video I would love to see you pressure washing the case 😂😂

[@alextrotta796]

@@HermitPurple420 He's probably still editing it. If he pressure washed your case, I wanna see that lol.

[@memethief4113]

I have the exact same PC as you but mine had a 1060 3gb while yours is a 1060 6gb, did you replace the GPU at some point or is that how you got the computer?

[@HermitPurple420]

@@memethief4113 mine was also a 3gb and that’s how I got it so they are most likely the same pc got it Black Friday at Best Buy maybe 3-4 years ago

[@not_a_real_name]

idk why, but i enjoy having these type of videos in the background while i work.

[@benjaminstesal4512]

What’s ur job

[@RackBaLLZ]

Because it has useful information. Intelligent people like useful information. Hmmm I also like useful information....

[@majd6962]

@@RackBaLLZ bruh

[@not_a_real_name]

@@benjaminstesal4512 I'm a full stack dev.

[@JeffWaynee]

Thanks for the inspiration! I just did the first deep cleaning of my Gigabyte 1650 Super OC, which is now 10 months old, and until today I had only blown dust out of it a couple times. Earlier today it was running at 75-78 C, and post deep clean I'm getting 68-71 C in the same game. I also did a 3D Mark Time Spy stress test, and it also never went above 71 C. Well worth the effort!

[@titanvfx1]

Thanks a lot! I did this with my almost 5 year old 1070. The increase in performance was huge. In Cold War, my temps would max out at 93c and stay there now its always around 61c with a 10 to 20 fps increase.

[@nfh0849]

Holy shit well then I guess my gtx 960 is suffocating right now

[@HandleIsNewAndBad]

@@nfh0849 my rx480 is kind of dying as well. Restarts every time while playing certain games.

[@afrog2666]

93? Yikes :o

[@mrflimpam5948]

Hi, that's amazing, I'm planning on cleaning my card soon too. I have the "Gygabyte GTX 1070", mine is also quite old (about 4 years old). So cleaning it should boost my performance greatly, I'll update here when I do it, probably by next week.

[@EggKingBingChilling]

@@HandleIsNewAndBad update your bios I had the same issue when playing a game with easy anti cheat

[@StefanEtienneTheVerrgeRep]

You did this all without wearing anti static bracelet. You're lucky the static energy didn't jump start the fan on the gpu and cut your fingers off. Don't let me remind you of what happened to little Tommy 4 digits. Less we forget.

[@GregSalazar]

LOOOOL god I love this parody account 😂

[@StefanEtienneTheVerrgeRep]

@@GregSalazar And I love you too.

[@vfitty3055]

NEVER FORGET - TOMMY 4 Digits!

[@pepperidgefarmremembers1911]

Do you know who remembers Tommy4digits? Pepperidge Farms remembers.....

[@jorgel2029]

LMAOOOO

[@OzTalksHW]

I like this

[@michaelkingstar5878]

Who knew I'd find you here Oz, I loved the way you managed to make the Cyberpunk build, it looked so funky for so cheap...

[@JordonDev]

69th liker. I like that

[@zaz6463]

I like that you like this. I also like this.

[@JordonDev]

@@zaz6463 I like that you like that he likes this, and that you also like this. I also like this.

[@Alias389]

I love this

[@MadaRook]

I appreciate the guide, Greg One thing holding me back from doing this myself is concerns over possibly bricking my card. Though I will need to eventually do so, as I plan on giving my 1080Ti to my niece, and I would like it to be clean and like new for her. Your video and info has helped me a lot. Thank you, great video :)

[@esteban_miguez]

you did it?

[@yggdrasilygg]

i appreciate these cleaning videos over rehashing the same stuff into new videos over and over to bridge the gap in pc news and shit. dopeski stuff gregiboi

[@MrEliwankenobi]

These videos are a great idea 💡... Even though I am comfortable doing this at least once a year, I highly appreciate it and it’s very valuable info I would have liked to have some years ago. Good work

[@Athesies]

Thanks for the help! My card looks a lot cleaner and i dont think anything is broken so far. applying the thermal paste and getting it screwed together was a bit nerve wracking and sloppy, but hopefully when i plug it in everything will be fine

[@OriginalRaveParty]

Great side branch content for your channel Greg. I hope they go viral for you.

[@GregSalazar]

Thanks for the support!

