Stock Asus Thermal Paste Quality

[Saguaro]

If your ROG laptop runs hot and thermal throttles, it's quite possible that it is because the stock thermal paste.
 

I have got a Strix Scar III G531GU and had CPU temps over 95C of course with thermal throttling, so I have decided to void my warranty and repaste the machine.

The chosen paste was Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut. 

 

After repasting, i got temps around 20C lower, so on a combined stress test with the CPU and GPU pinned to 100% it was around 75C on both.

 

Just a heads up so that you know what are you dealing with and how much performance can be left on the table. In some games now I have 20-30fps more while the laptop is quieter.

 

I have attached 2 images of the stock thermal paste (wich was more like thermal concrete) application and hardness.

 

 

[Moonzy]

my old laptop (bought in 2011) ran the cpu at 70c idle, after 5 years (when i was computer literate), i cracked it open and apparently the insulation layer around the die (mine was orange, but yours is black) was covering part of the die, making it having a bad contact

 

makes me kinda avoid asus laptops in general

[genexis_x]

This is not new...a long time issue in Asus gaming laptops.

[Saguaro]

I just don't understand that why do they cut corners here? I mean if you spend 1000€/$/whatever+ on a laptop why can't they spend the extra buck to use good paste...

[genexis_x]

1 hour ago, Saguaro said:

I just don't understand that why do they cut corners here? I mean if you spend 1000€/$/whatever+ on a laptop why can't they spend the extra buck to use good paste...

Every laptop did the same. Just that some brands use really crap paste. High performance paste doesn't last that long FYI.