<story><title>MacBook Pro with i9 chip is throttled due to thermal issues, claims YouTuber</title><url>https://www.macrumors.com/2018/07/17/core-i9-chip-macbook-pro-throttling/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>lebrad</author><text>Dave Lee&amp;#x27;s youtube video is a withering takedown, presented dispassionately.&lt;p&gt;His argument is such a slam dunk that the article concludes with stunned disbelief, speculating that maybe there&amp;#x27;s &amp;quot;something wrong with the MacBook Pro with Core i9 chip that Lee received&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;Yes there&amp;#x27;s something wrong with it, that was the exact point of his video. Do people really think he just got a lemon?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>arthurfm</author><text>Quinn Nelson (a.k.a. Snazzy Labs) recently did a couple of videos where he replaced the stock thermal paste on a 2017 MacBook Pro with a liquid metal thermal paste [1] and then 3 months later with a standard thermal paste [2].&lt;p&gt;With the liquid metal paste the CPU temps dropped 10°C, ran 200MHz faster and the MacBook Pro didn&amp;#x27;t thermal throttle. The standard thermal paste also saw a 7-10% improvement in thermals compared to Apple&amp;#x27;s paste.&lt;p&gt;I wonder if replacing the paste with a better one would help with the latest i9 MacBook Pro?&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=iw4gqfrBN4c&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=iw4gqfrBN4c&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=JNoZNzOQpVw&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=JNoZNzOQpVw&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>MacBook Pro with i9 chip is throttled due to thermal issues, claims YouTuber</title><url>https://www.macrumors.com/2018/07/17/core-i9-chip-macbook-pro-throttling/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>lebrad</author><text>Dave Lee&amp;#x27;s youtube video is a withering takedown, presented dispassionately.&lt;p&gt;His argument is such a slam dunk that the article concludes with stunned disbelief, speculating that maybe there&amp;#x27;s &amp;quot;something wrong with the MacBook Pro with Core i9 chip that Lee received&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;Yes there&amp;#x27;s something wrong with it, that was the exact point of his video. Do people really think he just got a lemon?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>slantyyz</author><text>In fairness, Lee criticized the Dell XPS 15&amp;#x27;s thermals in a video a couple of days ago. Of course, he also posted a video last week about how he was starting to hate Apple products.&lt;p&gt;If you watch a lot of his videos, you&amp;#x27;ll notice that he almost always talks about thermals, so it&amp;#x27;s not surprising to see him focus on that aspect of the MBP.</text></comment>