[@jeremybadlon]

Great tutorials Greg! Now I will save this clip for future cleaning.

[@hilariusubaldiasarinarindr9255]

More please, the one with more complex build or 3 fan with complex build if possible. This is so satisfying, entertaining, and educating. Love it.

[@johnpaulbacon8320]

Thanks for this well made and easy to follow video. I always look forward to watching your videos.

[@jasonjavelin]

I have two used GPUs on the way, great timing for the video and I purchased that kit too! I’ve been looking for a small electronics tool kit and this one seems like a great value

[@tom3266]

Excellent video: concise, fast, clear and professional. Thanks a ton! :)

[@alisollis]

Thanks Greg for another fine video! I love the new PCDC content. I have spent most of my day deep cleaning my PC for the first time. It is my first build and almost a year old and i'd only done minor cosmetic cleaning to date so the GPU breakdown was a must this time and i'm pleased to say all went well showing great results with improved thermals 6`C cooler at idle possibly down to me repasting with Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut!!

[@abyssalflame6562]

YEEEEEEEES! I love cleaning. I was going to request, maybe an ASMR cleaning video? Nice and chill! Great work my dude.

[@GregSalazar]

Maybe! Like a longer, less edited one with no music? Could work!

[@whirlwind872]

@@GregSalazar Seconding the ASMR cleaning vid, just the entire cleaning process from a few different angles with minimal editing and no music

[@chow5997]

This video helped at ton because im a total beginner. Thank you for the great content!

[@jameysummers1577]

Fantastic video Greg! This is something that everyone needs to see. I get PC after PC in to my business, and people never clean their stuff!

[@GregSalazar]

Thanks for the continued support, Jamey!

[@jameysummers1577]

@@GregSalazar no problem man! I’m a big fan!

[@LordMoss_Gaming]

Perfect Greg, my MSI 1080 Gaming X 8GB was running bit warm when got it around the 80c - 90c ranges under heavy gaming. Stripped down cleaned up and new thermal paste. Tested now same game and settings getting 65c-70c steady... Thanks keep up great videos!!!

[@rrr]

Thx for the tutorial!! I actually had the same card that you used in the video, so following the steps was a breeze, and after cleaning my GPU my temps went down by ~4 °C

[@juanmaidana6363]

Awesome Greg, keep up the good work 🙆🏻‍♀️🙆🏻‍♀️🙆🏻‍♀️😎

[@mood7357]

the most useful youtube channel about PC stuff. Thank you!

[@kairon156]

Awesome video. after seeing a bunch of your others I was wondering about video cards as I've never cleaned them out before.

[@ryz.4827]

This vid was so helpful thanks👍

[@coolpoete]

Thanks for this video. I have this exact graphics card so this helps a lot. Matter of fact your cleaning videos helped with in general!

[@GregSalazar]

Glad I could help!

[@watchesonly5433]

Thanks Greg, bang up job as usual.

[@alphaboltz8282]

Great video Greg, thanks a lot!

[@trestianb]

A really good tip when dissasembling anything really. TAKE LOTS OF PICTURES. Trust me, you will get to a point when you won't know which screw goes where, or connector.

[@jamesparker5018]

Excellent video. Well explained and good pacing.

[@jsteezus]

Step 1 find a graphics card.

[@alfreds.1142]

step 2 have the money

[@whanos8471]

Same

[@farhan0943]

Step 3 buy the dirtiest

[@gameslayer3001]

No bro step one: install a graphic card.

[@ROMSradio]

Oh you lost me

[@vladislavkaras491]

Thanks for demonstrational video!

[@TSUNAMI17]

This was very helpful! Thank you!

[@CoalitionGaming]

Great tutorial!

[@John-jr3cn]

Thanks for the info, helped a lot!

[@gandhilegion]

made it look new again. Decent video, thanks.

[@tonybeckett66]

Thanks for the very useful instructional video

[@pacoreguenga]

Looks as great as new! Well done!

[@Ryznstrider]

Just bought heaps.of cheap pc parts to build used systems, and cleaning is on the agenda, cheers from Aus

[@slimjimson]

What's the ideal thickness of the thermal pad to use for the gpus or mobo? I'm preparing for a pc deep clean in the next few weeks. Thanks for the inspiration. Keep it up! 👍👍

[@halbouma6720]

Awesome! I was looking for general advice on what to do with existing thermal pads if they were in good shape and you had it. My old RX 470 was having thermal throttling issues and after cleaning it over like in your video and repasting the GPU core, its running great now with the original pads. Thanks for the video and help!

