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The author should benchmark a few months afterwards. A common problem with using "PC" thermal pastes (for lack of a better word) is that they experience more pump out than whatever they use for laptops, so a few months later the performance might end up worse than before he changed the paste.
Maybe thermal pads then? I use PTM7950 in my desktop.
That’s pcm. A thermal pad is a thicker thing.
I use the same one in my pc and it’s awesome.
Out of curiosity, where did you get your PTM7950? I bought from LTT but I'd be interested to know if there are other good sources.
I'm not the person you asked but I got all of my PTM7950 from moddiy[0]. I've put it in my laptop, desktop, and steam deck. Benchmarked my desktop and laptop before putting it in and both of them saw improved performance and lower temperatures.
[0] https://www.moddiy.com/products/Honeywell-PTM7950-SP-Super-H...