Video Card Running Poorly? Clean Your Video Card Cooler!

[@Krigarjonas]

I usually just throw my components in the dish washer and I never had a problem with them! :)

[@FRK_WasTaken]

Lord Krigarjonas water+electronics.....

[@keplerskitty5949]

Lord Krigarjonas I just toss them on the lawn and spray them with the hose, never had any problems....kappa

[@hayhayos]

Lord Krigarjonas Tbh washing components/keyboards and mice is the best way to clean them, as long a they're dry before you turn them back on.

[@michaelrama]

Lord Krigarjonas I usually prepare a bath and a scented candle for my components and let them have a nice bath with some music for a couple of hours.. No problem. ;)

[@Krigarjonas]

***** Oh yeah, nothing beats that, dude! Do you join your components in the bath?

[@WalnutSpice]

"Hair is a major concern for pet owners" *Looks down at my white Keyboard* Yes, yes it is.

[@CorpusOrganic]

i had a cat that did that once. it had diarrhea as well. i couldn't salvage they key board. though I tried. Likely do to my lack of skill then any lasting damage it did.

[@vengeance1020]

My laptop has a silver keyboard and I just cleaned it of hair yesterday, and I will likely have to clean it again today

[@baaelectronics]

I think the hair on my Apple Magic Keyboard is my own hair.

[@bridgeburner100]

Watched this while on lsd just now, you not only helped me clean out my gpu for some nebulous reason, but you helped me with my life. Thanks Linus

[@kaustik185]

I love this community

[@brotalnia]

I took my mouse apart once cause it was dirty. I have a new mouse now :|

[@joshuabean4212]

Mice are easy to disassemble.

[@GamerErman2001]

brotalnia I've taken apart my razer ouroboros a few times. That doesn't count? Nevermind.

[@billcat1592]

Prince Daniel it counts but only if u remembered to put the battery back in

[@foufoufun]

brotalnia Last time I took a mouse apart was to clean its ball.

[@joshuabean4212]

foufoufun0 LoL. Ancient mouse much?

[@keshavsharma5419]

I disassembled the spray can and cleaned it with my GTX 960. Spray can's performance really improved.

[@ezzocorbi]

Now you can play on ultra graphics with high fps

[@kaiikiller4777]

A customer once brought a video card in that had "stopped working"....... it was still inside the plastic wrap it come in the box... the plastic had melted over the video card, he plugged it in and used it with the plastic over it............ howwwwwww GG Customer.

[@tripdeezy]

KaiiKiller Great tale. It gave me a nice laugh before bedtime :)

[@squalltheonly]

That story makes like no sense, seeing how the metallic wrap covers the PCI connector so there is no possible way to plug it into the MOBO. I also doubt it would melt. Then I tho it could had been the plastic cover that comes over the fans, but most GPU fans are facing down so it would melt away from the GPU.

[@kaiikiller4777]

I'm not lying mate... it is the strangest broken video card I have ever witnessed... also.. not all PC cases are standard ATX. so no... not all video card fans face downward.

[@MultiPokerdude]

Pics or it never happened

[@kaiikiller4777]

KunkleBear Unfortunately I don't have a time machine.

[@gamelands2885]

I always lick my components clean

[@explosevgamr5349]

See, you probably are making a joke, but I actually so lick mine clean(I don't care its just dust)

[@coows]

@@explosevgamr5349 swallow or spit? (That's what someone said)

[@anthonyc4138]

@@coows lol

[@GilangD21]

@@coows duh, swallow so the dust dont comeback to cpu

[@FOSTER_SCOTT]

This is a true gamer

[@pspppe]

"Click here to subscribe"... I clicked it and it made me unsubscribe o. o

[@kanyegaming5296]

pspppe cus you were already subbed

[@jodul6557]

Minecreft Is da bezt gaem I wish you knew sarcasm

[@kanyegaming5296]

Jodul Yeah i totally dident (YOU CAN TELL IM SARCASTIC BECAUSE I SPELLED SHOULD’NT WRONG)

[@jodul6557]

Minecreft Is da bezt gaem it took you one month to reply to that comment, and it's very difficult to tell sarcasm via a comment. Sadly though, because of society today, I wouldn't be able to know.