[@fkkirk3714]

at last I found a pro... smashing video, thanks so much!

[@Duck_Sauce09]

I literally watched the first episode of him cleaning his viewers pc and I literally was going back and forward on the video to see how he cleaned that graphics card. And a few hours later he uploads a whole video dedicated to cleaning a graphics card. 🙃 Btw the card I serviced was a EVGA GTX 680 OC 2GB.

[@JuanPablo-]

Thank you Greg! This video was very usefull for me

[@GregSalazar]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ElTeeger]

Why clean your own gpu when you can drive to Florida and ask Greg to clean it for you.

[@zvxcvxcz]

I guess because I would have needed to fly... driving wouldn't exactly have reached Florida, contrary to some old turn by turn navigation instructions.

[@jaumegenaro7673]

in my case id have to fly for about 14 hours or so

[@nFluxMining]

Great video, thank you!

[@davisly1]

Love the cleaning vids

[@Vanadium24]

The wilhelm scream gets me every time 😂

[@novapreem6650]

Thanks for the video. This will definitely help me in keeping my 1660 spick and spam.

[@cptsetsiyah1729]

About to do this to a 6 year old 980ti and 5820k with original paste (not cleaned for 1 year either) Excited to see how much temps improve

[@MrMcGreed]

Great content idea - maybe also one for motherboards and PSUs, people tend to skip them in my experience.

[@Sheed744]

It's always fun to re-paste a card and clean it up. Feels almost as good as new if done right :)

[@robotron1236]

It should feel 100% like new, if done right.

[@Fishbait075]

Which thermal paste are you using, that applicator / spreader looks really nice and easy to use.

[@melwillseptember752]

Great cleaning tips for cleaning Graphics Card, forgot to mention the Thermal paste application though.

[@KyotoIsaki]

eh, it is mention in the video

[@chaare]

Nice. Thanks men

[@rooonano]

Thank you very much!

[@whirlwind872]

PERFECT timing - thinking about selling my old 7970 sitting boxed up in the basement, but it's so damn dusty I've figured no one would really want it. Now I have the confidence to take it apart and clean it :D By the way, electric blower is one of the best investments!! Kind of expensive, but they're WAYYY stronger than canned air and that stuff ain't cheap either. Mine is almost too powerful, honestly, you have to hold all your fans in place so they don't get damaged 😬😬

[@inkman002]

Great video! I really want to try this, but graphics cards are so hard to come by these days i dont wanna risk running my card.

[@metroplex29]

Same here

[@hubbaj5630]

Thank you 🤝🏼

[@ivailok3376]

Tried doing this with a 1080 ti FE, couldn't remove the backplate because I didn't have a small enough screwdriver lol. Managed to clean the heatsink and repaste though, so not terrible. Might get myself a repair kit to properly clean it at some point.

[@leventejusztin1605]

Do you install a new thermal pad under the black aluminium thing or do you use the old one? Thanks for answering, I enjoy your videos :)

[@Grub370]

Thanks Greg

[@catherinepoloynis]

Thank you!

[@drunkpixel568]

Thanks man

[@keterclassentity6716]

I was looking up how to clean an old gpu that i'm gifting to a friend and funny enough this is almost the exact same card as mine thanks.

[@adwol48]

i personally use interdental brushes the really small ones for getting into usb ports and hdmi areas you have to be carefuil though as you could bend a pin but i havent done that yet after cleaning hundreds of ports.

[@itisfreak]

You the man Greg Salazar

[@PilotZoomer]

This was so entertaining

[@benjaminford8173]

Awesome, thanks!

[@GregSalazar]

You bet!

[@djgabriel7952]

Can u make a video about adding dust filters on cases they dont have any ?(Diy or even buying smth).Ty and keep up the good work, i will use these tips to clean my gpu when i finally get one.

