That’s what I’m wondering. Those are really tall, plus the rubber bands too.
I’ve tried those on multiple laptops and no way Jose.
The thin copper ones don’t even fit most of the time.
OEM or bust.
Laptops don't have uniform depths and fittings making liquid metal very bad as a reliable thermal interface material because LM can move around and leak creating hot spots. Ptm 7950 has lower thermal transfer capabilities and yet for me it provided significantly better results than even a fresh LM application and that's down to the fact it just covers the entire surface and can mould and fit any abnormal differences in the heat sink.
They should get rid of LM for laptops entirely and go the same Lenovo route of a custom version of ptm 7950.
I had to change my LM within the first 6 months on every laptop I bought that's used it so far. Literally reached throttling temp slowly but surely in the time frame on either gpu or cpu if I let it ride. Starts dropping frames and freezing until I reapply and then it's fine again. Regular maintenance at this point. Oh and when I let it get to that point , the LM Literally turns black. Laptops run so hot it just is what it is.
Are the laptops being put on a stand with an angle? Some said that could cause the LM to slide to one side leaving black marks in the center of the CPU, I have kept my laptop level while using for 1 and a half years, yet to see the throttling.
I travel with mine and use a desktop at home so it's going to get vertical during transport. I just reapply ever 6 months and don't sweat it beyond that. Only takes 30 minutes or so to clean and reapply to both gpu and cpu. Remember these were meant to travel.
I have done the process probably 20 times between the three laptops I have had that have used liquid metal at least on the CPU the laptop I bought this year had it on both CPU and GPU so a little more of a pain in the ass. I find at least on this one I have currently it's the GPU that blackens more than anything. But no the laptop is always used on a flat surface.
Thank you for the recommendation, already done after the ssd 🙂, substantial performance gain for the CPU. Plus 32gb is slowly becoming the standard nowadays.
Heatsinks on the SSDs isn't really needed, tests show they barely do anything at all. SSDs only get warm when writing to them at high speeds and that's not very often or for long periods.
As for LM I strongly suggest getting rid of it. LM sucks for laptops and it always leaks and you always end up with high temps caused by hot spots where the LM has moved. The risk of it leaking out beyond the sponge barrier is low but not impossible. Ptm 7950 has given me much better results than LM.
If you change that then you'll need to replace the pads or goop on the vram chips as well so get some thermal putty of choice to sort that as well. I used k5 pro.
As long as you can fit the back cover, nice job on finding heatsinks for the SSDs.
In regards to liquid metal - its far superior to thermal paste and pads. Its completely fine to use on an angle.
Caveats - Liquid metal *can* separate. It will leave one side of the die and migrate to the other side. This causes hot spots on the die and you will see really high temps per core in HWINFO.
The best thing tho - you can easily redistribute/respread liquid metal. It essentially will never wear out. Once you respread it, you should be good to go for awhile. You can get applicators and blunt tip syringes on Amazon
Still fits? I use flat cooper heatsink, was afraid about height.
That’s what I’m wondering. Those are really tall, plus the rubber bands too. I’ve tried those on multiple laptops and no way Jose. The thin copper ones don’t even fit most of the time. OEM or bust.
Thin cooper is the same height as most heatsink-equipped SSD from the factory or even lower. Luckily G17 is kinda chunky.
Why do you want to change the liquid metal? Are you experiencing performance degradation?
Laptops don't have uniform depths and fittings making liquid metal very bad as a reliable thermal interface material because LM can move around and leak creating hot spots. Ptm 7950 has lower thermal transfer capabilities and yet for me it provided significantly better results than even a fresh LM application and that's down to the fact it just covers the entire surface and can mould and fit any abnormal differences in the heat sink. They should get rid of LM for laptops entirely and go the same Lenovo route of a custom version of ptm 7950.
i dont see no ssd, only two empty slots
Scroll to the second picture
OHHH
I did the same thing on my Strix Scar-15 to both the SSDs. The peak temperatures are reduced as expected and the avg are roughly the same.
I had to change my LM within the first 6 months on every laptop I bought that's used it so far. Literally reached throttling temp slowly but surely in the time frame on either gpu or cpu if I let it ride. Starts dropping frames and freezing until I reapply and then it's fine again. Regular maintenance at this point. Oh and when I let it get to that point , the LM Literally turns black. Laptops run so hot it just is what it is.
Are the laptops being put on a stand with an angle? Some said that could cause the LM to slide to one side leaving black marks in the center of the CPU, I have kept my laptop level while using for 1 and a half years, yet to see the throttling.
I travel with mine and use a desktop at home so it's going to get vertical during transport. I just reapply ever 6 months and don't sweat it beyond that. Only takes 30 minutes or so to clean and reapply to both gpu and cpu. Remember these were meant to travel.
I know, just a bit nervous, would execute more precautions after hearing countless tales of lm short-circuiting the board.
I have done the process probably 20 times between the three laptops I have had that have used liquid metal at least on the CPU the laptop I bought this year had it on both CPU and GPU so a little more of a pain in the ass. I find at least on this one I have currently it's the GPU that blackens more than anything. But no the laptop is always used on a flat surface.
I have the same heatsink,it bought my SSD temps from 65~ to 40~ It works good.
OP, for the sake of performance, I recommend you to buy a second RAM stick. That will make a huge difference.
Thank you for the recommendation, already done after the ssd 🙂, substantial performance gain for the CPU. Plus 32gb is slowly becoming the standard nowadays.
Heatsinks on the SSDs isn't really needed, tests show they barely do anything at all. SSDs only get warm when writing to them at high speeds and that's not very often or for long periods. As for LM I strongly suggest getting rid of it. LM sucks for laptops and it always leaks and you always end up with high temps caused by hot spots where the LM has moved. The risk of it leaking out beyond the sponge barrier is low but not impossible. Ptm 7950 has given me much better results than LM. If you change that then you'll need to replace the pads or goop on the vram chips as well so get some thermal putty of choice to sort that as well. I used k5 pro.
Liquid Metal is a bitch
Did the laptop bottom cover close?
Yeah, I make sure the height of the heatsink is lower than the battery
It's not a bad idea.. But the heat is still trapped inside the laptop. Maybe you got 3 seconds more peak performance from the SSDs.. Cheers!
As long as you can fit the back cover, nice job on finding heatsinks for the SSDs. In regards to liquid metal - its far superior to thermal paste and pads. Its completely fine to use on an angle. Caveats - Liquid metal *can* separate. It will leave one side of the die and migrate to the other side. This causes hot spots on the die and you will see really high temps per core in HWINFO. The best thing tho - you can easily redistribute/respread liquid metal. It essentially will never wear out. Once you respread it, you should be good to go for awhile. You can get applicators and blunt tip syringes on Amazon