M15x Upgrade GPU from 240m to 460m Thermal paste

I am upgrading my m15x R2 from 240m to 460m. I ordered the new card online and was sent thermal paste with it. Does anyone know if the thermal paste below work for this graphics card in my m15x. If not, what would be the best I should use


Stars 612 Copper Thermal Compound Grease Paste Tube

Features:
Thermal coupling of electrical / electronic device to heat sinks
High Thermal Conductivity ,Low Bleed and Stable at high temperature
Helps the heat dissipation from a CPU to a heatsink
Specifications:
Type: Copper Grease (gold color)
Heat exchange (conductivity): >1.829W/m.k
Thermal impedance (resistance): <0.123°C-in²/W
20% metal oxide compound

 

I prefer ic diamond simpky because it's more forgiving with application thickness

 

It will do, however, any paste usually does it.

On a side note, their specs reek of marketing, especially the thermal impedance.

 

if it is copper it will be conductive too... I've been using AC mx-4, just for peace of mind and it outperforms AS5. Doesn't dry out either.

The copper compound seems rather generic... I'd get a higher end tube of paste just for peace of mind to use on a high end laptop. also laptop cpu/gpu doesn't usually have the metal cover over it, and have some parts exposed which might get shorted out by the paste, considering that one has a high metal content...

 

Thanks for the replies. I think I will buy a better paste. I don't want to use something that would be considered low grade. I have been told by a few people now that the Arctic Cooling MX-4 would probably be best. Would ye agree or any other recommendations. Also does the quality of paste make a lot of difference to heat and performance and will I need thermal pads when swapping over from the 240m.

 

it should be a straight forward swap...

i use MX-4, been on my m11x for a fair while, no issues, performance doesn't seem to have degraded. Was best for the price/performance, wont short anything either. Very happy with it

And performance wise between pastes, sort of top to bottom grade is 7-10c i would think?

 

Or less than that
I find the main differentiators with decent modern pastes are either ease of application (i.e. good performance with sloppy technique) or thermal/mechanical performance stability.

 

How do you actually remove the cpu from the socket without bending the pins???

Just pull it straight up from the socket without any twisting?

I made the mistake of twisting a cpu on a desktop PC, and getting the pins straightened out was NOT easy!

W/ regard to thermal paste, I've already got Arctic Cooling's MX-4; the many user refs/comments that I've seen on NBR make it a clear current favorite.

 

The heatsink usually comes off the CPU without you having to put too much force. The only time I had a heatsink with a death grip on the CPU was during the pentium 4 era. I still have that laptop P4 chip by the way and despite me going berserk with the heatsink there are no bent pins. You have to do it wrong to bend CPU pins nowadays.

The CPU is locked into the socket anyways, so as long as you don't try to pull and twist at the same time, the chances of bending a pin are almost zero. You have to twist like a maniac to bend the pins in the socket in my experience. Once the heatsink is removed, just unlock the CPU from the socket and it should come off very easily by pulling it straight up.