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Hi there! I'm a complete PC parts noob that pulled apart my Acer nitro 5 to re apply thermal paste to GPU and CPU. The paste on CPU and GPU was grey,
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Laptop CPU without heatsink. Here the thermal paste that creates good heat flow between chip and heatsink is old and needs replacing. – Sheffield Computer Services
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Why don't laptop companies just use better thermal paste? A better quality thermal paste cost probably a couple dollars more per laptop but it makes the laptop run so much better and
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