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7/18/12 at 12:15pm
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hi,

I have an HP Pavilion G6, specifically, the HP Pavilion g6-1224sa.
I have had it since November 2011.

Here are it's specs:

AMD A4 3300M APU
AMD Radeon 6480G
6GB DDR3 1333MHz
500GB HDD

I was wondering if it is ever worth changing the thermal paste on the CPU.

I'm currently running Prime 95 to see temperatures, and I'm getting maximum's of 78 on both cores.
I understand that Laptop components can tolerate much higher temperatures, but I was wondering weather I would see a significant improvement by replacing the TIM with Noctua NT-H1.

Has anyone had any experience with changing laptop thermal compound?

Thanks in advance. smile.gif



EDIT:
Might as well combine this question:

I recently discovered that my CPU is upgrade-able.
Unfortunately it is very expensive to do so, I can get the A6 3400M direct from HP for £188.15 redface.gif
The A8 is currently unavailable.

Does anyone have any experience with changing Laptop CPU's, and would it be worth it?
Things to consider:
I would also be upgrading the GPU, as it is an APU.
I will (hopefully) be using this as my main computer for another 4 years when (if) I go to university.


Thanks again.
Edited by Kyronn94 - 7/18/12 at 12:19pm
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7/18/12 at 12:18pm
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You will probably see an improvement in temps, assuming you know how to properly apply thermal compound depending on the heatsink's style thumb.gif

If you're looking for performance improvements, I believe higher speed RAM will benefit the APU, though you'll have to see if your motherboard can indeed support faster RAM.
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7/18/12 at 3:27pm
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I just did a trial run of replacing some TIM on another older laptop, I'm going to give it a go on my G6 tomorrow.

How do I find out what memory is compatible?
Looking here:

http://www.amd.com/uk/products/notebook/apu/mainstream/Pages/mainstream.aspx#7

The A4 3300M seems to only support 1333 MHz memory.
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7/18/12 at 3:37pm
78C is decent for a laptop CPU so personally I wouldn't bother with the thermal paste. The A10 in my new dv6 gets to about 84C with prime 95 running. I would look around on places like ebay for a new APU. I have seen A8s on there for around $100. Ohh and nice avatar, Blastoise FTW thumb.gif
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7/19/12 at 8:57am
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Well I've just finished putting the thing back together, and under prime 95 load, I'm getting maximum core temperatures of 65 degrees.

So that's nearly 15 degrees cooler now that I've changed the thermal paste to Noctua NT-H1.
I'm thoroughly impressed with that.

Any ideas on the CPU upgrade?
Would it be worth doing?
Where should I look to purchase some?


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7/23/12 at 5:37pm
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Bump smile.gif

I just want to know if I can use ANY Socket FS1 CPU, or weather I am limited to the 3 listed in the manual for my laptop.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/product?product=5180570&lc=en&cc=uk&dlc=en&lang=en&cc=uk

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c02968997.pdf


Thanks a lot in advance.
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7/24/12 at 3:38am
I personally had bad experience with the mouse buttons in G6. It broke 3 times after repair so make sure if yours is under warranty, make sure to repair it if it becomes loose at some point.
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7/25/12 at 6:38am
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Thanks for the heads up, the mouse pad is fairly easy and inexpensive to replace, so I'm not too worried about that.


Anyone know anything about changing the CPU?
I've found a new A8 3520M on Ebay for a lot less than an A6 costs direct from HP but I don't know weather this will cause problems as it's not listed in the repairs manual for my laptop.

Thanks in advance.
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7/26/12 at 1:25pm
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Final bump, clearly this isn't a very relevant topic, as I haven't got any replies on the HP forum either. tongue.gif

Maybe I'll just stick to an SSD instead.
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