How good is the Asus (Vivobook) OEM thermal paste?

[LowWonder]

I have a ASUS VivoBook 14 X411U (i5-8250U, Nvidia mx150) which running at 82-88 °C while i play Battlefield 4. If i will change the OEM thermal compound to Artic Mx-4 there will be any noticeable change in the temperature? 

 

 

Btw, which is the best value thermal compound on the market?

[SuperCloneRanger]

firstly your temps are fine.

 

on changing the thermal compound, it depends. if the laptop is under 2 years old the thermal compound will probably be fine and replacing it will only get you a couple of degrees. if the laptop has started showing higher temps than when it was new it may be time to replace it and clean out the fan/heatsink.

 

there is very little separating thermal compounds these days, but if you want a recommendation i'd suggest Noctua NT-H1.

[genexis_x]

Asus stock paste is bad. MX-4 is bad for laptops

 

[LowWonder]

14 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

Asus stock paste is bad. MX-4 is bad for laptops

 

Whats wrong with the MX-4? 

[genexis_x]

2 hours ago, woodencap said:

Whats wrong with the MX-4? 

Dry out quickly due to low heatsink mounting pressure in laptops

[PCLap]

Regarding my Laptop I use only K5 PRO. You can check youtube for some very helpful tutorials about K5 PRO (for example a video with name How to replace thermal pads using K5) but in my laptop this is the ideal thermal paste.

[markr54632]

4 hours ago, PCLap said:

Regarding my Laptop I use only K5 PRO. You can check youtube for some very helpful tutorials about K5 PRO (for example a video with name How to replace thermal pads using K5) but in my laptop this is the ideal thermal paste.

K5 pro is designed as a thermal pad replacement, and it is a very good one too. It is not supposed to be used as a thermal paste.

 

IC diamond is the only product I've tested in more than one laptop that genuinely lasts more than a year. There are others, but I haven't used them.