The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    15 R3 Repaste advice

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by BigBoss5090, Apr 3, 2017.

  1. BigBoss5090

    BigBoss5090 Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    2
    Messages:
    83
    Likes Received:
    17
    Trophy Points:
    16
    Ok I decided to do it, I want to use Fujipoly but not sure on the thickness and what do you guys think for the HQ

    Kryonaut vs Conductonaut

    I read all the threads seems to be that Kryonaut is the winner for an HQ chip, so I'm guessing that is my best bet?


    EDIT: I had bought a tube of Conductonaut before I posted this, and it looks like it's the last one I found online, anyone interested in buying off me since it looks like Kryonaut is a better go?
     
    BigBoss5090, Apr 3, 2017
    #1
  2. MogRules

    MogRules Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    1,228
    Messages:
    1,649
    Likes Received:
    973
    Trophy Points:
    131
    Conductonaught is the better choice BUT it is liquid metal so it IS conductive so it is the more risky choice. Kryonaught is a good thermal paste but won't get the thermals quite as low as Conductonaught will. If you are not really sure of what your doing Kryonaught is the better choice.
     
    MogRules, Apr 3, 2017
    #2
  3. cn555ic

    cn555ic Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    149
    Messages:
    917
    Likes Received:
    470
    Trophy Points:
    76
    Yes the conductonaut is out of stock in many places especially the small application. I got mine from Korea last month. Took about a month to get to me in US! Lol
     
    cn555ic, Apr 3, 2017
    #3
  4. DeeX

    DeeX THz

    Reputations:
    254
    Messages:
    1,710
    Likes Received:
    907
    Trophy Points:
    131
    Conductonaut mainly...
    In Stock here.
    http://www.performance-pcs.com/ther...onaut-high-performance-thermal-grease-5g.html

    https://www.memoryc.com/pc-componen...conductonaut-thermal-grease-paste-5-gram.html

    If you do not want to work with Liquid Metal then Gelid Extreme is a good choice.
    It has very similar (and sometimes better) thermals as Kryonaut.
    It also is less expensive. I highly recommend it when choosing traditional paste.

    https://www.amazon.com/Gelid-Soluti...&qid=1491285629&sr=8-1&keywords=gelid+extreme

    :)
     
    DeeX, Apr 4, 2017
    #4
  5. cn555ic

    cn555ic Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    149
    Messages:
    917
    Likes Received:
    470
    Trophy Points:
    76
    Yes but like I said it's the larger size which cost more. The 1gram size is all sold out from where I have looked.
     
    cn555ic, Apr 4, 2017
    #5
  6. Lunatik

    Lunatik Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    83
    Messages:
    459
    Likes Received:
    267
    Trophy Points:
    76
    Ordered mine off amazon yesterday
     
    Lunatik, Apr 5, 2017
    #6
  7. BigBoss5090

    BigBoss5090 Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    2
    Messages:
    83
    Likes Received:
    17
    Trophy Points:
    16
    repasted with kryonaut, results are good I suppose highest on a stress test I saw the CPU was 75C, gpu stress test 60C
     
    BigBoss5090, Apr 6, 2017
    #7
    Vasudev likes this.
  8. ministerofprops

    ministerofprops Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    26
    Likes Received:
    6
    Trophy Points:
    6
    I had Alienware do a remote test on the rig I have 4 days ago and Ii was surprised by the higher temps it showed that Alienware said were within acceptable parameters.

    I know I will be repasting as soon as I have the paste and pads.
     
    ministerofprops, Apr 13, 2017
    #8