How to Clean this Graphics Card?

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I have a EVGA Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 ti and it has been about 2 years old. It's starting to get a little warm just being idle. I remember that when I bought it and for about 6 months - 1 year it idles at about 30 Degrees (C) and now it's average temperature is about 45-50 Degrees (C). When I used to play Battlefield 3 I think it would max out at a temp of 60(C), but now my GPU meter says sometimes it's >80(C). Applications such as 3D Mark 11 do not work anymore for some reason and there is something wrong with the fan. For example, I need to open EVGA Precision X every time so that the fan actually starts to kick in, otherwise it just rotates like it's not even trying.

Overall, to clean it should I take it apart blow dust away and apply new thermal paste? Will the thermal paste that I got from my after market heat sink from my CPU work too? I got the Cooler Master Hyper 212+

In the future, I plan to upgrade my GPU with like a Nvidia 700 series or something and get that liquid-cooled. Will the CPU liquid coolers work for GPUs or do they have their own set of equipment?
 
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take it out, clean the accumulated dust using a good air blower, and then reseat the GPU, if temps are still high, its prolly that the thermal compound is drying, remove the fan and heatsink, apply a thermal compound on the GPU heat spreader, arctic silver 5 is a good choice, do not apply too much, just a thin layer and it should be applied uniformly, using a credit card is an option, install the heatsink and fan, reseat the GPU, then you're good to go.. and yes, the thermal compound will work on your CPU.

Liquid cooling a GPU requires some experience and skill, i havent seen an aftermarket AIO liquid cooler for a GPU, you have to install it yourself, so if you have no experience, i dont recommend you to do it, that being said, EK Water blocks are the Best in aftermarket water cooling solutions for both the CPU and GPU, just remember, you will need to purchase waterblocks, Pump, Reservoir, Radiator, Pipe, Coolant.. etc.. so its a job for an expert, and not for inexperienced people like me XD, but you can buy factory installed water cooled GPUs such as the ASUS ARES 2

 
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Yea...I prolly should not mess with that. It will be expensive.
 
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Thanks A lot!
 
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