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Everyone raves about thermal paste replacement but I crunched the numbers
I saw a post on a hardware forum claiming you should replace thermal paste every 6 months for peak performance. I decided to test that on my own rigs over a year. I ran Cinebench before and after repasting 3 different machines at 6-month intervals. The average temp drop was 1.2 degrees Celsius, which is basically nothing in real world use. That stat came from my own spreadsheet I kept for 12 months with a $30 infrared thermometer. Why do we act like this is a critical maintenance step when the gains are this tiny? Has anyone else seen actual data that backs up the yearly repaste hype?
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