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Replace Thermal Paste - To do or Not?

So I have a 4 year old laptop that has had small modifications like an SSD but nothing fancy. It runs an i7-3770T and I'm not sure if I should be concerned about its temps. 

https://ark.intel.com/products/65525/Intel-Core-i7-3770T-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-3_70-GHz

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My GPU also runs at 60C when its ~25% load. Now I don't do much with this laptop, and it still suits my needs very well. I'm just concerned about the longetivity of my machine. All I do is play some light games on it (Those temps were during I was playing, web browsing, youtube binging, and some light photoshop/audio producing. If my laptop is reaching 4-5 years of age, should I go ahead and replace the thermal paste? Like here's the problem. If I could do it myself this is a no brainer but it's a laptop. I'll prob hire a local joe to replace it for me under 30 bucks. (I will not fuck with the internals of this beast).

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For a laptop those are fine, Macs can hit 80C under load easily and work for years, I’d assume other laptops could as well. 

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60'c at 25% actually good enough for a laptop .

Well if u dont have the knowledge then its best to just let the pro do the work.

But actually its not that hard,But i understand how u feels.

So if u have the guts just do it by yourself.

And Be really careful with it. Maybe looks for a guide online.

 

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some laptops are significantly easier to take apart than others, also Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut or (Conductonaut if ur ballsy) is the paste to use.

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My laptop's CPU hits low 90s and has since new, under 70 is fine :P

PS it's from 2011 and still works perfectly, if that helps

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