Normal Thermal pads are TERRRIBLE and will cause the computer to overheat. Except those new fancy graphite thermal pads ( thermal grizzly sells some ). Those a

Normal Thermal pads are TERRRIBLE and will cause the computer to overheat. Except those new fancy graphite thermal pads ( thermal grizzly sells some ). Those are generally worse than good paste but are pretty good and they have the added pro of being reusable and keeping their thermal property forever unlike paste. In a laptop that is subject to tension stress they may provide better cooling over time.