IC Graphite Thermal Pads for Gaming Laptop? (ROG GX531)

AlcatrazHe · January 1, 2020

Hi all,

I am new here and I got my Asus ROG Zephyrus GX531 around 9 months ago but the thermal performace has become intolerable so I took it apart, cleaned the dust and repasted it with Thermal Grizzly Kryounaut. It's working well right now.

My question: since taking apart the system is A LOT OF work and I think I might need to do it every 6 months, is it possible to get the IC graphite thermal pads working in gaming laptops and forgot about it forever?

Because I saw this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv31eT7wlns that claims there would be contact/asymmetry issues.

Have any of you tried? How well does it work?

Neggy-Z · January 2, 2020

I would stick with kryonaut, you shouldn't need to be replacing it every 6 months, you should get a couple years out of it.

These graphite/carbon pads require a lot of mounting pressure to make good contact due to it being a solid pad instead of paste, most laptop probably don't have the required mounting pressure.

AlcatrazHe · January 2, 2020

3 hours ago, ShadyHamster said:

I would stick with kryonaut, you shouldn't need to be replacing it every 6 months, you should get a couple years out of it.

These graphite/carbon pads require a lot of mounting pressure to make good contact due to it being a solid pad instead of paste, most laptop probably don't have the required mounting pressure.

Thank you for the suggestion! I guess the original factory thermal paste is just waaay too bad

ddennis002 · January 2, 2020

18 hours ago, AlcatrazHe said:

Thank you for the suggestion! I guess the original factory thermal paste is just waaay too bad

I use these pads for every build and every switch my laptop over to them i have a dell gaming laptop few years old with a i7 6700hq and nvidia 960m. The trick is keeping the pad in the correct spot. I put just the a tiny bit like just a very tiny bit of thermal past on the die or IHS to act as a glue to hold the pad in place. This works wonders and keeps the pad in perfect position so you can install the cooler. I saw a 15c drop on the laptop from stock crud that they put on.

I use it on my rtx 2070 die with EK waterblock full custom loop and I don't get any temps over 47c with room temp at 22c. That is with a 165Mhz OC on the GPU and obviously running in a loop with a CPU 2700x to be exact.

Your mileage may very on the laptop but i would say its worth it to try.