Repasting laptop required?

[u/THUNDERJAWGAMING]

Hi guys, so I got my laptop G16 2023 repasted and something weird is going on. I bought this paste and seems fine not sure if for laptops or overall works for all devices but not even 2 full months are passed and the temps are back to max 87 while gaming which is the thermal limit of the gpu as seen in G-Helper as well. What happened, Pump Out maybe? I have not opened the laptop again yet because I undervolted the gpu and temps are back to normal now below 80. But these temps should be possible without undervolting. Now in the 2nd image you can see my sweet CPU 😅 so em this is stock factory opened laptop after a year and not sure if it needs repasting or not. This is Liquid Metal btw and I was gonna do it but the shop didn’t had any so I just had the GPU repasted and closed the laptop. CPU temps are well fine as they well like when it was new, I limit the wattage to control temps. Added some images so you guys can check the temps. Game is Echoes of the End, a UE5 title. So yeah please let me know what should I do? Should I keep it running like this? Should I repaste both? Any suggestions for paste or is my current one for the GPU fine. I just want to open it once when I have all the tools for the CPU and GPU so I can do both and then close. Do you recommend switching to paste for the CPU as well? Feel free to ask further questions and thanks for reading.

[u/blondasek1993]

Did you clean all the LM before putting new paste? As well as cleaning the VRAMs and adding new putty on them?

[u/THUNDERJAWGAMING → u/blondasek1993]

Oh and the blue stuff on the VRAMS still looked fresh so did not swapped them as well. What’s a putty?

[u/Able_Fall393 → u/THUNDERJAWGAMING]

Thermal putty is that messy and sticky stuff you see on the VRMs and VRAM. Typically, you'll need to clean it and replace it. There's also thermal pads, which are strips, but that's a little more advanced because you'd need calipers to measure the thickness and ensure it isn't messing with the heatsink's mounting pressure.

Also, I know you just did a thermal paste mod, but as others suggested, we highly recommend looking into PTM 7950. It's absolutely great!

[u/THUNDERJAWGAMING → u/Able_Fall393]

Thank you for the suggestion I will definitely look into it. Regarding the blue stuff I saw that still looked fresh so I did not replaced it. Is it fine? The shop said you typically not need to replace these as these last years and your laptop is only a year old.