Asus G73 JH repaste question

hello there ladies n gents.

got an asus g73, repasted with revoltec thermal paste, temps before
idle 66°C
load up to 85°C with GPU-Z


after repaste
everything is 1°C lower

checked speccy , specc says 54°C idle.
which programm to trust ?

there was not a single bit of dust in the vents or the fan itself.

it is pretty warm in my room i'd say 25°C ? a bit more cause under the roof.
the keyboard is pretty warm in the middle, where the GPUs heatsink is located.
yet the fans dont are at id say roughly 30%.

 

Hello Garland,

Use HWiNFO64 or GPU-Z instead. With these tools, you'll find three temperatures for the GPU. You should consider the highest temperature of the three.

 

HWinfo64 shows me 64°C as the highest temp so does GPU-Z. hmm either i did a crappy repaste job or the thermal paste isnt the best.

 

I would recommend you use Innovative Cooling Diamond 7 for repasting your G73JH. You just need to squeeze a pea size and let the heatsink squeeze it when you put back the screws in the order indicated by the embossed numbers.

 

It is tuned for quietness of absolute temperatures, 85C is still a fair way from throttle.

 

i should try out that paste. this time i spread it out even, a thin layer.

hmm yeah, before i had it go up to 110°C , went down a significant amount after 1st repaste. but still, the middle of the keyboard feels pretty warm, not hot hot, but warm-hot i'd say. the temps are ok since its pretty hot outside, but 65°C idle hm.

 

If you spread out a thick compound you'll have air bubbles which can have strange results.

Check out this link to learn more about it.

Application

 

No, don't spread it out by yourself just like what C4RN1 has said. Let the heatsink spread it thermal paste when you put it back and lock the screws in the number it was ordered (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4)

 

alright, was my fault then. gonna open it up again and do that, did that the first repaste, dont know why i didnt do it now.

 

Just make sure to use the right amount Get enough paste to have a couple of attempts.

 

reporting back.

i think its just the overall temperature in my room cause right now GPU is idleing at around 67°C during afternoon.
in the evening/ at night when the outside temperature cools down, it goes unter 60°C.

id say succesfull cause the fans dont seem to go even 70%.
although its pretty warm under the KB where the gpu is located, i can play games with the fans going slightly up but the temps beeing around 75°C

summer

 

75c during game play is very nice.

 

Games will vary a lot though. It all depends on how much load is placed on the various components of the GPU. Vsync being enabled or disabled is another factor (disabled will increase load).

 

yeah well yesterday i played 20 mins of spec ops, not that of a demanding game but still and the gpu went to 78,79°C.

so its just the very warm temperatures outside and my warm room. succesfull nevertheless.

yet i should consider repasting the cpu too, didnt do that even once in 3 years.

 

Those are very low temps. I think some games will get it up to 90+ C regardless of paste. The cooling system just has limits. The fact is unless you apply thermal paste very incorrectly, all pastes perform within a few degrees of each other. Pastes do break down over time, but 3 years shouldn't be a problem for the OEM stuff.

 

yeah well it is a laptop after all, so high temperature is a given.
feels pretty warm in idle, but doesnt go over 85+ °C under load . will just be its age thats nagging on it

 

3 years will often have base thermal paste on it's last legs.

 

I don't know... Lots of people are running 10 year old machines that aren't overheating. I see it firsthand all the time.

The worst paste is the generic white goop. I've seen that stuff dry up in a year or two. But I think most pastes just separate a bit, thicken a little, but function pretty well for a very long time.

 

True for stock, if the heatsinks get clogged and the chip is regularly cycle to maximum and room temperature it will start to cry.

 

Everything has been running good, if the room temperature is low, laptop doesnt go over 75°C. so yeah, still, need to upgrade, can't run around with 2010 hardware these days

 

The jump is not as bad as it used to be, comparing the gap between the 880M, 485M and GTX7xxx series, it's crazy how much things have slowed down.