Hello good people of the forum!
I've recently cleaned and repasted my Asus laptop with i5-4200H and GTX850M. I repasted both using ThermalGrizzly Conductonaut liquid metal. I wanted to see the difference in CPU temps (which was massive after unclogging the vents and removing dry thermal paste) during a prime95 small FFT torture test. Everything works extremely well EXCEPT one thing that is bothering me.
During stress test I am monitoring temps with HWmonitor and below that the package power is indicated. I notice around 34-37W max power on the package and the cpu is rated at 45W. Intel XTU benchmark score remains the same before and after repasting, only the temperature changes.
Is better thermal dissipation making the CPU require less power? What's going on?
Thank you!
I've recently cleaned and repasted my Asus laptop with i5-4200H and GTX850M. I repasted both using ThermalGrizzly Conductonaut liquid metal. I wanted to see the difference in CPU temps (which was massive after unclogging the vents and removing dry thermal paste) during a prime95 small FFT torture test. Everything works extremely well EXCEPT one thing that is bothering me.
During stress test I am monitoring temps with HWmonitor and below that the package power is indicated. I notice around 34-37W max power on the package and the cpu is rated at 45W. Intel XTU benchmark score remains the same before and after repasting, only the temperature changes.
Is better thermal dissipation making the CPU require less power? What's going on?
Thank you!