I have Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti Asus Turbo GPU. I suspect it's running a bit hot because of the dust. The problem is that it has the plastic cover all around, only one fan is visible and cleaning just the blades of this one fan probably won't do much. Is there a safe way to clean it somehow? Can I use compressed air? Where should I blow it in to be safe I won't damage anything? I watched a few Youtube videos but there they are all taking it fully apart, all the way down to the processor, cleaning the paste and all. I'm not doing that. I'm way to inexperienced in this and the card was way to expensive. Did anybody clean the GPU? What's the best way?

This is how the GPU looks like: https://imgur.com/a/S5x0ebO

1 hour ago, Tomaz Drnovsek said:

I have Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti Asus Turbo GPU. I suspect it's running a bit hot because of the dust. The problem is that it has the plastic cover all around, only one fan is visible and cleaning just the blades of this one fan probably won't do much. Is there a safe way to clean it somehow? Can I use compressed air? Where should I blow it in to be safe I won't damage anything? I watched a few Youtube videos but there they are all taking it fully apart, all the way down to the processor, cleaning the paste and all. I'm not doing that. I'm way to inexperienced in this and the card was way to expensive. Did anybody clean the GPU? What's the best way?

This is how the GPU looks like: https://imgur.com/a/S5x0ebO

 

 

Its a blower style, so not so many gaps at the side. Best you can do, if you aren't prepared to strip down,  is blow through any open vents with a can of air. Should work fine. 

4 hours ago, martin-w said:

Its a blower style, so not so many gaps at the side. Best you can do, if you aren't prepared to strip down,  is blow through any open vents with a can of air. Should work fine. 

Thanks! I did that and now my GPU is running 10°C cooler and it wasn't even that dusty. 

Edited March 31, 20215 yr by Tomaz Drnovsek

Good news. Glad it worked. 👍