Yesterday, I switched my old thermal paste to PTM 7950 on my Alienware Area 51-m R1 laptop. The GPU temps seem to be going over the CPU temps after 20-25 mins of gaming, which never used to happen before.
I suspected that it might be poor contact with the heatsink, but it seems fine to me (let me know if I'm wrong).
What could be the issue?
Avg. Temperatures (while gaming)
Before: CPU- 60C to 80C
GPU- 40C to 60C
After: CPU- 60C to 85C
GPU- 60C to 75C
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PTM is thicker than thermal paste. Give it time to smoosh out, and you need a bit more mounting pressure especially for laptops. Just tighten the screws a little more.