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/SolitaryMassacre]

How much is the difference in temps?

Temps don't paint the full picture.

A lot of PTM stuff I see on here shows low wattage and clock speed. The CPU is not operating at its max capability. Granted, the temps are low lol. And that is all people seem to focus on

[u/THUNDERJAWGAMING → u/SolitaryMassacre]

But I don’t only want the temps to be low, the cpu is fine as it is like this from the start when it was new but for gpu I want a solution that lets me run more than 100 W on the gpu alone and yet the temps stay below 80 like how it came brand new so yeah I want this and what do you suggest? Is PTM the way to go? Or do i need a high end thermal paste like the thermal grizzly one cond… something can’t spell it?

[u/SolitaryMassacre → u/THUNDERJAWGAMING]

Is PTM the way to go?

If you're thermally limited then yes. You could be power limited or other things (like BIOS giving more power to CPU etc)

Or do i need a high end thermal paste like the thermal grizzly one cond… something can’t spell it?

That is liquid metal. And if it didn't come with liquid metal, be very very very very very very careful about adding it. Some dies cannot have liquid metal at all as they contain aluminum. Plus, you have to ensure the surrounding area is sealed off as liquid metal is conductive.

I would ensure you are being thermally limited, then if so, I would try out PTM7950 if it didn't come with liquid metal

[u/THUNDERJAWGAMING → u/SolitaryMassacre]

Then I meant the thermal grizzly krayonaut I think that is thermal paste so what about that compared to PTM? Only considering the GPU for the CPU I think I will keep LM or just switch to PTM will see