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Hey guys & gals!! I need help choosing the appropriate paste for my laptop.

Model: MSI-GP66 Leopard 11UH

Current max temps (Skyrim AE with mods and ENB) GPU: 95 C CPU: 96 C

I’ve read good things about PTM 79XX thermal pads, however there are also reports of pad size not meeting certain laptop manufacturers’ heatsink space leading to poor contact and increased heating.

Therefore I would like specific suggestions for this model. Thank you all.

    • bloodfart@lemmy.ml
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      9 months ago

      as long as your heatsink is designed for it, then yes.

      generally speaking you can replace what’s in the laptop 1:1 safely, so paste for paste and pads for pads. pads are used in a lot of cases where the heatsink doesn’t make good contact with the thing in question like fets and vram. so look at what you have and replace it with the same kind of thing.