applying thermal paste to CPU

[shakezula]

My laptop runs at 50C and the core even gets up into the 60C range when running a game on low graphics. I would like to keep temperatures below 60C. If I would apply thermal paste to my laptop's CPU, would it bring down the temperatures? I was thinking about trying it out. Was going to use the Arctic Silver 5.

 

[elitehacker]

apply too much thermal paste will actually be detrimental. Generally laptops run hotter than desktops because the components are packed so closely together.

 

[shakezula]

Yes of course, that is understandable. Will it lower my temps at all? At least lower core temps?

 

[Kornowski]

No doubt your CPU will have thermal paste on it already, it has to.

Maybe getting some better paste would help to get the temps down a bit, but don't expect anything great.

 

[shakezula]

I'm looking for big increases. Just any minor increase would be good. As everyone knows, heat wears down components. Looking to just prolong my laptop's life. I was looking into putting some ArticSilver5.

 

[Kornowski]

Yeah, ArcticSilver is pretty good.

I don't really think there is a way too dramatically drop the temperatures but I'm sure it will help to bring them down a little.