XMG & SCHENKER Thermal Interface Overview


1	This table lists each thermal interface material (TIM) that are used to connect CPU, GPU and VRAM to the thermal unit (heatpipes) in each laptop model. For thermal product names, click the "Details" tab above. This information is intended only for troubleshooting and maintenance/repair.
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3	Related FAQ article: https://xmg.gg/en/faq/maintenance/#diy-repaste-warranty-notice
4	Last Update: April 16, 2024
5	XMG	Product ID	SCHENKER	Product ID	Year	CPU Platform	GPU Platform	Thermal Interface Material
6	XMG	Product ID	SCHENKER	Product ID	Year	CPU Platform	GPU Platform	CPU (Central Processing Unit)	GPU (Graphics Chip)	VRAM (Graphics Memory)	DIY Repaste Remarks	Remarks / Changes
7	XMG CORE 15	XCO15M24			2024	AMD Ryzen 8040	RTX 40	PTM	PTM	Thermal Pads	-
8	XMG FUSION 15	XFU15E24			2024	Intel Core 14th Gen	RTX 40	PTM	PTM	Thermal Pads	-
9	XMG NEO 16	XNE16E24			2024	Intel Core 14th Gen	RTX 4060/70	PTM	PTM	Thermal Pads	-
10	XMG NEO 16	XNE16E24			2024	Intel Core 14th Gen	RTX 4080/90	Liquid Metal	Liquid Metal	Thermal Putty³	Not recommended due to Liquid Metal
11	XMG NEO 17	XNE17E24			2024	Intel Core 14th Gen	RTX 4060/70	PTM	PTM	Thermal Pads	-
12	XMG NEO 17	XNE17E24			2024	Intel Core 14th Gen	RTX 4080/90	Liquid Metal	Liquid Metal	Thermal Putty²	Not recommended due to Liquid Metal
13			SCHENKER VIA 14 Pro	SVI14PL23	2023	AMD Ryzen 7040	-	Standard Thermal Paste	-	-	-
14	XMG APEX 15	XAP15M23			2023	AMD Ryzen 7030	RTX 40	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-
15	XMG APEX 15	XAP15L23			2023	AMD Ryzen 7040	RTX 40	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-
16	XMG APEX 17	XAP17M23			2023	AMD Ryzen 7030	RTX 40	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-
17	XMG APEX 17	XAP17L23			2023	AMD Ryzen 7040	RTX 40	Liquid Metal	Liquid Metal	Thermal Pads	Not recommended due to Liquid Metal
18	XMG CORE 16	XCO16L23			2023	AMD Ryzen 7040	RTX 40	Liquid Metal	Liquid Metal	Thermal Pads	Not recommended due to Liquid Metal
19			SCHENKER WORK 14 Base	SWO14BM23	2023	Intel Core 12th Gen	-	Standard Thermal Paste	-	-	-
20			SCHENKER WORK 15 Base	SWO15BM23	2023	Intel Core 12th Gen	-	Standard Thermal Paste	-	-	-
21			SCHENKER WORK 15	SWO15M23	2023	Intel Core 13th Gen	-	Standard Thermal Paste	-	-	-
22			SCHENKER WORK 17	SWO17M23	2023	Intel Core 13th Gen	-	Standard Thermal Paste	-	-	-
23			SCHENKER VISION 14	SVS14M23	2023	Intel Core 13th Gen	RTX 30	Liquid Metal	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	Not recommended due to Liquid Metal
24			SCHENKER VISION 16	SVS16M23	2023	Intel Core 13th Gen	-	Liquid Metal	-	-	Not recommended due to Liquid Metal
25			SCHENKER VISION 16 Pro	SVS16PM23	2023	Intel Core 13th Gen	RTX 40	Liquid Metal	Liquid Metal	Thermal Pads	Not recommended due to Liquid Metal
26	XMG FOCUS 15	XFO15E23	SCHENKER MEDIA 15	SME15E23	2023	Intel Core 13th Gen	RTX 40	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-	Changing CPU to Graphene-based Thermal Paste in future batches
27	XMG FOCUS 16	XFO16E23	SCHENKER MEDIA 16	SME16E23	2023	Intel Core 13th Gen	RTX 40	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-	Changing CPU to Graphene-based Thermal Paste in future batches
