Which thermal paste to use on laptop

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    Which thermal paste to use on laptop


    I have a Toshiba L550 laptop running 64bit 7 on with an i5 430M and have already put in 8GB RAM and just about to slip in an M4 Crucial 128GB for speeding it up.

    I would like to swap out the 430M for a i5 560M and the manual tells me to use Shin-etsu thermal compound.

    Now apart from where the heck to get it from I am wondering if there is some thing just as good - not that I know much about Shin-etsu as a product.

    My usual supplier has several good thermal pastes like Arctic Sliver 5, Noctua NY-H1, Arctic Silver Ceramique, Arctic Silver Alumina Ceramic, Antec Formula 7 and something called Indigo Xtreme which I cannot get the gist of how it works.

    I would appreciate some advice on which to use as being a laptop it's not something that can be pulled apart that easily if I have to change out the thermal.

    I am not concerned with warranty anymore as it is just about out and as this is the very last Toshiba device I shall ever buy if it goes bung then it does.
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  2. Posts : 2,588
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    I'd use Arctic Sliver 5, hear it is excellent, have used it twice on my systems and everything seems very cool. I'm sure it only matters by a few degrees (bad paste perhaps more), but I like it. Wasn't too expensive, if I can remember. I do not think it effects warranty, though.
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    DustSailor said:
    I'd use Arctic Sliver 5, hear it is excellent, have used it twice on my systems and everything seems very cool. I'm sure it only matters by a few degrees (bad paste perhaps more), but I like it. Wasn't too expensive, if I can remember. I do not think it effects warranty, though.
    Ok Dusty I am going to order some and might just get some of that diamond stuff too and try out on the deskys when I get chance.

    Now I saw in the Indigo ad some apps for checking the CPU heat one is called CPU Burn In and the other Speedfan ?by Almico? - what do you reckon of those two as the vid in the ad is very blurry and I cannot quite make out what the text is, and was wondering if it was an app that would be useful for measuring temps.
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    I believe I've heard some good things about indigo too, but alas, I haven't tried it. And unfortunately, I've never seen the ad either.

    Mike (writhziden) suggested this to me for monitoring CPU temps: Real Temp
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  5. Posts : 12,012
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    Take a look at HWInfo32 for measuring temps of drives, motherboards, and CPUs; also for monitoring fan speeds.

    Arctic Silver 5 is the old standby. No need to go with anything else, but if something else happens to be cheaper, give it a go. Thermal pastes don't differ much--it's all about marketing.
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    And doesn't speccy monitor all of the hardware temps? I suppose there will be a lot of different little programs you can install for temp monitoring




    writhziden said:
    I found it interesting that all programs mentioned were found in this little quote haha gave me a laugh
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    DustSailor said:
    I believe I've heard some good things about indigo too, but alas, I haven't tried it. And unfortunately, I've never seen the ad either.

    Mike (writhziden) suggested this to me for monitoring CPU temps: Real Temp
    Hum I couldn't find an ad either but I did find this which is fairly informative but for my purpose is not an option but for the O/Cer's might be worth a look.

    I can get it out here and it really isn't that expensive ($26 a pop for a 1155, 1366, or 2011 socket) when you think it would be protecting say a $300 - $1000 CPU!
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    DustSailor said:
    And doesn't speccy monitor all of the hardware temps? I suppose there will be a lot of different little programs you can install for temp monitoring





    writhziden said:
    I found it interesting that all programs mentioned were found in this little quote haha gave me a laugh
    Yeah mate Speccy is broken at the moment don't know whats wrong with the thing just won't go but I have IE probs too I am going to have to post about so....

    Anyway thanks for the input mate I do appreciate it and am going to try those apps out as soon as I get the XP fixed - again
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    I have no preference or loyalty to any thermal paste. It's only there to ensure contact between surfaces that are not absolutely dead on level with each other. I use whatever I have at my disposal.
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    pparks1 said:
    I have no preference or loyalty to any thermal paste. It's only there to ensure contact between surfaces that are not absolutely dead on level with each other. I use whatever I have at my disposal.
    Yeah I do too pp and do use whatever on testers and stuff I am doing up but as it is the laptop and needs so much pulling apart to get to it I wanted to be reasonably sure of what I put in there.

    Plus knowing how rubbish and slow Toshiba support is and probably has a vested interest in stating that the Shin-etsu has to be used I just wanted some experienced opinions.

    Anyway it will not be an issue in the future cos I am done with Toshiba in anything after two laptops and a 23.5" monitor have all had very annoying issues.
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