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Review on Noctua NT-H1 10g Professional-Grade Thermal Compound Paste (10g) by Ken Reiff

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Don't buy this to re-stick a high-end laptop. You will only end up doing double work or more as you will have to keep re-gluing as the paste dissolves very quickly. The great reviews for this product come from *Desktop* users where this product will likely perform excellently. But for laptops, this is a completely wrong choice. What's happening? It turns out that the thermal paste Noctua NT-H1 quickly degrades, loses its ability to conduct heat by drying above 80 °C, which is usually due to the fact that the mobile processor does not have a built-in heat spreader thermal energy generated by the cores into a smaller room that heats up faster and faster. The NT-H1 appeared to perform well, peaking at 76C under test loads. But it lasted less than a week. The maximum temperatures under load began to increase : 78.80.82.84.87.back.This is not an easy task on my model, which requires removing almost everything above the board, including the display, to get to the thermal solution and to paste again, this time with the addition of more paste in critical places outside of the even distribution, that's what everyone recommends.. the first paste when disassembling to It seemed smooth and even, but I repasted it anyway. This time the pace was maintained for 2 weeks. They now reach 91°C, which is enough for thermal throttling. So now I have a THIRD rep in about the same number of weeks, each lasting 30 minutes to an hour plus (for the first time). I did some research and found the 80°C temperature limit of pasta - no wonder I'm stuck on it again. I'm gluing with another product, hopefully one that can withstand heat (pun intended).

Pros
  • Great price
Cons
  • Big and bulky