Hardware Liquid Metal Cooling Nintendo Switch

[tomcoleman]

In the recent light that liquid metal can reduce temps by 20c

Can the same Liquid cooling method be applied to the Nintendo Switch?

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I have some spare Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut Liquid Metal Thermal Paste and woundered if it would be fun to swap it over.

 

[ken28]

theoretical yes,

 

[Uumas]

In theory it should work. The risk is quite high though. Here's a teardown: https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nintendo+Switch+Teardown/78263

 

[tomcoleman]

are there any issues with Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut Liquid Metal Thermal Paste eating any of the metal on the heatsink? or casusing issues?

I dont care about damage, i do this type of stuff all the time with laptops so not a newbie.

 

[g00s3y]

Recent light?

Welcome to the world of computers, circa 2008.

 

[Tumoche]

if the switch doesn't have an aluminum heatsink, you should be fine

 

[tomcoleman]

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super cooled

 

[bjowol]

Do you have any results on tempratures and performance as of now?

 

[tomcoleman]

Do you have any results on tempratures and performance as of now?

i have no actual proof as my switch isnt hacked and i have no way of seeing system temps, is what i can say is the unit is cool, even playign mario for hours back doesnt get hot like it used to, fan never spins up (sometimes i have to put my ear to it to see if its even running) and battery seems to be a smudge better.

Again i have no evidence but "feels" like its improved it.

 

[fenomeno0chris]

That sounds pretty awesome!
Does the last picture show how you applied the liquid metal?

Would be very nice, if you could explain a bit more on which places you have to put the liquid metal on.

 

[kumikochan]

Doesn't seem copper to me so no and if it is, go ahead

 

[tomcoleman]

That sounds pretty awesome!
Does the last picture show how you applied the liquid metal?

Would be very nice, if you could explain a bit more on which places you have to put the liquid metal on.

yes the last photo is the liquid coverage.

So i did this

1. Ordered liquid metal from overclockers (same brand as the one in Linus's video)
2. Opened switch with ifixit kit (a must the screws are tiny)
3. cleaned all of nintendo JUNK paste off the heat pipe/gpu/cpu with removal products this took a few goes to get it all off.
4. applied liquid metal directly to GPU/CPU
5. placed back thin copper sheet
6. used artic silver ontop of copper sheet to metal heatpipe plate
7. on back of heatpipe plate that touches metal casing applied artic silver allot.

done

 

[kumikochan]

yes the last photo is the liquid coverage.

So i did this

1. Ordered liquid metal from overclockers (same brand as the one in Linus's video)
2. Opened switch with ifixit kit (a must the screws are tiny)
3. cleaned all of nintendo JUNK paste off the heat pipe/gpu/cpu with removal products this took a few goes to get it all off.
4. applied liquid metal directly to GPU/CPU
5. placed back thin copper sheet
6. used artic silver ontop of copper sheet to metal heatpipe plate
7. on back of heatpipe plate that touches metal casing applied artic silver allot.

done

I just used ic diamond on mine wich cools a lot more 2 then the usual thermal paste and it's less of a pain in the ass

 

[tomcoleman]

I just used ic diamond on mine wich cools a lot more 2 then the usual thermal paste and it's less of a pain in the ass

i thought if im going to open it up may as well go metal.

that whole process took me about 10mins.

 

[kumikochan]

i thought if im going to open it up may as well go metal.

that whole process took me about 10mins.

I get that but it's just easier to replace and such. I delid all my pc cpu's and put liquid metal on it but cpu's usually go to 90 degrees when overclocking while a switch goes to 60 max so i don't see the need of putting liquid metal on it

 

[tomcoleman]

I get that but it's just easier to replace and such. I delid all my pc cpu's and put liquid metal on it but cpu's usually go to 90 degrees when overclocking while a switch goes to 60 max so i don't see the need of putting liquid metal on it

I wanted the best battery life so i did the best cooling

 

[leon315]

I would never racoomand that s mod for obvious reasons, open ur switch and apply this will nullify ur consol's warranty and and all switches are officially guaranteed for 2 years of Nintendo's assistance, if ur console is burnt for overheating, Nintendo sure will replace or repair it. then why even bother open it and might possibly screw urself trying to apply this "mod"?

 

[kumikochan]

I wanted the best battery life so i did the best cooling

I get that but the most important thing you'll get out of it are less fps drops. The switch cpu speed is affected with temps

I would never racoomand that s mod for obvious reasons, open ur switch and apply this will nullify ur consol's warranty and and all switches are officially guaranteed for 2 years of Nintendo's assistance, if ur console is burnt for overheating, Nintendo sure will replace or repair it. then why even bother open it and might possibly screw urself trying to apply this "mod"?

In europe warranty laws are 2 years for electronics but in the states it's only 1

 

[tomcoleman]

I would never racoomand that s mod for obvious reasons, open ur switch and apply this will nullify ur consol's warranty and and all switches are officially guaranteed for 2 years of Nintendo's assistance, if ur console is burnt for overheating, Nintendo sure will replace or repair it. then why even bother open it and might possibly screw urself trying to apply this "mod"?

switch is like £250 brand new so not a massive loss like a PS4/XBOX one cost.

besides, its just cooling and i have proven it

just sharing my experience upto people to make their own minds up.

Switch in 2 years new will be like £199 anyway

 

[leon315]

I get that but the most important thing you'll get out of it are less fps drops. The switch cpu speed is affected with temps

In europe warranty laws are 2 years for electronics but in the states it's only 1

Yes we have 2 years, are you states? lol