Best thermal paste for MacBook Pro?

[Zando_]

I just got a mid-2014 Retina MacBook Pro from an uncle, it's had champagne spilled on it almost 2 years ago, but other than a cracked screen it seems fine. I'm planning to do a thorough clean/dust as soon as my tools for that get here. While I'm at it, I may as well replace the thermal paste, since it's hitting 90-100C pretty easily (it is also full of dust though). What's the best I can get, other than the liquid metal type stuff that can eat away at things?

 

[EunSoo]

I've used Gelid GC Extreme on my laptops and that has worked fine. Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut also sounds good.

[deXxterlab97]

Just get any popular thermal paste out there. The difference should be just 1-2 degrees that you won't notice.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/thermal-paste-comparison,5108-9.html

[TheDankKoosh]

5 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Just get any popular thermal paste out there. The difference should be just 1-2 degrees that you won't notice.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/thermal-paste-comparison,5108-9.html

This is testing on a desktop cpu though and they don't suffer nearly as much from inefficient heat transfer like laptops do. Overall kryonaut is the best non-conductive paste that he can get.

[deXxterlab97]

Just now, TheDankKoosh said:

This is testing on a desktop cpu though and they don't suffer nearly as much from inefficient heat transfer like laptops do. Overall kryonaut is the best non-conductive paste that he can get.

So what? Another degree or 2 for laptops? Would it make a difference?

[Zando_]

22 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

So what? Another degree or 2 for laptops? Would it make a difference?

At max temp it would, it'd be the difference between 100C and 98C, and at those temps the cooler the better IMO. 

[deXxterlab97]

Just now, Zando Bob said:

At max temp it would, it'd be the difference between 100C and 98C, and at those temps the cooler the better IMO. 

The question is: wtf are you doing with your pc to get that high temp? Are you stress testing for fun?

[Zando_]

1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

The question is: wtf are you doing with your pc to get that high temp? Are you stress testing for fun?

No, it's a mid-2014 rMBP. In bootcamp while playing older games, it gets to 100C easily. Part of the compromise of stuffing a computer inside a thin aluminum chassis without much ventilation. 

[TheDankKoosh]

31 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

So what? Another degree or 2 for laptops? Would it make a difference?

Yeah I'd say it would make a huge difference when it comes to laptops, my own G751 got a 10 degree decrease from some IC diamond (compared to stock) and usually only hovers around the mid 80's rather than mid 90's. I actually want to do an application of kyronaut to see if that'll bring temps down even more.

 

11 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

At max temp it would, it'd be the difference between 100C and 98C, and at those temps the cooler the better IMO. 

I would suspect high 80's to low 90's with some kryonaut, anything's better at that point.

[Zando_]

4 minutes ago, TheDankKoosh said:

I would suspect high 80's to low 90's with some kryonaut, anything's better at that point.

Truth. At 60-70 degrees, the difference between 65 and 68 is tiny, but at or above 90C anything is an improvement. I'm sure temps will be better after a good dusting as well.