Thermal mods materials, Where to buy?

[Luis]

Hi to all, specially to Chris G. for all his reviews and work.

I am new to this forum, I own a EZ Book 3 Pro that works flawlessly for my home use, but recently I am in the need to change my work laptop that was slowly dying by its aging and recently deceasing by the force of gravity. Since I need some more power and ram than my EZ Book 3 Pro can deliver, I was checking the Techtables reviews looking for a good all metal fanless laptop.

The option that best fitted my criteria was the Cube Thinker I35 and I have gone for it since it was also now at flash sale on Gearbest.

One point that made me reluctant to buy this laptop was the problems reported with the keyboard. Someone out there is pointing out that the problems can be related with the high temperatures reached by the laptop. This has some sense since all the cases are related to keys around heat sensitive areas.

Since thanks to Chris G. there is a very good video tutorial for thermal mod on this laptop I was confident enough to buy the Thinker and make this thermal mod.

Sorry for the long long story that takes me to the following question…. Where to buy all these thermal materials? I have checked for some of this stuff and it has been impossible to find something specific. I write below a list of the things that I have been able to find and I beg that someone can fill the gaps or correct with something cheaper or more suitable.

Thermal pad: ABB Cooling thermal pad 7W/mk at Amazon https://www.amazon.es/AAB-Cooling-Thermo-White-80-80-0/dp/B074H51NLR/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1527929802&sr=8-2

Artic MX-4 Thermal paste: Artic at Amazon https://www.amazon.es/Arctic-MX-4-Compuesto-micropart%C3%ADculas-ventilador/dp/B0045JCFLY/ref=lp_937944031_1_5?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1527929868&sr=1-5

Artic cleaning stuff: Yet to find

15x15x1mm Cooper plates: ABB cooling 401W/mk at Amazon https://www.amazon.es/AAB-Cooling-15x15x1-remache-conductividad/dp/B075QCT9GY/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1527929971&sr=1-1

Copper film: Yet to find.

Thanks in advance for any help

[Sx C]

as chris point out having a thermal pad or copper shim between the internal copper plate and the outer bottom shell should do the job. You should proceed with the advance and by extension more dangerous stuff only if you have to.

If you are still planning on going through with the mod then this is a good item to get -https://www.ebay.com/itm/30x-Heatsink-Copper-Shim-15mmx15mm-for-Notebook-Laptop-GPU-CPU-6-Sizes-Durable-/331167307336?hash=item4d1b1c1648

ebay and aliexpress should have most of the other item you are looking for, the good stuff like arctic silver helps but not by much. For the cleaning agent isopropyl rubbing alcohol will work just fine.

Anyway there is no correct way to do it per se, watch through  a few of the thermal mod videos and try to figure out the thought process rather than the individual steps.

[Luis]

Thanks to Sx C for the information.

To spread better the heat among the surface of the back cover, the copper film seems a good idea. I am still trying to figure out if there is any specific film or if any would do, like the one used for guitar shielding.

 

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