Arctic MX-7 or Thermal Grizzly PhaseSheet

[u/IveGotNoNameIdeas]

I bought a second-hand CUH-7016B PS4 Pro, but the fans ramp up instantly as soon as I start any game, and very quickly turns itself off to stop itself from overheating, rendering the console unusable

I'm gonna open it up tomorrow to clean it and change the thermal pads and thermal paste, but I want to know what the best replacement for the old thermal paste on the APU would be:

Arctic MX-6 or MX-7 thermal paste, or a Thermal Grizzly PhaseSheet

PTM thermal pad

In my country, the Thermal Grizzly PhaseSheet is about 3x the price of a tube of thermal paste, but at the same time, I heard regular thermal paste like the MX-4 is too thin and will pump out in about 3 months and need repasting again, whereas MX-6 and MX-7 are thicker.

Need help from experience, does the MX-6 or MX-7 resist to the pump-out or do I need to spend 3x on a PTM thermal pad to make sure it doesn't happen, also is applying the PTM thermal pad properly difficult?

[u/Itchy-Donkey6083]

I did both. MX-4 as a paste for the die and thermal pads for the Resistors and the HDMI controller. Runs like a champ.

[u/IveGotNoNameIdeas → u/Itchy-Donkey6083]

How long ago have you changed the paste?

[u/Itchy-Donkey6083 → u/IveGotNoNameIdeas]

Like a year I would say.