To all the guys struggling with throttling:
TLDR try honeywell PTM7950 thermal pad on CPU and GPU. I got -20'c and i tried a lot of different stuff.
some time ago i purchased used hp laptop with 8300h and 1050, i was like ,,yeah it may serve as portable console with emulators, plus it has only 1050 so probably it wont overheat" xD
It missed 2 buttons on keyboard, chasis had a crack that was not in the description, a small ghost on the screen so in the end i negotiated the price from about 140$ down to about 75$

And of course it was thermal throttling, so i was like WELL I GUESS NOBODY REPLACED THERMAL PASTE FOR 5 YEARS SO THATS NORMAL.
And when i unscrewed bottom cover i noticed that cpu/gpu radiator is missing 1 ,,arm" that's supposed to hold the screw around CPU... so i ordered whole replacement radiator on aliexpress for ~20$.
Next i had to use mini dremel tool to cut few screws cause they were impossible to unscrew. it was a horror, someone really didnt know how to handle a friggin screwdriver ;p
I put some kryonaut thermal paste on both cpu and gpu core, screwed the radiator on and booted the thing.
I tested temps with witcher3, and well it was still throttling, going over 95' and throttling....
So i was like WELL MAYBE THAT THERMAL PASTE WENT BAD, so i purchased some arctic MX4. Replaced thermal paste again. Guess what? Still throttling.
Then i ordered some thicker thermal pads for gpu vram and i used some copper shims on cpu and gpu. I did that because some time ago it helped my 2060 super drop temps by about 10-15c and it actually made it stop throttling. Still throttling.
Of course in between all these actions i messed around with throttlestop, and till today i had my laptop set to 34x speedshift max and -0.125v on core and cache so it wouldnt throttle with some kinda light gaming. So things were kinda shitty...
Until today.
Today i received honeywell PTM7950 thermal pads as i noticed on yt that some it guys were using it and i decided to put them on cpu and gpu.
The installation process is totally dogshit as its very thin, i had to reapply it 3 times so it looks somewhat ,,flat" and acceptable.
I turned on laptop, played some semi-light game - and holy shit temps actually dropped. Now. When its already getting hot outside.
I turned on witcher 3 with 40x speedshift max (default)
Yep. It doesnt cross 75'c. 98-99% gpu usage so i guess cpu is getting bottlenecked by gpu now.
i turned off undervolt 0.125v. Its 81c max

And so i kinda dont know why it worked, i tested so many different things and the results were crap. I changed thermal paste so many times i lost the count. Different pastes, different spread methods, copper shims, replaced bolts... nothing helped.... and ptm9750 fixed it...
...And everything would be great and the story would end here if i wouldnt notice im getting PL2 throttled right now XD at least in heavy games... and i have some questions:
log looks like this:
2025-05-21 15:19:54 38.17 74 56.0 1.0162 27.0 0 PL2
2025-05-21 15:19:55 38.08 73 52.4 1.0837 26.3 0
2025-05-21 15:19:56 38.74 72 42.3 1.0803 23.6 0 PL2
2025-05-21 15:19:57 38.72 70 42.2 1.0833 23.5 0
2025-05-21 15:19:58 38.73 70 42.4 1.0951 23.5 0
2025-05-21 15:19:59 38.77 71 43.0 1.0795 23.6 0 PL2
2025-05-21 15:20:00 38.73 72 42.7 1.0985 23.8 0 PL2
2025-05-21 15:20:01 38.66 72 43.9 1.0895 24.0 0 PL2
2025-05-21 15:20:02 38.66 73 44.1 1.0753 24.3 0 PL2
2025-05-21 15:20:03 38.68 73 43.3 1.0898 23.8 0
2025-05-21 15:20:04 38.70 72 42.2 0.9493 22.9 0 PL2
2025-05-21 15:20:05 38.72 72 43.9 1.0903 24.3 0
2025-05-21 15:20:06 38.73 73 43.7 0.9999 23.9 0
2025-05-21 15:20:07 38.76 72 43.1 1.0645 24.2 0 PL2
2025-05-21 15:20:08 38.54 73 49.2 1.0220 26.0 0 PL2
1. is PL2 throttle a big deal?
2. Is it worth alleviating it when your gpu runs at 99%?
3. How to approach fixing it?
4. is it normal for a cpu to take only 26watts during gaming?
Thank you for your Throttlestop program, its really useful and you're the MVP.