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Menu Install the app Install How to install the app on iOS Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen. **Note:** This feature may not be available in some browsers. # MacBook Neo Thermal Pad Mod - Thread starter [MultiFinder17](https://forums.macrumors.com/members/multifinder17.150156/) - Start date [Today at 6:05 PM](https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macbook-neo-thermal-pad-mod.2479336/) - [Sort by reaction score](https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macbook-neo-thermal-pad-mod.2479336/?view=reaction_score) - [Forums](https://forums.macrumors.com/) - [Macs](https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/-/list#macs.7) - [Notebooks](https://forums.macrumors.com/categories/notebooks.126/) - [MacBook Neo](https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/macbook-neo.129/) JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an [alternative browser](https://www.google.com/chrome/). [](https://forums.macrumors.com/members/multifinder17.150156/) #### [MultiFinder17](https://forums.macrumors.com/members/multifinder17.150156/) ##### macrumors 68030 **Original poster** Jan 8, 2008 2,932 2,408 [Tampa, Florida](https://forums.macrumors.com/misc/location-info?location=Tampa%2C+Florida) - [Today at 6:05 PM](https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macbook-neo-thermal-pad-mod.2479336/post-34489321) - [\#1](https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macbook-neo-thermal-pad-mod.2479336/post-34489321) Just because I enjoy tinkering, I decided to play around with thermal pad modding my base 256GB Neo. **I'm not expecting this to turn it into a powerful computer, it is more of an experiment because I was curious how it would perform. I do not recommend doing this to everyone.** That said, I was quite surprised! I ran Cinebench on it with a couple different configurations. Stock [](https://forums.macrumors.com/attachments/screenshot-2026-03-12-at-6-24-21-pm-png.2613900/) Small pad right over the CPU die [](https://forums.macrumors.com/attachments/screenshot-2026-03-12-at-6-48-13-pm-png.2613899/) Pad covering most of the logic board [](https://forums.macrumors.com/attachments/screenshot-2026-03-15-at-8-54-40-pm-png.2613901/) With the bigger pad, I ended up with about a 20% improvement in sustained performance overall! Slammed by Cinebench the package was able to sustain about 5.4W instead of immediately throttling down to 4W. I probably won't keep the pads in here the machine is already snappy enough for my needs stock, but it was an interesting experiment! It's certainly not turning the Neo into a MacBook Pro, but it's still fun to push hardware to its limits. -  Reactions: [drlunanerd, JPack and LIVEFRMNYC](https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/34489321/reactions) [L](https://forums.macrumors.com/members/livefrmnyc.376163/) #### [LIVEFRMNYC](https://forums.macrumors.com/members/livefrmnyc.376163/) ##### macrumors G3 Oct 27, 2009 9,034 11,277 - [Today at 6:44 PM](https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macbook-neo-thermal-pad-mod.2479336/post-34489358) - [\#2](https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macbook-neo-thermal-pad-mod.2479336/post-34489358) Were you able to record temps? [](https://forums.macrumors.com/members/multifinder17.150156/) #### [MultiFinder17](https://forums.macrumors.com/members/multifinder17.150156/) ##### macrumors 68030 **Original poster** Jan 8, 2008 2,932 2,408 [Tampa, Florida](https://forums.macrumors.com/misc/location-info?location=Tampa%2C+Florida) - [Today at 6:57 PM](https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macbook-neo-thermal-pad-mod.2479336/post-34489367) - [\#3](https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macbook-neo-thermal-pad-mod.2479336/post-34489367) > [LIVEFRMNYC said:](https://forums.macrumors.com/goto/post?id=34489358) > > Were you able to record temps? > > [Click to expand...]() Yup! With the small pad just over the CPU it settled in around 99C, with the full logic board padded it settled around 96C. [L](https://forums.macrumors.com/members/livefrmnyc.376163/) #### [LIVEFRMNYC](https://forums.macrumors.com/members/livefrmnyc.376163/) ##### macrumors G3 Oct 27, 2009 9,034 11,277 - [Today at 7:16 PM](https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macbook-neo-thermal-pad-mod.2479336/post-34489385) - [\#4](https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macbook-neo-thermal-pad-mod.2479336/post-34489385) > [MultiFinder17 said:](https://forums.macrumors.com/goto/post?id=34489367) > > Yup! With the small pad just over the CPU it settled in around 99C, with the full logic board padded it settled around 96C. > > [Click to expand...]() 99C??? You got to mean F. [S](https://forums.macrumors.com/members/sassemblyman.1301107/) #### [sassemblyman](https://forums.macrumors.com/members/sassemblyman.1301107/) ##### macrumors newbie Jan 23, 2022 23 26 - [37 minutes ago](https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macbook-neo-thermal-pad-mod.2479336/post-34489426) - [\#5](https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macbook-neo-thermal-pad-mod.2479336/post-34489426) Did you remove the graphite film / sheet or place the pad on top of it? I'm thinking of modding mine for science, but would be inclined to remove the sheet and any paste, and then pad directly on the chip. > [LIVEFRMNYC said:](https://forums.macrumors.com/goto/post?id=34489385) > > 99C??? You got to mean F. > > [Click to expand...]() They mean °C. [](https://forums.macrumors.com/members/jpack.1073623/) #### [JPack](https://forums.macrumors.com/members/jpack.1073623/) ##### macrumors P6 Mar 27, 2017 15,643 32,616 - [34 minutes ago](https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macbook-neo-thermal-pad-mod.2479336/post-34489427) - [\#6](https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macbook-neo-thermal-pad-mod.2479336/post-34489427) > [LIVEFRMNYC said:](https://forums.macrumors.com/goto/post?id=34489385) > > 99C??? You got to mean F. > > [Click to expand...]() No, because if it's F, then it wouldn't be throttling in the first place. 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[](https://forums.macrumors.com/members/multifinder17.150156/) - [\#1](https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macbook-neo-thermal-pad-mod.2479336/post-34489321) Just because I enjoy tinkering, I decided to play around with thermal pad modding my base 256GB Neo. **I'm not expecting this to turn it into a powerful computer, it is more of an experiment because I was curious how it would perform. I do not recommend doing this to everyone.** That said, I was quite surprised! I ran Cinebench on it with a couple different configurations. Stock [](https://forums.macrumors.com/attachments/screenshot-2026-03-12-at-6-24-21-pm-png.2613900/) Small pad right over the CPU die [](https://forums.macrumors.com/attachments/screenshot-2026-03-12-at-6-48-13-pm-png.2613899/) Pad covering most of the logic board [](https://forums.macrumors.com/attachments/screenshot-2026-03-15-at-8-54-40-pm-png.2613901/) With the bigger pad, I ended up with about a 20% improvement in sustained performance overall! Slammed by Cinebench the package was able to sustain about 5.4W instead of immediately throttling down to 4W. I probably won't keep the pads in here the machine is already snappy enough for my needs stock, but it was an interesting experiment! It's certainly not turning the Neo into a MacBook Pro, but it's still fun to push hardware to its limits. [](https://forums.macrumors.com/members/multifinder17.150156/) - [\#3](https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macbook-neo-thermal-pad-mod.2479336/post-34489367) > Were you able to record temps? Yup! With the small pad just over the CPU it settled in around 99C, with the full logic board padded it settled around 96C. - [\#5](https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macbook-neo-thermal-pad-mod.2479336/post-34489426) Did you remove the graphite film / sheet or place the pad on top of it? I'm thinking of modding mine for science, but would be inclined to remove the sheet and any paste, and then pad directly on the chip. > 99C??? You got to mean F. They mean °C.