[@PCgamer238]

Compressed air. Amateurs lol I dipped my 980 in a bucket of water and it looked like brand new! Except that it didn't work anymore...

[@TotalDbag24]

+Klariaon Hatake Ever think about using alcohol? Then you can drink it afterwards

[@KingBlonde]

For reference, you can completely subdue electronics in water AS LONG as it's completely dried before using it again. Water + plastic and metal isn't deadly, but water + electricity is.

[@YevOnegin]

My gpu is running at 99C while idle. I'm sure this will end well.

[@hannah5269]

over clock it to remove all the dust and gunk

[@knightimer2]

Overclocking just means you are speeding up the fans and they will self clean. The voltage shouldn't be an issue if you don't mind small explosions. Fire is normal.

[@christwoodyhussar6336]

watch Jayztwocent's video about thermal paste on gpu's. If it's that hot you might take the side panel off and put a box fan next to it. If it's still hot it means the card's fucked.

[@patrik.jirsak]

without heatsink

[@rashidkhan-xm4rl]

which GPU u have

[@cxmacaroni]

I use a hairdryer with the heat turned off (so it only blows room temp air), it works great.

[@COBRO98]

Vinícius Münich this actually works perfectly for dust bunnies. My old man gave me the idea originally. Lawl

[@strelok_]

HD 5870 has a backplate but EVGA can't include one with their GTX 970

[@ThunderZephyr_]

Gimme a dirty AF GTX 980 ti and i will revive the shit out of it !!!!!!!

[@peasant7327]

id keep itt :P

[@TotalDbag24]

+NextG3NEra For a 980ti?? Possibly

[@FakeClouds]

+TotalDbag LOL ! me too! ;0

[@gojartdestani213]

+TotalDbag shiiit fam id even clean a 780ti

[@mannoesgehtnix]

even my intel 4000 HD can max out any game, doesnt make it run at 60fps though @Charles ... *Facepalm*

[@deadviny]

When the video for the 6870 cleaning comes out?

[@Hendlton]

Deadviny Dufter Why do you need a video about cleaning the 6870?

[@deadviny]

Hendlton Episode 1 Part a Chapter i

[@rfxorcist3068]

I assume he has a 6870?

[@Hendlton]

Deadviny Dufter I don't get it...

[@themaconeau]

Deadviny Dufter Episode 2 Part 242 The final version!

[@Jathax]

I got audible. I didn't use the Linus referral.

[@ThomasTheFapEngine]

Jathax You disgust me.

[@billkarvelas9384]

Thug Life

[@MustangChris1]

Fucking Savage.

[@Wackyvert]

Jathax absolutely savage m8

[@foufoufun]

Jathax I bet you even use adblock you filthy pig.

[@EposVox]

Lol, it definitely would have been more fun with a card that's actually filthy.

[@sampson1582]

Linus I would encourage you ( I know bad idea right) to try harder to get a GPU gunked up with dust!! Try this, pick out a sacrificial GPU and set it aside. then go vacuum your entire house and gather thepet hair and dust from the vacuum. then take this dust and pour it into the gpu fan while it spins, therefore sucking in more dust than what could be normal under regular conditions. once you have finished with the Artificial Dust Injection benchmark the card. and compare it to the benchmark you did before the A.D.I. Let us know. Thanks.

[@DreamClean]

I know I would fuck this up so I won't bother. £250 graphic card is not worth risking.

[@DreamClean]

***** 600 of what currency? And what is hard air?

[@RapiDEraZeR]

QuixoticQuaver pesos

[@DreamClean]

***** 600 Swedish Krona = £48. You can't get a graphics cards for that can you?

[@DreamClean]

***** Oh yes, I do that all the time. I'm referring to dissembling the cooler.

[@bleughmacaroni5754]

***** That sounds like an interesting story to be told.

[@testdriverforza2]

Hair is not only a problem for pet owners ever had a long hair girlfriend? You will find those hairs everywhere.

[@IVI00101]

testdriverforza2 Probably, still can be considered a problem of pet owner. But thanks for information.

[@PixelScience]

IVI00101 Holy shit, I just died.

[@Ninja9464]

Lol

[@brotalnia]

testdriverforza2 Does your girlfriend leave a hundred white hairs every time she sits or lays down anywhere? My cat does. Sometimes a feel like a detective cause when i leave the room and come back i can tell exactly where it's been in the meantime.

