Repasting E6420 CPU?

What are your thoughts on this? Is the paste job at Dell poor?

Was thinking of buying some Liquid Ultra.

 

Pasting is typically decent, though it can vary. Not sure if repasting alters the warranty, but generally it is unnecessary.

 

Normally all manufacturers mound on the cheapest thermal paste they can get their hands on, profit margins are already not high so getting Shin Etsu or AS5 would be salting the wounds.

Hrm doesn't look like Dell Support has the Service Manual for the E6420 yet..

 

Nah. Wouldn't bother with a new notebook. Now three years down the road? Sure. If you're taking it apart anyway.

 

There's really not a lot of difference between the cheapest and most expensive. Remember the infamous test where toothpaste was superior to a pricey silver compound? Okay, even the testers admitted that toothpaste wasn't a good idea, in the long run, but it goes to show that cheapest thermal paste isn't all that much different from the most expensive.

 

Ok. I will not bother changing the paste.

 

Well right but sometimes they do a very poor job of putting on thermal paste. I had to service a HP CQ-61 and literally there was paste all over the PCB on the CPU and none on the die and of course it was overheating. Since you are already there, you might as well put on some of the better stuff.

 

This thread must die! If your temps are a problem, by all means, re-paste. Otherwise, forgetaboutit.

GK