I’ve got the Honeywell PTM7950 phase changing pad, which from reviews is performing as good as the best thermal pastes. I’d rather not remove it if it’s not necessary as it’s quite expensive but if I don’t figure out another reason I’ll try replacing it I guess.
Yeah, turns out removing front panel drops the temps by 10 degrees… There’s a mesh variant, or rather was because it’s nowhere to be found. I will ask around or buy more fans and that should do it.