Okay, thanks for your answers !!

Ok so after a bit of research, it would seem that the power consumption of the system should be around 23W on load. The strange thing is that I found different numbers everywhere...

15W for the whole system ? Or only for the CPU+GPU combo ?
THe official Nintendo website places the GC power consumtion at 39W...

Thanks for your answer, but does 1.5mm corresponds to waht you would call the right thickness ?
Yeah but since I already removed the original thermal pads, I have to find the best replacement now ^^'

Hello everyone. I recently opened up and completely cleaned one of my gamecube, and during the process, I removed the thermal pads that were under the heatsink. I applied artic mx-2 thermal paste instead, but now I'm a bit worried of having made a bad decision. Even if the temperature seems ok and t...