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Thinkpads with a dedicated GPU come with a dual heat pipe heatsink, whereas ones without the dedicated GPU don't. So, you can take the heatsink for the former a
by cameronperot 6y ago
Thinkpads with a dedicated GPU come with a dual heat pipe heatsink, whereas ones without the dedicated GPU don't. So, you can take the heatsink for the former and use it on the latter, given that you make sure to insulate the part of the heatsink that is supposed to cool the GPU (this can easily be done by using a quality electrical tape like super 88 on the bottom side). You can buy the part aftermarket or see if Lenovo is willing to replace yours. The part number for the heatsink I put on my T490 is 01YU186.
- Joeri 6y agoI never understood why they don’t just put the dual heat pipe on all models. I run my t460p with gpu disabled, and the dual heatpipe cools the cpu so effectively that the fan is inaudible most of the time.
- TheSpiceIsLife 6y agoThen you make 1 million laptops and leave out ~20 grams of copper you save 2000kg of copper. The spot price of copper is presently around ~US$6000 per 1000kg[1] 1. https://markets.businessinsider.com/commodities/copper-price?op=1 https://markets.businessinsider.com/commodities/copper-price...
- agumonkey 6y agogood thinking
- jorvi 6y agoThank you for the information!