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Antec Formula 7

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San Diego, CA

I spent last night cleaning out the dust from my laptop and applying a fresh coat of Antec Formula 7 thermal compound to the CPU and GPU.

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This ‘before’ photo with the fan and heat sink removed shows how dried up and crusty the thermal compound had gotten. The fan was screaming like a banshee non-stop, and my laptop would occasionally shut down from overheating. A couple of hours of TLC, and she’s purring like a kitten! Be good to your hardware, people!



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