Is paying for a thermal paste upgrade for a laptop worth the extra 35$

[LunarMagicGaming]

I am getting a laptop from pro-star.com and it offers a thermal paste upgrade for the cpu and gpu for the Asus g751 laptop, is it worth it? I know with this laptop its hard to get access to many things such as the cpu/ gpu

[Kermit]

well if it doesn't include thermal paste then $35 is kinda a rip off imo

[TheSLSAMG]

I'd pay for it personally, but it depends on whether you know how to disassemble the laptop and whether they put good quality stuff in. I wouldn't settle for less than NT-H1, IC Diamond 7 or Coollaboratory Liquid Pro.

[Enderman]

if they can do it, you can too

if you dont want to bother with the trouble of disassembling and reassembling just pay them to do it

[QueenDemetria]

Not really, the stock stuff should be fine.

[Raudi_]

Asus's ROG laptops are a bitch to disassemble. I had to replace the TIM for one last month brought temps down by almost 10-15C on the CPU and GPU.

[Liam-McShane]

No not at all. You can get good thermal paste for a few dollars.

[LunarMagicGaming]

Asus's ROG laptops are a bitch to disassemble. I had to replace the TIM for one last month brought temps down by almost 10-15C on the CPU and GPU.

what website did you do to get yours? I heard the same thing about the one i wanna get cause its a bitch to disassemble

[Raudi_]

what website did you do to get yours? I heard the same thing about the one i wanna get cause its a bitch to disassemble

Got it through newegg its a ROG G750JZ with a 4th gen i7 and a 770m that is overclocked. I did the thermal paste change myself for it. I used IC Diamond 24k. Its what I use on all my CPU's and GPU's.

[D2ultima]

I'd pay for it personally, but it depends on whether you know how to disassemble the laptop and whether they put good quality stuff in. I wouldn't settle for less than NT-H1, IC Diamond 7 or Coollaboratory Liquid Pro.

It's IC Diamond

 

if they can do it, you can too

if you dont want to bother with the trouble of disassembling and reassembling just pay them to do it

You've obviously never disassembled an ASUS

 

Not really, the stock stuff should be fine.

Not for high-end stuff. It's a huge race to find great paste in the high-end notebook market. Stock paste is usually not cutting it.

[Enderman]

You've obviously never disassembled an ASUS

So? Other people have. Just follow what they did.

http://forum.techinferno.com/asus/8826-asus-g751-disassembly-repaste-bad-oc-fix.html

[LunarMagicGaming]

It's IC Diamond

 

You've obviously never disassembled an ASUS

 

Not for high-end stuff. It's a huge race to find great paste in the high-end notebook market. Stock paste is usually not cutting it.

would you say its worth it? I mean The g751's big flaw is that you can't really clean out the fans and have access to many things under the hood easily. Thats why im using one of those custom laptop building sites to build mine so i don't have to deal with the aggrivation of doing the thermal paste myself. Also I cannot find even a remotely good disassembly video of it.

[D2ultima]

 

So? Other people have. Just follow what they did.

http://forum.techinferno.com/asus/8826-asus-g751-disassembly-repaste-bad-oc-fix.html

 

Just because someone like me or the other enthusiasts on NBR and Tech Inferno can do it, does not mean 90% of this forum can (or is willing to try to) do it. You recommend to the skill of the user, or their willingness to try. Not more, not less. There is a reason that pre-built computers are still a thing for most users who own PCs.

 

would you say its worth it? I mean The g751's big flaw is that you can't really clean out the fans and have access to many things under the hood easily. Thats why im using one of those custom laptop building sites to build mine so i don't have to deal with the aggrivation of doing the thermal paste myself. Also I cannot find even a remotely good disassembly video of it.

I would tell you either buy it or buy a Clevo based laptop which is far easier to access the internals of.

[LunarMagicGaming]

 

 

Just because someone like me or the other enthusiasts on NBR and Tech Inferno can do it, does not mean 90% of this forum can (or is willing to try to) do it. You recommend to the skill of the user, or their willingness to try. Not more, not less. There is a reason that pre-built computers are still a thing for most users who own PCs.

 

I would tell you either buy it or buy a Clevo based laptop which is far easier to access the internals of.

 

Would you say a clevo laptop is of equal or better quality than the Asus ROG?

[D2ultima]

Clevo are currently the tops for quality, I'd say.

[LunarMagicGaming]

Clevo are currently the tops for quality, I'd say.

http://www.pro-star.com/index.php?r=product/detail&model=P670SE⊂=spec#gotop

 

What would you say about this laptop? Its actually 300$ less than the Asus

[D2ultima]

With a Prema BIOS and modded vBIOS it'll be better than the ASUS machine will ever be, though its CPU cooling is not as good.

[LunarMagicGaming]

With a Prema BIOS and modded vBIOS it'll be better than the ASUS machine will ever be, though its CPU cooling is not as good.

Well couldn't I get upgraded thermal paste and copper pipes from places like xotic PC to make up for the lack of good cooling?

[D2ultima]

Thermal paste can be done yourself, and copper pins won't do anything but slow the heating up time of your hardware. The max temp remains and it cools more slowly. It's pointless.

[LunarMagicGaming]

Thermal paste can be done yourself, and copper pins won't do anything but slow the heating up time of your hardware. The max temp remains and it cools more slowly. It's pointless.

What do you think the best thing I could do about that problem? Also I'll look up tutorials for taking it apart and replacing the thermal paste

[D2ultima]

The best thing you could do is use good paste and max fans and prop it up or whatever. There's cooling mods on NBR for most of the new and last-gen models.

[LunarMagicGaming]

The best thing you could do is use good paste and max fans and prop it up or whatever. There's cooling mods on NBR for most of the new and last-gen models.

thank you!