Just finished a repair where I swapped a $40 thermal pad for a $2 tube of paste

The pad dropped temps by 15 degrees under load, no contest. Anyone else find that pads are way more consistent on older laptops?

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keith_henderson2d ago

Yeah, that 15 degree drop is huge... I saw a teardown video where they said older laptop heatsinks warp over time, so a thicker pad fills the gap better than paste that can pump out. Makes sense why the consistency matters so much on worn hardware.

fiona_lewis372d ago

But a warped heatsink sounds a bit much...