[@coows]

@@brotalnia you have no idea how much I giggled. This will go great in r/funny.

[@gaypoweraway]

Lies. Your guy's GPUs are liquid cooled. I don't think dust gets in your waterblocks..

[@TheDinozRule]

Dust gets everything unfortunately. Even Liquid cooling systems need cleaning every once in a while

[@monny1815]

He doesn't just own liquid cooled graphics cards

[@HuyV]

***** Ever heard of dust filters? My rig is 2 years old and doesnt look dusty at all. I do clean my magnetic dust filters every week when I clean my room though. Might as well take that additional minute when I have a vacuum handy anyways.

[@CandyflossCottonCandy]

Johnny Silverstone Still have to clean the rad

[@axxdrian]

Johnny Silverstone He said it's Taran's old Dogecoin mining GPU from Taran's house...

[@Thor_92]

So it only went down 1 degree and 2% fan speed? Or did I misunderstand?

[@Mytagforhalo]

Homeslice The point was that this particular card wasn't too dirty i n the first place, and as such had no difference on the cooling. That tiny percentage is more likely due to the change in thermal paste. If you had a filthier card, there would be a bigger improvement.

[@-DeScruff]

Homeslice It wasn't that dirty. The 5870 was quite the warm card, and the fan in it was always loud.

[@foufoufun]

Homeslice that 1 degree and 2% fan speed look more like a statistical error margin than an improvement lol. Just using the duster in the fan to get rid of the excess dust would have made the trick. The inside of the cooler is kinda like a video game console or a laptop, it so tight inside that no dust gets in. (unless maybe like he said, you have a pet or the computer is in a basement or something)

[@veigadevil]

i always use a air compressor much better than those crappy cans

[@robinkuijer9a]

inderdaad!

[@SirkyNL]

+Robin Kuijer wat loop jij te kakken in het nederlands? xD

[@FakeClouds]

+veiga devil yep!

[@FakeClouds]

+Robin Kuijer Ikke ook !!!

[@FakeClouds]

+Sven Engels en jij dan? LOL.

[@JonathanNuotio]

LinusTechTips Excellent content as usual. - This channel does ads better than any other channel on youtube - they are fun to watch and do not take anything away from the video itself. Bravo!

[@FlikkyFilms]

Linus, I know this probably won't mean much but I'm in the process of building my first ever PC (I have it planned out for the most part, just have to order and build now) and your channel has been such a huge help! I couldn't believe that you have a video on almost all of the parts I'm considering.

[@planetfade2522]

So my r9 390 was like hella dusty and i was like hitting 50c at 20% fan speed, now that i added new thermal paste and cleaned out my heatsink now im at 30c and at 20% fan speed idleing.

[@yttrium6575]

what is your ambient temp?, i live in tropical country, its 30c - 33c all year round here, idling at 48c - 50c, 1 fan active

[@planetfade2522]

+Solid_Metal I live in the states and where I live it's very humid but my ambient temperature is around 25c.

[@planetfade2522]

+Planet Fade 20c

[@zecRjee]

no reason to have fans work with idle

[@Scouty]

this vid should be renamed to "how to break your GPU" for people who are not experienced in computer repair and construction. If you are a newer PC user or builder, please do not do this as you will probably create more problems than you create. Contact a pro and learn from them. Linus is not responsible for you breaking your card and please don't blame him if you ruin your card.

[@DominikSpilka]

That segway in the end was actually pretty good for a change! Nice job :D

[@TomaszGutka]

seriously- you're the only guy that can make advertisements fun to watch :D

[@ZunaZurugi]

Blower Cans suck so much.... I remember when i cleaned first time my GTX 570... man it needed it :D Idle from 63°C to 43°C and High Gaming from... 97°C (yeah the max Temp and once i got 100°C) to 85. Allways so funny when watching OC videos and people are so scared about getting higher temps than 83 :D

[@brightblackgrouse6236]

it's not good for your card tho

[@Muzly]

I clean my PC every 2 weeks, including removing the GPUs and dusting them. I have, on occasion, vacuumed the fans too to get rid of as much dust/hair as possible. Some people say vacuuming your PC is a big no-no, but it gives me the BEST performance improvements. I have a dog and my PC shares a room with a tumble-dryer, so it gathers lots of dust/dander/hair. After a clean, it can go from 95 degrees C to 35 degrees C. I'm NOT exaggerating.

