Arctic Silver says that is cures, but I think most people say that they don't see any difference over time.ĭue to the unique shape and sizes of the particles in Arctic Silver 5's conductive matrix, it will take a up to 200 hours and several thermal cycles to achieve maximum particle to particle thermal conduction and for the heatsink to CPU interface to reach maximum conductivity. It is going to depend on what thermal compound you use, but I don't think it matters. After applying new thermal paste, the CPU temperature goes between 80 C to 86 C.Īs the title asks, does thermal paste have to cure before showing its true potential? Results: My primary concern is the CPU temperature because Monster Hunter World, among certain other games I have, raised my the temperature between 88 C to 90 C for the thermal paste I had when I bought the laptop as new. Reassembled the laptop and played one quest on Monster Hunter World (CPU intensive game). Next I applied Arctic Silver 5 via spread method with a credit card. Also, I removed old thermal paste with 70% isopropyl alcohol on the CPU and GPU then allowed 5 minutes for moisture evaporation for each hardware piece. What I did: Disassembled my ASUS G751JT to remove dust from modular fans and the metal fins (example pic below) inside of the laptop. There are rubber feet that makes the base of the laptop in a slope position (picture below).
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external cooling fan or cooling pad) between the laptop and desk to influence air flow.
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Environment: I have my laptop on top of a wooden desk without any item (e.g.