Hey everyone,
Just wanted to share my recent experience with gaming on my laptop. While playing CS:GO was manageable, CS2 was a different story. My laptop kept hitting thermal limits, causing frustrating performance drops. So, I decided to do it myself and repaste it.
I wrote a simple script to monitor my temperatures and frequencies: thermalog script.
The results speak for themselves: thermalog results.
I wasn't even near to thermal limit even when I played in 2K instead of FHD.
I used Arctic MX-6. (I bought liquid metal also as a backup plan, but luckily I don't need it). I'm more than happy with the results.
My laptop is four years old, I highly recommend giving it a go if you're facing similar thermal issues.
Happy gaming!
I‘ve recently repasted a 10+ yr old laptop which had crusted thermal pads on it. The laptop fans ran on full blast just being on. After the repaste they actually toned down to a level where the device was usable for an extended period. Pads would have been good though.
I bought pads as well but the original ones didn't break. I wanted to replace them with my new one, however i found the new one is more stiff while the original is soft that components can sink into it. I didn't know that it's a thing. So i kept the original. (If anybody is interested there were 0.5mm and 1mm pads on the cooler.)