[@magnefficientfragz4005]

there ate vacuums meant specifically for cleaning pcs pay a trip to newegg.com

[@magnefficientfragz4005]

of course its called a datavac

[@Muzly]

Magnefficient Fragz Nice one! I just had a quick look around (I'm in the UK, so no newegg for me :( ). They are very expensive for what they are so I'll probably stick with my normal vacuum. I've been doing it for years without problems (touch wood!).

[@blendpinexus1416]

get some fan filters on your case dude.

[@thug4life2005]

Scooter even with filters dust can and will get inside.

[@farminglol]

I once cleaned a friends HD4870 which had a nice thick patch of dust on the "bottleneck" part of the cooler. It was a direct head exhaust card, so it was essentially blocking all airflow through the card. While gaming it was always in panic mode where it would throttle and spin the fan to 100%. I cleaned it out and replaced thermal compound and it made all the difference in the world. It was quiet and actually a bit faster afterwards because it wasn't throttling anymore.

[@emiliano8905]

Have not cleaned it in almost 4 years. The whole airflow on the heat sync was blocked and the fan was extremely dusty. After I cleaned the filthy GPU the temps went down from 80 to 27 degrees Celsius on idle. Thanks!

[@KabooM1067]

An American who uses Celsius! Hallelujah!

[@-DeScruff]

prepareuranus Hes Canadian, and Canada does use Celsius.

[@ortzinator]

prepareuranus All PC enthusiasts use Celsius...

[@KabooM1067]

Sypran Oh. My bad then lol. So Americans still use Fahrenheit, tsk.

[@hapiestar7164]

prepareuranus Not a damn bit of difference between Fahrenheit and Celsius other than most of the world uses Celsius. We should all be using Kelvin. #kelvinmasterrace If anything, Fahrenheit is more useful day-to-day than Celsius. Anything below 0F is fucking cold, anything above that is fucking hot. That means you get 100degrees that actually matter. While Celsius that range is more like -18 to 38. So you only get 60degress that matter.

[@KabooM1067]

Hapie Star You don't really need that many degrees really. It only feels more complicated and hard to interpret, at least for us who were taught with Celsius/Kelvin throughout our whole academic journey (which is still ongoing).

[@Arado159]

Can confirm. I hadn't cleaned my GPU in 10 years.(I had never taken it out and the fan was on the bottom of the card so when I cleaned my PC the air never got into the fan..). It's a Geforce 8800 but it couldn't even run League of Legends on anything but the lowest settings. When I turned any graphical options up it would make a noise like a vacuum cleaner and got unstable FPS. After cleaning it with compressed air (from a real compressor) it can run League of Legends and many other more graphically demanding games on much higher settings and with considerably less noise. Definiteely a lesson learned for me.

[@polraudiozion1156]

I did this 3 weeks ago. My heatsync was so bad that canned air couldn't get the dust out so i had to take the heatsync completely off and give it a good washing in the sink lol. Worked perfectly, lowered my temps by 25%.

[@Trisentinel]

I had fantastic experience of cleaning my 3 years old Asus G74 laptop. It became loud as lawnmower and every game stuttered significantly after just few minutes of gaming. I have two cats so I guessed that it's fans are cluttered with fur. Dis assembling this tank was too stressful for me to do it (to access it's interior you have to rip it to the bone including screen so i passed) so I called for serviceman. With his help I was able to clean fans using straight cable ties inserted into the fans (so it won't turn while blowing air). As an air intake to blow dust out we used pressurized air and one of us kept vacuum cleaner to suck fur from the other side. It worked and my laptop works as new. I don't hear fans anymore and I have no stutter anymore.

[@ashleyjohansson230]

AMD's completely covered cooler style just screams clogged up dust that even compressed air cannot remove

[@Tome4kkkk]

I've de-retarded my case by sealing every smallest opening except the pantyhose-filtered intakes. Result - nothing to clean after 2 years.

[@harrisonjc]

+Tome4kkkk How did you seal the case, as well as mount the pantyhouse? I'm just wondering because I might try it out.

