01/02/2026
MID-RANGE LAPTOP CLEANING, REPASTING, REPADDING
Sir S went over and dropped off his laptop in our Las Pinas location. He had it for 3 years, and he was just right on time (we recommend laptops and dedicated GPUs be cleaned, repasted, and repadded every 2 to 3 years).
Kudos to Lenovo on the quality of this laptop. It was very easy to teardown. They used thermal putty for their VRAMs and VRMs, and high quality thermal paste for the CPU and GPU.
Laptop Specs:
LENOVO LEGION PRO 5i (16IRX8)
Intel Core i7-13700HX
32GB DDR5 SODIMM RAM
RTX 4070 8GB Mobile GPU
1TB NVMe SSD
Issues:
❌ Thermal throttling CPU, not the worse, but a little more performance was held back by temperature.
❌ CPU hovering at 97°C when stress tested. Normal for Intel mobile CPUs back then, just need better cooling to get more out of the CPU's maximum potential.
❌ Power output of 106W under stress test.
❌ GPU idled at 55°C. Has a lot of room for improvements. Maxed out at 84°C when stress tested.
❌ Stock thermal pads and pastes have dried up and wore down after 3 years of use.
Fixes:
✔️ Cleaning to get rid of dust build up that blocks airflow.
✔️ Thermal paste replaced with PTM 7950 for the CPU and GPU chips.
✔️ Thermal pads replaced with TPT-128.
We allotted a (1) week buffer for the stress tests to show the capabilities of PTM 7950 and it never lets down as shown in the results.
CPU's max temperature stayed the same, but showed signs of improvements with stability as it pushed nearly 200MHz more clock speeds and significantly increased wattage from 106W to 125W at max load.
GPU's max temperature and idle temperature lowered drastically giving better stability for Sir S' everyday use.
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