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    Thermal Compound Advice

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by jmacal, Jun 21, 2011.

  1. jmacal

    jmacal Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a Gateway P-7815u, can any recommend a good Thermal compound for the laptop North Bridge chip. Currently for my CPU, I am using Arctic Silver . Any advice can be help !!!!!
     
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    maskedformed Notebook Evangelist

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    As pointed out in almost every thermal compound thread in this subforum, IC Diamond 7 is the best compound to cool the Gateway FX laptop. A tube would cover the GPU and CPU heatsinks and the North Bridge chip.
     
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    jmacal Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for the advice. Greatly Appreciate it
     
    jmacal, Jun 21, 2011
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    Hello_Moto Notebook Evangelist

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    yup what maskedformed said.

    ICD7 is the way to go!
     
    Hello_Moto, Jun 22, 2011
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    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Depends what is the cost. Personally, if you still have AS5 left, just use that. The difference in temperature between the best thermal pastes isn't significant since there are many other variables to consider that would affect temperature such as technique, amount of paste used, and the current contact surfaces.
     
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    actually, the consisentency of AS5 is too thin to bridge the gap between heatsink and northbirdge alone without the assistance of a copper shim mod.

    ICD7 is thick enough to do the job on its own.
     
    Hello_Moto, Jun 22, 2011
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