[@Tome4kkkk]

+Harrison Campbell My case is (used to be;)) a CM Gladiator 600 bad cheapo and not much is left of it after my modifications. Bigger surfaces with openings I sealed with cardboard mounted with silicone (you can buy transparent one). Smaller openings - just silicone. If you use negative pressure case like I do you can strap a very thin piece of plastic foil hanging near an opening and it will self-seal the opening. And vice versa for positive pressure cases. Then I removed ALL grills. You've got to be seriously impaired to leave any intake drill hole or hex punched grills. Use wire ones if you have children or other critters. Mounting pantyhose: On a 2 mm steel wire frame, with hot glue. So not adjustable but I made sure I can get out the frame quickly to replace the pantyhose piece with a different tensioning on gluing. I didn't have to though. During the gluing process you have full control over the size of the meshing. Hell, you can even make it non-uniform. I went for meshing slightly too big so that I hoover it only once a week. After a year I go in with compressed air, blow it onto the motherboard etc. and barely any dust gets lifted. A tip: Filterboxes are the shit! Example: bottom feed PSU intake fan. I've removed the grill and the default tiny foam filter so already a big improvement to the flow rate. Then I made a two-three layer bandage skirting around the entire periphery of the case. The PSU is clean after a year and it has a huge filterbox to feed from. Barely any flow loss.

[@SimonZellox]

Or you set up your fans for positive air pressure inside your case. This is much better since you can get rid of dust when you cover all intakes with dust filters.

[@MexicanOrphans]

Woah, I have that exact xfx 6870. I've had to replace the cooler a few times because the fan died several times. Its still a pretty cool card that I still haven't replaced.

[@fightingfalconfan]

Bahahahaha the end of his little commercial was epic..something about not wanting star wars "looser"; I just cracked up laughing!

[@GlenwingThink]

lel As if you guys have the same graphics card in your system long enough for dust to build up :P

[@CTRL-HOME]

My 980's fan never turns on anyways. =3

[@turboboy0]

I should have sent you my zotac gts450. It was absolutely filthy. I blew it out but was not good enough. So I had to pull the fan and shroud to clean the heat sink. I also cleaned off the old dry thermal paste and re-pasted the card. Huge difference.

[@snuffles6592]

I have a Cooler Master HAF 932, and surprisingly, given the High Air Flow aspect of the case, and me having two dogs and three cats, my case doesn't get very dirty or hairy, just a little bit of dust that needs to be cleaned out every now and then.

[@DiePixelspieler]

Why is this little man screaming so much?

[@jcleversley]

Who made the intro and how much did he/she get paid??? Whatever the price was, pay them again.. And then one more time

[@dirty_cop3085]

bought them at launch and not cleaned my 780Ti's once. still idle @ 30°C, 72°C @ max usage. love those NV ref coolers.

[@PurpleDevous]

Wow, an actually half decent segway into the ad slot this time... I SAY GOOD JOB!

[@JaikeJones]

I do this once a year, July 4th, since i'm Australian, we don't celebrate it, but I can in my own way. Dustworks. Fuck fireworks.

[@syn010110]

canned air is literally the worst thing ever. better to just disassemble the cooler and brush it out with a soft-bristled paint brush.

[@vikingvic]

Corinn Heathers Why? Compressed air is great for cleaning out your whole case.

[@syn010110]

3Dtimespace It only removes dust that's just sort of sitting there. You can spray canned air at heat-baked dust (which is what will be clogging your heat sinks and fan blades) all day and it won't even budge. A soft paintbrush never runs out and removes the baked-on dust easily.

[@TheBangersnSmash]

Corinn Heathers I use 150 psi workshop air to clean my pc. No need to disassemble anything at this pressure (well yea take the pc cover off). Theres probably a small risk of damage at this pressure but its great fun.

[@vikingvic]

Corinn Heathers Sure.. Both is a good combo. Plus things like "cotton sticks". A actual compressor works better han canned air also

[@syn010110]

3Dtimespace Oh yeah I'm fine with using a compressor, but canned air is just a bad deal all around. Super expensive for a metal can full of air. o_O

[@AlvinLuMusic]

I actually enjoyed the video and how applicable it was to other aspects like cleaning out the vents of a laptop and/or maintaining the laptop by inspecting for problems rather than throwing it away immediately and buying the newer model. Thanks for reminding how important it is to try our best to maintain all components of a system.

