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Repasting a MacBook

(christianselig.com)
258 points speckx | 5 comments | 11 Jul 25 12:53 UTC | HN request time: 1.133s | source
1. gruez ◴[11 Jul 25 16:23 UTC] No.44534036[source]▶
The author should benchmark a few months afterwards. A common problem with using "PC" thermal pastes (for lack of a better word) is that they experience more pump out than whatever they use for laptops, so a few months later the performance might end up worse than before he changed the paste.
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2. LorenDB ◴[11 Jul 25 16:29 UTC] No.44534115[source]▶
Maybe thermal pads then? I use PTM7950 in my desktop.
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3. bn-l ◴[11 Jul 25 18:15 UTC] No.44535356[source]▶
That’s pcm. A thermal pad is a thicker thing.

I use the same one in my pc and it’s awesome.

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4. LorenDB ◴[11 Jul 25 18:19 UTC] No.44535405{3}[source]▶
Out of curiosity, where did you get your PTM7950? I bought from LTT but I'd be interested to know if there are other good sources.
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5. craftkiller ◴[11 Jul 25 21:37 UTC] No.44537002{4}[source]▶
I'm not the person you asked but I got all of my PTM7950 from moddiy[0]. I've put it in my laptop, desktop, and steam deck. Benchmarked my desktop and laptop before putting it in and both of them saw improved performance and lower temperatures.

[0] https://www.moddiy.com/products/Honeywell-PTM7950-SP-Super-H...