I always use plain old, generic gray thermal paste in everything. It's fine. If your laptop's cooler is getting heat soaked and can't keep up with your processor, fancy thermal paste won't fix it. This is exactly correct. Are...
maximum frequency achievable by a single core on the processor running a bursty single-threaded workload. max boost will vary based on several factors, including, but not limited to thermal paste; system cooling; motherboard design and bios; the latest amd chipset driver; and the latest os ...
When is a good time to reapply thermal paste?I've had this laptop for a while, and the thermals are starting to get higher and the fan is kicking on when it wouldn't before. While i do have more installed, would it be reccomended to apply newer/better thermal paste?
especially "gaming pcs" aren't built to last, thermal paste, thermal pads, vrms, even the chips themselves, come on people upgrade their stuff all the time, especially gpus often start to get slower and show issues after a couple of years... yes with good maintenance etc it...
I’ll also add that Dell seem to have done a fair job pasting the CPU/GPU on this unit, without any overspilled paste. We ran all our tests and findings with the default paste, but repasting could impact the temperatures and even the performance to an extent, just be aware that repas...
They simply declared that the M2 didn’t ahve a heat spreader, even as they wiped off the thermal paste and pulled off the graphene heat spreading film. This is the aliminum component in the same location as the heat spreader in the M1 that is bonded to the SOC with therma...
Rosson dual-core processors in gaming laptops. As in, hey dual-core processor, I’ve got some bad news for you from downtown: Mitch and Murray said you’re fired because gaming laptops should go to closers. And yes, dual-core, you can’t close the deal on...
maximum frequency achievable by a single core on the processor running a bursty single-threaded workload. max boost will vary based on several factors, including, but not limited to thermal paste; system cooling; motherboard design and bios; the latest amd chipset driver; and the latest os ...
Anytime I have heat problems on a laptop, I strip it down, clean the fans and interior of the laptop with compressed air and reapply thermal paste. Thisusuallytakes care of the heating problems. Make sure to clean both the air intake and outputs on the laptop. ...
You really don’t need to replace the paste for years… It doesn’t go bad that fast. My old Desktop with a 4770K and a 780 Ti went from 2013 to 2019 with the same Arctic 5 application on the CPU and whatever came with the video card. Temps never degraded and I ran that thing ...