Just swapping the thermal paste has taken me from 179 to 200 in Cinnebench, but it's also revealed that I'm actually more PL1 limited since it drops down to just 15 in tests. With the old paste that was fine because I'd be running at 97c, but with the new paste I'm in the mid 80s with plenty of headroom. I downloaded throttlestop and set it to 51 and we'll see what my score is like going balls out. It's sustaining over 20 watts vs before I'd be at 17ish.
this post was submitted on 16 Nov 2023
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Yeah I replace the thermal paste on all new laptops. Does wonders