28	XMG FOCUS 17	XFO17E23	SCHENKER MEDIA 17	SME17E23	2023	Intel Core 13th Gen	RTX 40	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-	Changing CPU to Graphene-based Thermal Paste in future batches
29	XMG PRO 16 Studio	XPR16SM23			2023	Intel Core 13th Gen	RTX 40	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Putty¹	Requires additional Thermal Putty
30	XMG PRO 15	XPR15E23	SCHENKER KEY 15	SKE15E23	2023	Intel Core 13th Gen	RTX 40	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Putty¹	Requires additional Thermal Putty	Changing CPU to Graphene-based Thermal Paste in future batches
31	XMG PRO 17	XPR17E23	SCHENKER KEY 17	SKE17E23	2023	Intel Core 13th Gen	RTX 40	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Putty¹	Requires additional Thermal Putty	Changing CPU to Graphene-based Thermal Paste in future batches
32	XMG NEO 16	XNE16E23			2023	Intel Core 13th Gen	RTX 4060/70	Liquid Metal	Liquid Metal	Thermal Pads	Not recommended due to Liquid Metal
33	XMG NEO 16	XNE16E23			2023	Intel Core 13th Gen	RTX 4080/90	Liquid Metal	Liquid Metal	Thermal Putty²	Not recommended due to Liquid Metal
34	XMG NEO 17	XNE17E23			2023	Intel Core 13th Gen	RTX 4060/70	Liquid Metal	Liquid Metal	Thermal Pads	Not recommended due to Liquid Metal
35	XMG NEO 17	XNE17E23			2023	Intel Core 13th Gen	RTX 4080/90	Liquid Metal	Liquid Metal	Thermal Putty²	Not recommended due to Liquid Metal
36			SCHENKER KEY 17 Pro	SKE17PE23	2023	Intel Core 13th Gen	RTX 40	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Putty¹	Requires additional Thermal Putty	Changing CPU to Graphene-based Thermal Paste in future batches
37			SCHENKER VISION 15	SVS15E23	2023	Intel Core 12th Gen	-	Standard Thermal Paste	-	-	-
38	XMG APEX 15 MAX	XAP15XE22			2022	AMD Ryzen 5000	RTX 30	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-
39	XMG CORE 15	XCO15AM22			2022	AMD Ryzen 6000	RTX 30	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-
40	XMG FOCUS 15	XFO15M22	SCHENKER MEDIA 15	SME15M22	2022	Intel Core 12th Gen	RTX 30	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-
41	XMG FOCUS 16	XFO16M22	SCHENKER MEDIA 15	SME16M22	2022	Intel Core 12th Gen	RTX 30	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-
42	XMG FOCUS 17	XFO17M22	SCHENKER MEDIA 17	SME17M22	2022	Intel Core 12th Gen	RTX 30	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-
43	XMG FUSION 15	XFU15M22			2022	Intel Core 11th Gen	RTX 30	Liquid Metal	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	Not recommended due to Liquid Metal
44	XMG NEO 15	XNE15AM22			2022	AMD Ryzen 6000	RTX 30	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-
45	XMG NEO 15	XNE15IE22			2022	Intel Core 12th Gen	RTX 30	Liquid Metal	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	Not recommended due to Liquid Metal
46	XMG NEO 17	XNE17AM22			2022	AMD Ryzen 6000	RTX 30	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-
47	XMG PRO 15	XPR15E22	SCHENKER KEY 15	SKE15E22	2022	Intel Core 12th Gen	RTX 30	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-	Initially with Phase-Changing Thermal Pad, later revised to Thermal Paste
48	XMG PRO 17	XPR17E22	SCHENKER KEY 17	SKE17E22	2022	Intel Core 12th Gen	RTX 30	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-	Initially with Phase-Changing Thermal Pad, later revised to Thermal Paste
