How to Reduce MacBook Pro Core Temperature

[Dacaba]

Hello, this is my first post and excuse my English.
Someone has tried this to put thermal joints in the fan and heatsink as shown in the ifixit page

 

[afir93]

Gotta ask the obvious question but is this in any way recommendable to do for the average user or is this more of an „show-off-that-it-works“-kind of thing? Like, don‘t you lose warranty and whatnot when you do this?

 

[maflynn]

I gotta ask
What was the temps at idle and load before doing this and what are they now.

Also the Mac model type would be helpful.

 

[Dacaba]

Hi, I have not tried it, I just ask if anyone has tried it. In the ifixit page say that the temperature drops 10º the heatsink makes contact with the chassis through the thermal pad

 

[maflynn]

In the ifixit page say that the temperature drops 10º

Can you post a link to the article.

 

[Frieg]

Well that looks like a pretty good idea, will try that after new thermal paste helped my late 2011 13" a lot (peaked at 2,2ghz, now at 2.8 under full load)
second that, need the linkt to the article, have to know how thick the pad has to be to make contact with the bottom plate.

 

[mr.anthonyramos]

This seems like a possible solution but 1: contact with the aluminium body, will that cause a short? 2: I image that the heat at the bottom on the MacBook Pro would become unbearable to touch after a while of heavy usage.

 

[Dacaba]

https://es.ifixit.com/Guía/How+to+Reduce+MacBook+Pro+Core+Temperature/37984?lang=en

 

[poorcody]

FYI, the iFixit article is referencing a 2010 MacBook...

 

[CreeptoLoser]

The fans still have to remove heat from the machine and adding an extra element would possibly slow down heat removal. If the thermal pad has contact with the case then you’ll also get more heat transferred to the bottom of the machine.

 

[Dacaba]

Yes, the ifixit example is macbook pro 2010. But I think it could be applied to any macbook.

 

[DeanPSN]

Like someone else said, i don't think would be a good idea to put thermal pads like that on the newer MBPs, everything is squeezed enough inside and doubt it will make any difference.
Best thing to do is to replace the stock thermal paste with something good like Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut.
I didn't have time to do that to my i9 MBP yet, but will soon enough and record temps before and after.

 

[maflynn]

https://es.ifixit.com/Guía/How+to+Reduce+MacBook+Pro+Core+Temperature/37984?lang=en

That article is for a 2010 MBP, I'm not sure the information is relevant for a 2018 machine

i don't think would be a good idea to put thermal pads like that on the newer MBPs, everything is squeezed enough inside and doubt it will make any difference.

that's my thinking, the tolerances are much tighter

The 2018 MBP has a different setup, you can see the heat pipes right on top of the fans. I'm not sure there is space for the thermal pads there. I'm not against thermal pads or doing work on your machine, I was going to out thermal pads on my 2018 Razer SSD because it was getting too hot and that was one solution.

 

[nerowolfe19]

Short of buying a flash-freezer, your best bet would be reducing the ambient temperature. Replacing the stock thermal paste with a superior product works for short bursts of but not sustained intense workloads in my expereince (and I've used CLU and Nanogrease Extreme, some of the better conductive and non-conductive TIMs out there).

Doesn't matter. Heat trapping eventually catches up and the core temps eventually go back to their usual near-limit highs. Removing the case and using a combination of laptop cooler + metal-based TIM is the only solution that worked in my case, but it's impractical and really intrusive once the exposed fans kick in.

I think using a high quality non-conductive TIM + reducing ambient temp and regular cleaning of fans and letting your laptop breathe on a good surface are your best non-software related measures to mitigate heat issues.