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Don't get Icy Diamond, since a laptop usually is directly on the chip, so some nice silver based thermal paste such as Arctic Silver 5 is good, I've done a thermal paste replacement on one of my laptops, it conducts heat a lot better now.

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Don't get Icy Diamond, since a laptop usually is directly on the chip,

Don't you mean the laptop cooling?

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I'd get some MX-4. Pretty cheap and it's non conductive.

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I'd get some MX-4. Pretty cheap and it's non conductive.

+1 on the MX4. Has the best temps in this test: http://youtu.be/zuwmHyloBk4?t=3m22s

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Don't get Icy Diamond, since a laptop usually is directly on the chip, so some nice silver based thermal paste such as Arctic Silver 5 is good, I've done a thermal paste replacement on one of my laptops, it conducts heat a lot better now.

Please school me as to why IC Diamond is no good for Laptop.

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Please school me as to why IC Diamond is no good for Laptop.

It has actual diamonds in it, diamonds damage silicon, a laptop has its chip in direct contact with the heatsink, no heat spreader like on the desktop models of the new haswell line of processors.  If you put IC Diamond on a laptops CPU, it may cause damage to the delicate silicon.

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It has actual diamonds in it, diamonds damage silicon, a laptop has its chip in direct contact with the heatsink, no heat spreader like on the desktop models of the new haswell line of processors.  If you put IC Diamond on a laptops CPU, it may cause damage to the delicate silicon.

Assuming it goes off the die.

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It has actual diamonds in it, diamonds damage silicon, a laptop has its chip in direct contact with the heatsink, no heat spreader like on the desktop models of the new haswell line of processors.  If you put IC Diamond on a laptops CPU, it may cause damage to the delicate silicon.

Thanks so much for the lesson my friend. Knowledge is Power.  :)

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Thanks so much for the lesson my friend. Knowledge is Power.  :)

no problem, no problem at all.

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Just be careful with applying. Laptops are so full of electronic that little too much can cause ahort circuit. I'd use thermal pads instead but they don't have as good conductivity as paste would.

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