So recently I saw a vid linus did and also saw several threads on reddit. I think it was Alex who did the vid, both on a laptop and a 3090 swapping pads for K5 pro. Tbh the vid doesn't really give you much to go on, but the threads I was reading have done a 180 on the use of K5, basically saying avoid it, its terrible... blah blah...
Have people here used it, either on cards or in laptops and what's your story?
I had to use it in my laptop after a "professional" made an absolute pigs ear of it and it's near impossible to get ASUS to give recommended thicknesses. I mean pads aren't too expensive if you know what you're buying but buying strips of Gelid Extreme in every size would soon add up. That and doing 28 trial runs would also be a pain.
Here's my general story so any incite is great.
Stock temps on the 2021 A15 5800H RTX3070 (95w boost), were pretty terrible all in all. I made a few chassis mods and made a custom cooler and found I got temps down a lot. I assumed a quality repad and paste would be my laptop golden for the foreseeable future. After the guy used **** paste, made excuses the wrong thickness pads and all that jazz even told me all the mistakes he made.... I ended up having to forego insurance and do it myself after all.
My best results came from a polished copper shim on the CPU/GPU with SYY157 making the sandwich and K5 pro on the GPU Vram and VRMs. Pics of the original goop ASUS used had shown it had pretty much baked and bubbled on the Vram and the VRMs too. It kind of led me to believe that my temps dropping when gaming stock yet rising more when I redid it all was through better conductivity on the Vram and VRMs. When I'm on battery my laptop is cool as, Max temp on silent mode on my tray atm is 27.5c right now. Temps climb about 10c when plugged in and gaming temps are a little higher than before the paste. still generally cooler than stock
Basically in my case I think that K5 pro is actually doing a good job but in doing so allows more heat into the heatsink slightly raising over all temps when underload.
Opinions?
Have people here used it, either on cards or in laptops and what's your story?
I had to use it in my laptop after a "professional" made an absolute pigs ear of it and it's near impossible to get ASUS to give recommended thicknesses. I mean pads aren't too expensive if you know what you're buying but buying strips of Gelid Extreme in every size would soon add up. That and doing 28 trial runs would also be a pain.
Here's my general story so any incite is great.
Stock temps on the 2021 A15 5800H RTX3070 (95w boost), were pretty terrible all in all. I made a few chassis mods and made a custom cooler and found I got temps down a lot. I assumed a quality repad and paste would be my laptop golden for the foreseeable future. After the guy used **** paste, made excuses the wrong thickness pads and all that jazz even told me all the mistakes he made.... I ended up having to forego insurance and do it myself after all.
My best results came from a polished copper shim on the CPU/GPU with SYY157 making the sandwich and K5 pro on the GPU Vram and VRMs. Pics of the original goop ASUS used had shown it had pretty much baked and bubbled on the Vram and the VRMs too. It kind of led me to believe that my temps dropping when gaming stock yet rising more when I redid it all was through better conductivity on the Vram and VRMs. When I'm on battery my laptop is cool as, Max temp on silent mode on my tray atm is 27.5c right now. Temps climb about 10c when plugged in and gaming temps are a little higher than before the paste. still generally cooler than stock
Basically in my case I think that K5 pro is actually doing a good job but in doing so allows more heat into the heatsink slightly raising over all temps when underload.
Opinions?