[@MrFTW7]

i like listening to "linus" tips. Way he explain is easy to understand

[@WASDxMerceless]

I use graphics cards to vaccuum my room

[@bobversyp2123]

what would happend if you were playing GTA V and while it's running you take out the video card?

[@NiktoonGames]

+Bob Versyp Wasted

[@bobversyp2123]

NiktoonGames hahahaha

[@haelvynasuka4894]

you get electrocuted. Duh

[@bobversyp2123]

Haelvyn Asuka oh yeah xD

[@coolmoviewatcher]

+Bob Versyp Best case scenario, it would probably just make your computer angry and you'd need to restart it. Worst case scenario, you might fry something on your card or on the motherboard. Might need to be repaired/replaced.

[@R3v3r3ndR33f3r]

Linus....love your channel and all vids....definitely the best and only channel I would turn to for answers.......your the best in the business bud..keep on keeping on

[@kompst_tu]

2019 and this video still holds up. Just replaced my 960 SSC thermal paste with Thermal Grizzly compound. Everything fit back together just fine!

[@NonsensicalSpudz]

ah back when plastic was a thing on a graphics card and you expected it to be ugly

[@Mergy03]

Well my GTX 570 was murdered by the Silver Shroud. GTX 950 is coming.

[@stadusunids]

+. “XActionmorganX” let it rip

[@youtuberobbedmeofmyname]

Fallout reference?

[@Lodreus]

A daily dose of LinusTechTips always does the trick.

[@nalluxD]

New camera? The video seems so much sharper and nicer XD

[@seljak2416]

Does have money to make pc's doesn't have money to buy a vacuum cleaner -_-

[@darkprinc979]

Gotta keep those priorities in check you know.

[@EasyFingerboarder]

A vacuum cleaner creates static electricity, which as you may know can fry your pc.

[@seljak2416]

I mean for his house not for his PC David

[@EasyFingerboarder]

***** Sorry my bad!

[@seljak2416]

XD

[@Xhalegaming]

Another 3 mins of video and 5 mins of adds

[@PhaseRebirth]

When Linus was talking about how pet owners should really consider doing the deep cleaning of the GPU I say it really depends on the pet and where your computer is at. My cat is a Blue Russian so she doesn't shed fur that much. I never let my cat get on my computer desk as well and she isn't close to the computer at all. I've had my 780Ti for over a year now and it still idles at 30C. I even took my card out to look at it and it still looked brand stankin new!

[@zoltakevangee4445]

I don´t really know your name mate but i really like the way you explain all these things about cleaning and thermal compounds. Please keep it up and go on with you´re EXCELLENT JOB¡¡¡

[@OffTheSpot22]

Canned air every other week Go through your heat sink, mobo, case fans and gpu and you'll never have to do anything drastic like this

[@Valansch]

SpookyKid94 Do i look like i shit money?

[@VinkeHD]

SpookyKid94 Paying 12 bucks a can here, so not really a option.

[@darklordkai]

SpookyKid94 Get yourself a datavac if you clean your computer often. At your rate, it'll pay for itself within a few weeks.

[@kfjfjfjewlsls]

SpookyKid94 if you use that much canned air maby you should consider investing in a compressor. Your waller and captain planet will thank you in the long run

[@matthew3668]

SpookyKid94 Or just buy an air compressor?

[@zectorr9]

I exacuted my gpu

[@amshermansen]

Zectorr You executed* your first grade English teacher more like...

[@alexmihai22]

I use to put a little a little piece of thermal compound on the thermal pads when I put them back.

[@Keji839]

I Stumbled across your channel when i was researching building a pc. i subsccibed and never looked back. no more beer pong. im a now hopeless pc guy.

[@BNR_248]

This gpu wasnt dirty enough to see any improvement. A few years back i bought a ps3 (the original) second hand after my old one got the YLOD. The second hand ps3 was very very dusty, and fan speeds were very loud. So i took the whole thing apart and found so much clusters of dust that seem to have come from the carpet. After cleaning every single nook and cranny and re-applying the thermal paste, the ps3 was whisper quiet and still functioning to this date. Mind you its been about 3 years now since the clean, and it over 8 years old. I have played non stop 13 hours straight multiple times over the holidays and no problems at all! Dust is the biggest killer of electronics.

