So many conflicting information here between people, I don't know why it's so hard to find a guide that most can agree on, its always a question of - use pads here or there, remove the metal shim / copper sticker or not, paste evenly vs cross/dot.
It's quite confusing tbf, as after changing my thermal paste I was not happy with the results. Once I OC'd, the temps were going too high in comparison to others, keep in mind, I bought the Switch from a kid that got it way back in 2017/8 so I had to change
the paste and see if I get better results.
In any case, I recently changed the paste AGAIN and while doing so, using the IPA on the metal shield removed the copper sticker, luckily I found out that people purposefully do so I just removed it and tried the spread method with the spatula ( I think I put too much tho).
When I compared temps, I was getting about 3c more which I was and still not happy about at all, for OC'ing, I want my Switch running as optimal as possible, I'm pretty much an optimizer whore, I love to make sure whatever it is I have is running to the utmost best (to the best of my knowledge and ability.)
Anyway, when I ran Mario Odyssey using ReverseNX, changing handheld to docked and then all the clocks to default dock speeds, my game would get hot even faster, when the fan would reach 83-85%, it would just stop working and the temps would start rising, this means I either fucked up my fan, or it was fucked before (since I never reached 100% up until this point).
Upon reading the ReverseNX thread, I see that other people are getting the same result in terms of fan speed going up to 100%, though theirs is working, anyway I ordered a fan.
Now seriously, can someone give me the best method to cool the Switch as Im going to open it up when I get the fan.
Thanks!!!