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    Should you re-paste a brand new gaming notebook?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Murat Y?lmaz, Mar 20, 2017.

  1. Murat Y?lmaz

    Murat Y?lmaz Notebook Enthusiast

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    I hear that you should always re-paste OEM laptops like Asus or MSI the moment you buy it to increase heat performance.

    Is this true?
     
    Murat Y?lmaz, Mar 20, 2017
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  2. Plur

    Plur Notebook Consultant

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    In my experience I have seen temperature drops when repasting with superior pastes to what they use.
     
    Plur, Mar 22, 2017
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    manufacturers are known to use toothpaste as thermal compound. I would use ICD, cryonaut, or antec formula 7 for best results.
     
    Raidriar, Mar 22, 2017
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    Depends on your goals. If you want the highest benchmark scores online, definitely.

    If you want to game or use other software, and you find you're not thermal throttling, and temps are ok, then hold off until the first time you want to open/clean the internals, or when you start to see high temps or throttling down the road.


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    alexhawker, Mar 22, 2017
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  5. tijo

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    I would first do some testing and then ask yourself the following question: What are the temperatures I see when I use the laptop for gaming, etc.?

    If you see relatively cool temperatures and you're ok with them, then why go through a repaste. If the temperatures are too high for your comfort, then go ahead an repaste.
     
    tijo, Mar 22, 2017
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    And you may want to wait for Summer to accurately determine whether your laptop really overheats with the brand paste.

    I'd just wait for a big service and do it all together.
     
    MadHater, Mar 23, 2017
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  7. TomJGX

    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    You mean Kryonaut lol... I would personally recommend ICD... No other paste has worked as well for me as ICD :D
     
    TomJGX, Mar 26, 2017
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    Yes.
     
    HTWingNut, Mar 26, 2017
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