[@danielkzlai]

I cleaned and repasted my GPU, a thing to note is that you need to REALLY tighten the screws holding the heat sink down. My screen would go black if it ran anything slightly intensive. Turns out I used too much paste and didn't tighten the heat sink enough for adequate pressure. Also, buy proper thermal pads. 2x0.5mm thermal pads won't work as well as a 1mm thermal pad. Hope this helps someone out there

[@AliYassinToma]

3:09 Oh so this is where old intel stock coolers with the copper part went ! noice

[@ChristopherOrmond]

How do you find out what thickness of thermal pads you need before tearing it down?

[@turbofanlover]

Yup. I have a trusty old 970 that is about to get the "Salazar treatment". ;) Good vid, dude.

[@olddadagamer]

Thanks, Now I'll be able to clean my old gtx 970 and rtx 2060 with a bit more of mental ease, although your comment about the rtx 2060 scared me for a moment lol. Thanks for the content.

[@MrHeHim]

Not only does dust insolate and block airflow but also effects electronics when humid it causes electrical migration to/or away other circuits. This is why server rooms use medical grade HVAC filters and positive air pressure ;-)

[@retrogamereviews7323]

Hi Greg! Question on AIO placement, I just ordered the Lian Li PC-O11DX 011 DYNAMIC, where should I place it and what orientation? Tubes down? Thanks! Im really enjoying your videos!

[@RevDrCCoonansr]

Broke a fan blade cleaning my daughter's 1060. First beak like that i've made in over 4 years. Fortunately I was able to glue it back on. Works fine but the glue will make the bearing die early due to weight on one side so I ordered another from Ali for $5.

[@qdawg6813]

I’m literally about to put a waterblock on my 3080 so perfect timing. Gotta clean that PCB.

[@sgtsetia]

Exactly what I am about to do

[@FungusUnited]

Thank you

[@TheLateral18]

Project for this weekend!!!! I'm also cleaning the fans and re doing the cable management Question thought, Does this increases fps 😅

[@GregSalazar]

It actually _could_ if your card was thermally limited either by the TIM or dust.

[@andydbedford]

I literally did this yesterday for a RTX 2060 Super gaming OC, the single hardest part was removing the fan power connector, I mean what the hell do they use to stick those things on, it wasn’t clipped on like normal in the end I had to pull the whole housing of and then just slide it back over the pins when I was done, taking care to reference which way round the connector housing was attached.

[@BennyJoyTV]

This was a good video

[@johannessmith394]

Deep cleaning is awesome

[@adriannv2562]

My 1080 Ti went from overheating to 91 degrees and crashing, to 65 degrees and being able to overclock it for an extra 3 fps. 👌

[@THEMilkSHAIKH]

Might as well. Who knows when I will be able to upgrade. Have to make my hardware last as long as possible.

[@BluePoloYT]

Thanks for this!! Literally pooping my pants about taking apart my 3070 when the time comes

[@vanfly6731]

I really appreciate this kind of videos Thank you for the video Good Job

[@GregSalazar]

Glad you liked it!

[@user-fp7wk7tm9c]

Great Video! It helped me a lot, tho i accidentally placed too much thermal paste and it got splattered on the capacitors, is it bad or does it affect the the GPU in any ways?

[@roei2086]

Could you please make an updated video that explains how to clean larger versions of GPUs

[@GojiraSC]

wow didn't think about this

[@netonext6470]

Excellent

[@sxxxychocolate]

Hey Greg are there any brand specific thermal pads you use or are they pretty much the same? any amazon links to some?

[@infoforanything6496]

Mr Salazar, is it fine if I build a pc with Nitrile gloves, since my hands are always sweaty ?

[@leng____]

The odd of this happening I stared to disassembled my pc for a cleaning and you post this 🤯.

[@Structureel]

Inspired by your deep cleaning videos, I went ahead and did a deep cleaning on my GPU. Sadly, after putting the card back together, I noticed it now has a significant amount of coil whine that it didn't have before. Any clues what might be a cause of that? It is a MSI GTX 1070 Gaming X 8G by the way. Interesting side note, the stock thermal paste was still nice and moist after almost 5 years. So well done to MSI there. It does run slightly cooler now that it's replaced by some Kryonaut though.

[@diamondwhite5208]

yikes

[@UnknownPerson-nl7te]

I only came to see if these heatsinks have copper core, I'm pleased now

[@CrimsonSax]

i did an easy trick to get the heatsink off the die easily without force. I just ran a stress test on the videocard for 2 minutes just to soften up the paste before removing it