Hello, TechInferno forum members! I am planning on performing the thermal compound/pad replacement as described in this thread, minus the retention clip mod, mainly because I am a big pussy and do not want to attempt something like that for the first time I will meddle with my laptop. I do have some questions about this: 1. What are the dimensions of the stock thermal pads on the GPU memory (width, length), since I still haven't bought any thermal pads yet. As I understand, both cards should have the same dimensions for the thermal pads. 2. What are the dimensions for that CPU thermal pad thingie? 3. If I understand correctly, the stock CPU thermal interface is really thick and repasting it (in my case, I plan on using Arctic Cooling MX-4 (already ordered)) will lower the heatsink to ~0,5mm. Should I get 0,5mm or 1mm thick pads for the memory? Thank you very much in advance for reading this! P.S. Reason for me doing the mod: Recently playing Skyrim on lowest setting @ 1920x1080, my card(s) temperatures (according to HWiNFO64) get to about 81C, which I assume is pretty high, plus, the fans going super-sayan (3rd speed setting*) freaks me out and makes me believe my laptop will explode/have a meltdown. Not planning on doing any OC'ing, so, don't want to try the retention mod. *A bit about that, when I first turn the computer, the fans go into what I refer as 1st speed - basic, not very loud. After starting some not too intensive game, sometimes when watching a video, the speed of fans kicks up a notch (I refer to this as 2nd speed). When playing Skyrim on the lowest setting, after about 15-30 minutes, the fans go super-sayan (3rd speed) and now my laptop suddenly becomes a jet, which is awesome, but horrifying due to the reason mentioned in the P.S.
