Hardware Liquid Metal Cooling Nintendo Switch

[kumikochan]

Yes we have 2 years, are you states? lol

i am not

 

[isoboy]

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 thought the clock speeds are locked and not affected by temperatures and that temperatures will just rise until the console shuts off. And even then, this shows it's rather difficult to overheat it. Am I wrong? I will add that my brother is using the official dock while I threw it away as quickly as possible and I'm using the small 3rd party one and I've never been bothered with fan noise. His sounded much louder. Yes, I do play with headphones all the time but when I've taken them off I've really noticed how quiet the switch is when idle in Rabbids and that's a taxing game.

 

[kumikochan]

I thought the clock speeds are locked and not affected by temperatures and that temperatures will just rise until the console shuts off. And even then, this shows it's rather difficult to overheat it. Am I wrong?

On gamers nexus they showed that frame drops occured when thermal limit was reached and that the switch probably downclocks to remain at a good temperature. The drops Always happen when the switch reaches 59 - 60 degrees and then it goes lower again and the drops go away

 

[isoboy]

On gamers nexus they showed that frame drops occured when thermal limit was reached and that the switch probably downclocks to remain at a good temperature. The drops Always happen when the switch reaches 59 - 60 degrees and then it goes lower again and the drops go away

Until someone shows proof that installing some kind of new paste or liquid metal on the cpu actually enhances gameplay in a big way (as in really helps remove gameplay stutter or fps drops in a meaningful way), I won't bother but if need be I'll totally do it.

 

[kumikochan]

Until someone shows proof that installing some kind of new paste or liquid metal on the cpu actually enhances gameplay in a big way (as in really helps remove gameplay stutter or fps drops in a meaningful way), I won't bother but if need be I'll totally do it.

I just told you. Gamer nexus did. They showed that when a switch hits 59-60 degrees fps drops happen because of switch probably downclocking to maintain a good temperature. There are plenty of reports of users changing to premium paste or liquid metal that temperatures stay lower so meaning no more fps drops.

 

[isoboy]

I just told you. Gamer nexus did. They showed that when a switch hits 59-60 degrees fps drops happen because of switch probably downclocking to maintain a good temperature. There are plenty of reports of users changing to premium paste or liquid metal that temperatures stay lower so meaning no more fps drops.

Whatever their results, I have yet to play something on my switch where doing this would benefit me. I played Zelda on Wii U and the switch version has been patched to run at a stable 30fps like 95% at the time at this point. You need to show me better examples than that. A great example would be Lego City. The framerate is all over the place, it dips constantly. - IF - that was due to clockspeed throttling and - NOT- poor optimization I'd love to see some proof of that.

 

[Sonansune]

it's not recommended.
switch is same as phone.
here is the phone version:

 

[Deathscreton]

switch is same as phone.

That couldn't be anymore wrong.

 

[Sonansune]

That couldn't be anymore wrong.

have you watched the video yet?
he said liquid metal thermal paste on phone will put your phone in risk of gettting short circuit, since phone always moving around. It's not worth to do unless you are aiming for benchmark only.
switch is even vertical in docking all the time, paste may leak out through the time and cause short circuit.

 

[kumikochan]

have you watched the video yet?
he said liquid metal thermal paste on phone will put your phone in risk of gettting short circuit, since phone always moving around. It's not worth to do unless you are aiming for benchmark only.
switch is even vertical in docking all the time, paste may leak out through the time and cause short circuit.

yeah true that. I forgot about that aspect actually. The surface pressure would keep it in place if the movement wasn't that absurd but the possibility is there that eventually a small drop can leak on the circuit or the aluminium itself by letting it drop or something like that. I don't think movement itself would do something about the surface pressure because in that regard all cpu's would leak because you delid them while they're flat and when done you put them up sideways

 

[Sonansune]

yeah true that. I forgot about that aspect actually. The surface pressure would keep it in place if the movement wasn't that absurd but the possibility is there that eventually a small drop can leak on the circuit or the aluminium itself by letting it drop or something like that. I don't think movement itself would do something about the surface pressure because in that regard all cpu's would leak because you delid them while they're flat and when done you put them up sideways

and they using electric tape surround cpu to avoid any possible leak.
they said liquid metal paste can't used on aluminium directly, it will turn the aluminium into crispy flakes

 

[isoboy]

Movement or my Vita falling on the floor or hitting something hard was the reason I actually removed the higher capacity battery I installed in it. I've soldered many electronic chips before but this was the first time I wasn't confident with my mod. The wires sat nicely on the solder blobs but I could easily poke them and they came off the battery. That's a risk for shorting the battery and making it catch on fire or explode. Safety first. Removed it and reinstalled a brand new official battery.

 

[Lumince]

I was amazed until I saw that the LM could shift and fuck up the whole device Darn.

 

[H1B1Esquire]

Whoa, you could like, make a thread for tiny soldering.

 

[kumikochan]

and they using electric tape surround cpu to avoid any possible leak.
they said liquid metal paste can't used on aluminium directly, it will turn the aluminium into crispy flakes

What do you mean tape ? I never used any tape whatsoever when delidding my cpu's so i don't get what you mean with tape

 

[Sonansune]

What do you mean tape ? I never used any tape whatsoever when delidding my cpu's so i don't get what you mean with tape

in the video, they use a black tape surround the cpu after apply the paste

 

[Deleted-355425]

didn't realize the switch needed more cooling, cool i suppose

 

[Deathscreton]

have you watched the video yet?
he said liquid metal thermal paste on phone will put your phone in risk of gettting short circuit, since phone always moving around. It's not worth to do unless you are aiming for benchmark only.
switch is even vertical in docking all the time, paste may leak out through the time and cause short circuit.

You're right, I apologize for jumping the gun. My bad. It did seem like a proper idea at the time though. lmao.

didn't realize the switch needed more cooling, cool i suppose

Tbh, I foresee tampering with the clockspeed being a thing once CFW is properly implemented. With that being said, I'll definitely look at what I can do to help cool the Switch further. It's more like a computer than anything now that I look at it.

 

[Jayro]

I have some silver thermal paste I use on my Raspberry Pi 3, and it drops temps down HELLA. So I feel confident enough to do this mod. I'll use a small amount though, as it IS a metal paste, but it's not runny.

 

[tomcoleman]

it's not recommended.
switch is same as phone.
here is the phone version:

did you watch the video, it actually shows better performance on gaming for longer LOL