[@SirLoinOfsteak85]

I have a GTX285 from XFX that uses an almost identical design. It was running for almost a decade without being cleaned. You wouldn't believe the amount of dust that came out the back when I blew some air through it. Should have held onto the fan but thankfully I didn't bork it so I guess I got lucky there!

[@goldshenanigans]

This is even more relevant now days with boosting relying on thermals, may be a good video to revisit for new viewers

[@alvydasjokubauskas2587]

What I did: I put the video card under the water stream, then use a hair fan drier to dry everything as soon as possible. I tried only 2 times but with different cards and they still work up to day. Very fast and risky trick, but it worked for me. Or what I always use and works without risk: some people use vacuum cleaners, while I use hairdryer to take all the dust fast and cheap.

[@Urstupidumbass]

I failed my attempt to clean my GPU with a vacuum cleaner a week ago and lost all hope, thank god this video came out.

[@8Lightningbolt8]

LINUS PLZ 60FPS you did it for a few of your vids and i was so excited!!! Please go back! It can't be too much to ask can it?

[@MattTheriot]

I just got a free 7970 and 800watt PSU from a friend's old system. It was a third hand system, the PSU was SO caged with pet hair from year and years it was crazy. The computer was shutting off during use, which is why he gave the parts away. I'm almost certain the PSU was the problem. I cleaned the GPU and applied new thermal paste as well, and put the 2 components in an older system I had lying around. Now I have a test spare parts system that can game! Runs Doom at 80-110 FPS at High with Vulkan!

[@FeZerret]

got an old zotac gtx 760 from a friend and he said its not working anymore. just one look at it and you knew why. took me an hour to clean the whole thing. there was literally a 1 cm thick dustwall in it that was blocking all the air xD

[@MASSIVEMAN-wb1zx]

I use to put my graphics card in the washing machine on 30 C. It has worked great so far and my graphics card (Nvidia r7 270) comes out clean and shining. Water isn't bad for your computer unless electricity runs while it's wet. Then I put it in the dryer so it dries faster. The same procedure can be done with your t-shirt

[@Dominic0403]

This is exactly the kind of video I wanted to publish few weeks ago, but I gave up. I had a HD5870 that reached 90 degrees Celsius with 50% fan speed. If I only knew you would make this video, I'd provide my own card, and it would have a much bigger effect.

[@ThiLI0n]

Your advertisement inserts are rather enjoyable. You do it just right ^^

[@slimj091]

It shouldn't have to be said, but since I get asked every summer by at least a handful of people.. here we go. Idle, and max temps on components will rise with the temperature of the air in the environment that your machine is in. So your machine that runs super cool in the winter will run hotter in the summer if you don't have some kind of air conditioning. Even liquid cooling set ups will run a little hotter although not by as much as with air cooling.

[@teknodisko]

Well I had a different experience. When I pulled the heat sink off my 5850 from early 2010 a couple of months ago the thermal past was thin dry and chalky and the vrm's thermal pads fell apart at the slightest touch. So replaced it all and good as new now.

[@rambow70]

I had a 5850, the reference cooler was so awesome I pre-ordered the card knowing that newer, cooler, and faster OC options would come out at the same price. I really REALLY liked the old radeon 4870's reference design. Now that was a cool looking card. Now days I have the new R9 380 and I am just like, well it works..

[@procrastinatingnerd]

I had a video card I got from a friend a while ago and it got extremely hot, up near 90c. And, no surprise, it would lock up shortly after any game was started. It had a blower type cooler, I took it completely apart(A can of air didn't help it). I found that the inlet(Not normally accessible) for the heat sink fins was completely blocked by about 1/8 of a inch of a solid piece of dust. I cleaned it up and it was topping out at 60c and it no longer locks up. Linus's video doesn't really demonstrate, but if your card is really dusty it can make a huge difference.

[@lucaspassarella1475]

I actually took a part my pc last week for the first time in over 5 years. My 5870 was extremely dusty.

