Arctic Silver Arcticlean Thermal Cooling Material Remover and Surface Purifier (ACN-60ML)

This stuff is awesome! I recently built a new PC, and it came with a bunch of headaches along the way. I don't want to bore you with all the details, so to make a long story short, I had to put on and take off my liquid CPU cooler several times, I'm talking like 4-6 times due to a number of manufacturers issues. A bad mobo, a stripped screw, bent CPU socket pins, the list just goes on and on. Anyways, these two little bottles were incredible. I ran the computer initially for a couple months before having to use them for the first time, and it did an EXCELLENT job cleaning both the CPU cooler, and the CPU itself. You use one bottle to get most of the gunk off *gunk is the technical term*, and then the second bottle to really sterilize it, and get it ready for the next application. I used just standard tissue paper, aka Kleenex, to wipe off the sealant. I'd probably go through 2-4 pieces before I was able to get it completely spotless, and that takes maybe 6 drops of the cleaner, and maybe 2 of the sanitizer.. So these two bottles alone will last me for a very long time. And again, I've had to already use it about 4-6 times. Anyway, to sum things up, do yourself a favor, get these bottles, and rest assured knowing that its going to do the job, and do it well!

Bought a used computer with liquid cooling and a year later upgraded the mobo, which required me to get a new processor. I was able to reuse the water block with the new chip. I'm not sure I really needed to use these fluids, but for such a small price it seemed like good insurance. Fluid #1 cleaned the thermal paste off the old chip and water block that has been there for at least 7 years. All I did was scrape off the bulk of it and then clean it. Fluid #2 removed any residue. Both fluids worked as designed on the chip and the water block, and now I have been inaugurated into the world of liquid cooling and DIY PC building. It wasn't nearly as scary as I had imagined.

A Fantastic kit! I used this kit for transferring a Intel core I5-4670K from a old build to a new build and I have to say this stuff really cleans! It does come with both as you see in the picture and makes surfaces shiny!Note: This kit will clean Processor's and also the thermal block of CPU coolers weather its air coolers or water coolers.Overall: Great kit and is defiantly worth the money for people who want to clean the thermal surface on DIY(custom) builds and also just in general reapplying for existing systems.

You can use alcohol to clean thermal paste off your processor. I was skeptical of this at first, but after 5 seconds of letting a few drops soak onto my crusty, dry thermal paste, it worked like a charm and my CPU was clean as the day I got it. Do let it soak for a few seconds and reapply a drop where needed; it can run over the edges to get on the board and you want to avoid that. In all, I'm very happy with this product. I have no idea what the "surface preparer" blue thing is, but I used it as directed and nothing exploded, so no stars lost I guess.

Used this once and it seems to thoroughly clean the surface of the CPU. I am concerned about the toxicity and would recommend using gloves which I had conveniently available. There were no fumes of any kind that I can recall which is a plus since I would normally use a highpercentage of isopropyl alcohol product as an alternative. The only suggestion I would make is if there was a way for this product to help thethermal paste spread evenly shortly after it is used. I don't think there is a claim that it will do that. This would deserve 5 start is I thought it dida little more than simply clean away the old thermal goop left over when re-installing a cpu.

Excellent products. They work exactly as they are supposed to. Removed chock hard old thermal geese from processor and heat-sink as well as fungus from processor metal cap and Articlean 2 reduced the corrosion on processor metal cap as metal cap had spots of rust on it. Left both bases like new. It is better to put one drop at a time instead of several drops as mentioned in the manual. The Articlean 1 bottle has a nice citrus lime smell to it. So do not inhale the sent of the bottles too closely as this can cause difficulty in breathing for quite a few hours.

The remover finally tan out so I reordered.

Works very well on thermal paste that has had a few years to dry. If the thermal paste has only sit for a few months, you probably don't need this. But if you don't change your cpu cooler every few months, I think this is worth a few dollars to ensure a good surface for the thermal paste. I haven't tested how much this actually increases/doesn't increase cooling, but at the very least it cleans the thermal paste off very well.