Should I use thermal paste on my laptop CPU's PCH?I bought PTM7950 and replaced my laptop's thermal paste, but I didn't use it on the PCH because I ran out of PTM7950, should I buy some more to prevent it from frying or should I just leave it be since

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Chud 08/01/26 (Sat) 23:56:53 №35820 [Quote]

Should I use thermal paste on my laptop CPU's PCH?

I bought PTM7950 and replaced my laptop's thermal paste, but I didn't use it on the PCH because I ran out of PTM7950, should I buy some more to prevent it from frying or should I just leave it be since from what I've heard PCH doesn't heat up much at all.

I'm using an i5-13420H btw.

Chud 08/02/26 (Sun) 00:35:27 №35822 [Quote]

Stupid risk to take. It has no airflow and a potentially 99C heatsink above it. Even like 1-2W with that area could fry it which I'm pretty sure they draw more under IO load. You always want to buy too much paste because it lasts a while and you can always find an excuse to use it on something. I don't care what niggers say, if it lasts 10 years in use, it can last as much in a tube. Especially liquid metal where there's nothing to settle out. Just make sure to shake the shit out of it before you use it and maybe flip the box it's in every 6 months

Chud 08/02/26 (Sun) 00:49:51 №35823 [Quote]

>>35822
I see, thanks for the advice.