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    Thermal compounds worth extra cash?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by steadfast9661, Mar 2, 2010.

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    was wondering if anyone here has upgraded thermal compounds to ArticSilver or Ice diamond? And if there is a notable difference...
     
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    the best thermal compound is a property applied thermal compound. if you are planing to upgrade your order to as5 or ic diamond i dont recomend that because sager jus put a lot of thermal compound on the cpu and gpu.
     
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    well, im lazy....so having rjtech do it for 45.00 isnt a great idea? do they glob it on? I assume i can take the factory stuff on and apply my own w.o voiding my warranty....
     
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    At RJTech, throwing away $10 for AS5 or $20 for ICD7 out of laziness is up to your wallet. It's really wasteful if you ask me though. RJTech does tend to overdo it with their notebooks so even if you choose AS5 or ICD7, they're still going to do a slop job; my GTX 280M had a lot of paste on it when I first got it.

    Yes, you can open your notebook and apply thermal paste without voiding your warranty.
     
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    ok, i'll do it my self. cheers man.
     
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    That article just proves that any thermal paste works. All of them are the best if applied properly.
     
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    I second that and jupapri's post. If thermal paste is applied properly then the system will perform as it should, in the same way as if the heat sinks are installed carefully and correctly with the stock thermal pads. You will generally see a thermal benefit from applying aftermarket paste but this could be because the application is better as well as the fact that the compound is better.
     
    Neil@Kobalt, Mar 4, 2010
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