Share your repaste experience!

Hi NBR.

As the title say, share your repaste experience with us. What thermal paste, how did you apply it?, your machine specs and results ( before and after ).

Post pics if you can. I'll post mine soon.

 

1 tube of ICDiamond 24. all grain of rice than press on heatsink
dv6z as sig ~8-10 @ burning ~ 3-4 idle
t61 C2D with integrated graphic not noticeable(max out around 60 ) @ burning 2-3 idle
lenovo G560 PDC with intergrated graphic not noticeable(max out around 60 ) @ burning 3-4 idle
ASUS k53 as sig 3-4 @ burning , idle is similar

burning = prime95 for cpu +intergrated. add on kombustor/furmark if gpu present
Above are ballparks I remember, fan maybe a notch slower so result is not that accurate. repaste usually is not needed for budget laptop .

 

Here's my notebook cooling guide from many years ago:
Guide to Cooling Down Your Notebook Computer

I no longer change the thermal paste on my notebooks - I simply don't find it necessary - but when I did, I used Arctic Silver 5 (don't I sound like the Most Interesting Man? ).

I'd follow this process:
-Clean heatsink and processor surface with 90% isopropyl alcohol and a paper towel
-Apply thin line of AS5 across processor die in the proper direction (aka across processor cores)
-Gently place heatsink back on processor and screw down.
-Start up the notebook and measure temps; periodically check temps for a two week period to make sure they stay steady (usually they tended to drop a few degrees after it cured fully).

With my old notebooks, especially the one in the guide I posted, there was a significant difference in temperatures. It was well worth the effort.

 

Anybody else?