49			SCHENKER VIA 15 Pro	SVI15PM22	2022	AMD Ryzen 5000	-	Standard Thermal Paste	-	-	-
50			SCHENKER WORK 15	SWO15E22	2022	Intel Core 12th Gen	-	Standard Thermal Paste	-	-	-
51			SCHENKER WORK 17	SWO17E22	2022	Intel Core 12th Gen	-	Standard Thermal Paste	-	-	-
52			SCHENKER VISION 14	SVS14E22	2022	Intel Core 12th Gen	RTX 30	Liquid Metal	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	Not recommended due to Liquid Metal
53			SCHENKER VISION 16	SVS16L22	2022	Intel Core 12th Gen	-	Liquid Metal	-	-	Not recommended due to Liquid Metal
54			SCHENKER VISION 16 Pro	SVS16PL22	2022	Intel Core 12th Gen	RTX 30	Liquid Metal	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	Not recommended due to Liquid Metal
55	XMG APEX 15	XAP15M21			2021	AMD Ryzen 5000	RTX 30	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-
56	XMG APEX 17	XAP17M21			2021	AMD Ryzen 5000	RTX 30	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-
57	XMG CORE 15	XCO15IM21			2021	Intel Core 11th Gen	RTX 30	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-
58	XMG CORE 15	XCO15IE21	SCHENKER MEDIA 15	SME15IE21	2021	Intel Core 10th Gen	RTX 30	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-
59	XMG CORE 15	XCO15AE21	SCHENKER MEDIA 15	SME15AE21	2021	AMD Ryzen 4000/5000	RTX 30	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-
60	XMG CORE 17	XCO17IM21			2021	Intel Core 11th Gen	RTX 30	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-
61	XMG CORE 17	XCO17IE21	SCHENKER MEDIA 17	SME17IE21	2021	Intel Core 10th Gen	RTX 30	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-
62	XMG CORE 17	XCO17AE21	SCHENKER MEDIA 17	SME17AE21	2021	AMD Ryzen 4000/5000	RTX 30	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-
63	XMG FOCUS 15	XFO15M21	SCHENKER MEDIA 15	SME15M21	2021	Intel Core 11th Gen	RTX 30	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-
64	XMG FOCUS 17	XFO17M21	SCHENKER MEDIA 17	SME17M21	2021	Intel Core 11th Gen	RTX 30	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-
65	XMG NEO 15	XNE15IM21			2021	Intel Core 11th Gen	RTX 30	Liquid Metal	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	Not recommended due to Liquid Metal
66	XMG NEO 15	XNE15AE21			2021	AMD Ryzen 5000	RTX 30	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-
67	XMG NEO 17	XNE17IM21			2021	Intel Core 11th Gen	RTX 30	Liquid Metal	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	Not recommended due to Liquid Metal
68	XMG NEO 17	XNE17AE21			2021	AMD Ryzen 5000	RTX 30	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-
69	XMG PRO 15	XPR15L21	SCHENKER KEY 15	SKE15L21	2021	Intel Core 11th Gen	RTX 30	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-
70	XMG PRO 15	XPR15E21	SCHENKER KEY 15	SKE15E21	2021	Intel Core 10th Gen	RTX 30	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-
71	XMG PRO 17	XPR17L21	SCHENKER KEY 17	SKE17L21	2021	Intel Core 11th Gen	RTX 30	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-
72	XMG PRO 17	XPR17E21	SCHENKER KEY 17	SKE17E21	2021	Intel Core 10th Gen	RTX 30	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-
73	XMG ULTRA 17	XUL17E21	SCHENKER DTR 17	SDT17E21	2021	Intel Core 11th Gen	RTX 30	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-
