Need advice for laptop heatsink improvement

mydog2409

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Hello,

The image below is the heatsink for my laptop and it has worked hard for the past 2 years. Now I want to make some improvement so it can dispense heat more effectively.

http://imgur.com/wyh7iim

However, I have no idea about the part that I circled in the image. The grey-ish material looks the "Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound", but I'm not sure about that and it is about 2mm thick. The blue one seems like the product below on amazon, but again I'm not 100% certain.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tenflyer-10x10x1mm-Heatsink-Conductive-Insulation/dp/B00RJJ0UUA/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1430001742&sr=8-11&keywords=thermal+pad

Any suggestion whether I should replace them or leave it be?
 
Solution
Unless you know exactly what you're doing, I'd suggest you leave the whole thing alone.

If you don't know exactly what the bits are then leave them alone.