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[neogunhero]

That is likely going to be a thermal pad and you don't need to replace them. They can be reused. Up to you if you want to replace it.

One thing I'll need to make sure is the thickness of the pad vs the ones I have. Mine are 1mm thick, stackable up to 2mm without performance loss. If the translucent thermal pad attached to the heatsink is any thicker (it may be from what I remember), I shouldn't replace it. Also it depends on how easy it would be to rip out the old one without leaving behind adhesive residue.

The new drive comes in today, and it had a graphene thermal spreader attached already. Using that plus the heatsink will already improve thermals as my current drive that will be replaced doesn't have the graphene spreader.



Since this is going to be a clean install, it’s time for a clean set up. I’ll be doing a very deep clean on all my components tonight. Removing keycaps and soaking them in soapy water, disinfecting all surfaces, dusting PC, all of that. I tend to keep my set up tidy, but dust build up is inevitable. It's been a while since I did such a deep cleaning, I'm strangely kind of excited to do it.

 

[Colif]

Since this is going to be a clean install, it’s time for a clean set up. I’ll be doing a very deep clean on all my components tonight. Removing keycaps and soaking them in soapy water, disinfecting all surfaces, dusting PC, all of that. I tend to keep my set up tidy, but dust build up is inevitable. It's been a while since I did such a deep cleaning, I'm strangely kind of excited to do it.

Oldest PC part I own now are my speakers. They being replaced next year so not cleaning it. Next would be monitor I guess. I keep front clean so I can see it but rear is probably dusty but entire room being taken apart in a few months so I fix that later. I can't see it
PC might need a clean, hard to see dust in a white case