[@uzmeyer1752]

I still have a 2gb version with 6 mini dp of that 5870 lying around. It was my first dedicated graphics card and was quite badass back in.. ikd 2009 or so? But at some point it was hitting 90°C in vacuum cleaner mode, despite me cleaning it and replacing thermal compund, wich was the time I decided to upgrade. It still works though, despite just lying arround in random places all the time with not protection (currently on my windowsill)

[@GriffinCorreia]

I found out that using a large paintbrush can also help clean out dust. Works better on lower fin density heatsinks though.

[@panikk2]

duuude! thanks for that tip

[@ShadowBlack54]

Griffin Correia is it safe to use toothbrush, won't it ruin my circuit

[@GriffinCorreia]

Shadow Back If you are careful, it should not harm it, As long as there are no metal bristles it should be fine, as metal can harm it

[@NoorquackerInd]

I extracted the heatsink only on my weird version EVGA GTX 460 and used this water spray thing to get all dust out. And the thing is, it was my brothers, who keeps everything clean except the cobwebs in his computer

[@misfiresandflattires6874]

I did this last week :) No dust and no hair buildup! My GPU was overheating (102c at 100% fan speed) in GTA V. Then i removed the stock "thermal paste" and applied my favorite paste. My max GPU temp is now 63c at 19% fan speed in GTA V :) I can't believe how horrible the stock "thermal paste" is..

[@adamjones7891]

Haha the audible Segway was the only good ad Segway I've seen on this channel

[@Deadpixelator]

nice adventure time lanyard Linus! :) 2:45

[@couryswan2448]

DAMN SUN! THAT WAS A GREAT TRANSITION TO THE SPONSOR!

[@WarrenSL]

No fan oiling tips, good job Linus!

[@DigBipper188]

well... I'm an engineer, IT guy, draftsman for electrical schematics and I have a good knowledge on most electronic devices and I've worked extensively with computer fans since I use them a lot for building PCs (duh) and also for high powered electronics (like my 100W LED flashlight that I'm working on)... there is a set of diodes built into the motor controller chips that is specifically designed to rectify and block power. The diodes turn AC power into DC (if applicable to the system it's in) for the motor coil's control IC (usually something like a simple transistor based driver) and block current being sent back down the fan power cable. I tested a computer fan once thinking I could drive one fan with another... spun one up to 7,000 or so RPM with an air compressor and attached the other fan to it... the result... nothing! I spun the fan backwards and also changed the wires about, then checked with a voltmeter to see what the output of the spinning fan was... and the answer... it's residual (0.0001V) at best! the fans don't kick out ANY meaningful power whatsoever when you spin them... the diodes are set up to only allow power INTO the fan controller IC... and these aren't Zener diodes either... they completely block the reversed power to protect the fan controller IC... so therefore, I deduce that there is absolutely no way that you can kill a computer with feedback voltage from a computer fan... it just cannot happen!

[@OMGHICKS]

Reminds me of my good old GTX295, that thing had to be cleaned every 3-6 months. It would usually auto poweroff at about 105C, then after cleaning it would be back to 85C at full load, good for at least another 3 months of gaming :) I just cleaned it with an air compressor, no problems.

[@MickehPuppeh]

I've used my 5850s for like 5 years straight and for some odd reason I've never had to clean them out. They always peaked at a mere 74 Celsius, and that never got any higher later down the road.

[@JhysenTheAsian]

Linus' segways to ads are the best

[@AWSimDrifter]

Damn Linus, you had me fooled for a second there. I had to double check the published date as I thought this was an old video when I saw the 5870. It made me realise though, in all the years I've been watching your video's, your voice nor face has changed at all - you may have been blessed with everlasting youth. Although I think the time has come for you to grow a beard. You should do it - a big fuzzy beard of epic proportions :D

[@doom2ruler]

My old eGeForce 8800GT Superclock just needed you to remove the screws from the top of the shroud and not disassemble the entire cooling system. Sure, it meant pulling up the decal but it was much faster than pulling the whole bleedin' thing apart.

[@DeadCellHacking]

good video it's a good thing to know how to clean out a video card keep up the good work

[@kanebrennan3863]

I refuse to buy those sealed fans now as my 6970 did burn out eventually. But I recommend using a paint brush, a fairly expensive one so you lose none of the bristles in your system. But with a brush and a combination of air you can literally wipe away all the dust and have the clean looking finish your system had when it was new. I also use a vaccum, but not in the case. I have it on the outside of my case to catch any dust blown into the room after I spray the dust all over with air.