How to Improve MacBook Pro Performance and Thermals

Re:How to Improve MacBook Pro Performance and Thermals by creddit on Sunday April 07, 2019 @05:57PM (#19600175)

Gallium + aluminum = bad time so just be careful when doing so, all.

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Re:How to Improve MacBook Pro Performance and Thermals by spectramax on Sunday April 07, 2019 @07:14PM (#19600576)

Yes agree but MacBook Pro heatsinks are copper.

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Re:How to Improve MacBook Pro Performance and Thermals by ceejayoz on Sunday April 07, 2019 @07:34PM (#19600684)

Sure, but much of the rest of the machine is aluminum, so the caution is warranted. The two metals don't like each other. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZkzxWZETds

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Re:How to Improve MacBook Pro Performance and Thermals by KMag on Sunday April 07, 2019 @07:49PM (#19600756)

The problem is that they like each other too much. Liquid Gallium basically soaks into the Aluminum, and the Gallium-Aluminum alloy is very weak, at least at room temperature.

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