74			SCHENKER WORK 15	SWO15E21	2021	Intel Core 11th Gen	-	Standard Thermal Paste	-	-	-
75			SCHENKER WORK 15	SWO15E21	2021	Intel Core 11th Gen	-	Standard Thermal Paste	-	-	-
76			SCHENKER VISION 14	SVS14IM21	2021	Intel Core 11th Gen	RTX 30	Liquid Metal	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	Not recommended due to Liquid Metal
77			SCHENKER VISION 15	SVS15E21	2021	Intel Core 11th Gen	-	Standard Thermal Paste	-	-	-
78	XMG APEX 15	XAP15E20			2020	AMD Ryzen 3000	RTX 20	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-
79	XMG CORE 14	XCO14L20	SCHENKER MEDIA 14	SME14L20	2020	Intel Core 11th Gen	GTX 16	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-
80	XMG CORE 15	XCO15E20	SCHENKER MEDIA 15	SME15E20	2020	Intel Core 10th Gen	RTX 20	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-
81	XMG CORE 15	XCO15M20	SCHENKER MEDIA 15	SME15M20	2020	AMD Ryzen 4000	RTX 20	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-
82	XMG CORE 17	XCO17E20	SCHENKER MEDIA 17	SME17E20	2020	Intel Core 10th Gen	RTX 20	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-
83	XMG CORE 17	XCO17M20	SCHENKER MEDIA 17	SME17M20	2020	AMD Ryzen 4000	RTX 20	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-
84	XMG NEO 15	XNE15E20			2020	Intel Core 10th Gen	RTX 20	Liquid Metal	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	Not recommended due to Liquid Metal
85	XMG NEO 17	XNE17E20			2020	Intel Core 10th Gen	RTX 20	Liquid Metal	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-
86	XMG PRO 17	XPR17E20	SCHENKER COMPACT 17	SCO17E20	2020	Intel Core 10th Gen	RTX 20	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-
87	XMG ULTRA 17	XUL17M20	SCHENKER DTR 17	SDT17M20	2020	Intel Core 8th Gen	RTX 20	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-
88			SCHENKER VIA 15 Pro	SVI15PM20	2020	AMD Ryzen 4000	-	Standard Thermal Paste	-	-	-
89			SCHENKER VIA 15	SVI15E20	2020	AMD Ryzen 3000	-	Standard Thermal Paste	-	-	-
90			SCHENKER VIA 14	SVI14L20	2020	Intel Core 11th Gen	-	Standard Thermal Paste	-	-	-
91			SCHENKER VIA 14	SVI14E20	2020	Intel Core 11th Gen	-	Standard Thermal Paste	-	-	-
92			SCHENKER OFFICE 15	SOF15E20	2020	Intel Core 10th Gen	-	Standard Thermal Paste	-	-	-
93			SCHENKER KEY 15	SKE15E20	2020	Intel Core 10th Gen	RTX 20	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-
94	XMG FUSION 15	XFU15L19			2019	Intel Core 9th Gen	GTX 16/RTX 20	Standard Thermal Paste	Standard Thermal Paste	Thermal Pads	-
95			SCHENKER SLIM 15	SSL15L19	2019	Intel Core 10th Gen	-	Standard Thermal Paste	-	-	-
96			SCHENKER DOCK 15	SDO15L18/E19	2019	Intel Core 8th Gen	-	Standard Thermal Paste	-	-	-
97			SCHENKER WORK 15	SWO15L19	2019	Intel Core 8th Gen	-	Standard Thermal Paste	-	-	-
98			SCHENKER WORK 17	SWO17L19	2019	Intel Core 8th Gen	-	Standard Thermal Paste	-	-	-


1	Description	Details
2	Standard Thermal Paste	Various high-performance silicone-based thermal pastes from international brand manufacturers.
3	Thermal Pads	Various high-performance reusable thermal pads from international brand manufacturers.
4	Liquid Metal	Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut
5	Graphene-based Thermal Paste	Thermaless TA6007
6	PTM	Honeywell PTM7958
7	Thermal Putty¹	M-Victory SR-1000-G60
8	Thermal Putty²	M-Victory SR-1000-G30-A
9	Thermal Putty³	Ziitek TIF060-16