The Neo Effect: How Apple’s cheapest Mac is changing the PC game
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A MacBook Neo heatsink mod dramatically improves its gaming performance.
YouTube’s ETA Prime found that a strip of copper, some Noctua thermal paste, and an Arctic Thermal Pad do a surprisingly effective job at dissipating heat from the Neo’s CPU and reducing thermal throttling, as spotted by Tom’s Hardware. The liquid-cooler they add is even more effective, but feels like overkill for most Neo users.
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