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My 2 Cents on MX-2

Post Date: 2010-06-18
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    Posted: 18 Jun 2010 at 7:04pm
My gawd, this thing really DOES work! I have a syringe full of MX-2 after I replaced some thermal compound on my rig, which is out for an RMA at the moment. Anyways, I'm currently running a Dell, a Dell that hilariously used to run at 76C idle, 79C after long usage. Applied MX-2 just now after the thing tried to commit hari-kiri multiple times, and man. I'm just appalled. Look for yourself.

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~18C Difference! Tha's freaking sweet Awesome
The dell itself isn't as good of a laptop though, plan to upgrade to an Asus G53 once it comes out, butbut at least it's running a lot  lot cooler now !
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Are you sure its the MX-2 causing those results, or just the placement of new thermal paste after an extended period of use?
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It boots up starting off at 65C, then eventually settles down to 57~60C.
Prior to applying MX-2, it would boot off at 71C, then settle down at 76C. Seriously, it did that. I cleaned vents, heatsinks, everything, and it still did that o.O
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Originally posted by Sarah

Are you sure its the MX-2 causing those results, or just the placement of new thermal paste after an extended period of use?
 
I'm sure this prolly has alot to do with the better temps ablahblah.  Though I am sure MX-2 is better than what Dell had on. 
 
LOL you inspired me to try the same thing with my netbook.  I wanna also throw windows 7 on it too.
 
Anyways, congrats on the lower temps!
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By extended use, what do you mean.... o.o
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Originally posted by ablahblah

By extended use, what do you mean.... o.o
 
Just that the original TIM reached its end as in dry and not very thermaly conductive anymore. Or in other words it got old real quick lol.
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you probably had a bad mount
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i tired out mx-3 stuff it lowered my idle temps from 40C to 35C
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actually, the old stuff seemed somewhat fresher than I expected. the compound on the heatsink was pretty hard, yes, but it still came off with a few rounds of ArtiClean. didn't have to break out a small flat head and start chipping away at the bigger blocks. the compound on the processor die itself came off accidentally with just a simple swipe of a tissue, though I verified it's cleanliness by using ArtiClean.

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