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!
Some manufacturers don't even remove the protective plastic before pasting and most just use the cheapest grease availlable.
My thinkpad got from notoriously loud to being mostly passive with some grease at the right places.