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    MX-3 thermal paste - 5870cf - success

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Kingfetty, Nov 20, 2010.

  1. Kingfetty

    Kingfetty Notebook Consultant

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    First off,

    I want to thank everyone on here who has posted about their success with removing the oem thermal paste and applying a better after market paste. This inspired me to actually do something about my bad gpu temps.

    Before Temps:

    GPU Idle: 49c
    GPU Load: 106c

    After Temps:

    GPU Idle: 38c
    GPU Load: 81c
    Max fan speed 30%

    That's a savings of 25c under load, WOW!

    I applied MX-3 thermal paste and did the retainer clip mod to the GPUs. I also hit the cpu with some MX-3 while I was in there. I saw a 10c drop in cpu temps under load. I didn't touch the OEM thermal pads, maybe i'll look into that in the future.

    And, because everyone loves pics.

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    Kingfetty, Nov 20, 2010
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  2. calingasan

    calingasan Notebook Geek

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    good on ya
     
    calingasan, Nov 20, 2010
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