Grab copper and a drill, now!

[moral hazard]

Great thread

Those copper blocks are very cheap. I would like to do this, only thing is what happens if a block gets loose and shorts out the motherboard?

How well does thermal tape hold?

[Soviet Sunrise]

Let me put it this way. If you replace the crap thermal tape that comes with the blocks with Sekisui thermal tape, you will need to eat all the spinach your stomach can make room for because Popeye is going to have a hard time trying to pull Excalibur out of the stone.

[Forge]

I wouldn't go that far, but let's say a few test tugs left me with sore fingers and a firmly placed heatsink.

[flipfire]

Ive done a similar mod like this but not to a notebook.

You just need to buy a pack of ramsinks and thermal adhesive paste like AS Alumina.

Should cost a total of around $20

[moral hazard]

I wouldn't go that far, but let's say a few test tugs left me with sore fingers and a firmly placed heatsink.

Let me put it this way. If you replace the crap thermal tape that comes with the blocks with Sekisui thermal tape, you will need to eat all the spinach your stomach can make room for because Popeye is going to have a hard time trying to pull Excalibur out of the stone.

ok, that is very good to hear.

I'm just wondering if I could use a butane torch to really get those things on there. That would make the cooling even better since it would be metal to metal.

[Soviet Sunrise]

The difference would be minimal compared to straight up thermal tape. Also, that is a permanent method that is irreversible.

[Forge]

As well as the alumina binding agent, I think. Not sure though.

Looking at your mod pictures and my own heatsink, I keep realizing how tiny the heatpipe is.

[Soviet Sunrise]

It's not tiny, it's cute.

[Forge]

Stop patronizing my poor G51.

[Soviet Sunrise]

I'm not patronizing your G51, I'm insulting it.