Keeping my new laptop cool?

[Ed75]

Hi Guys,

Please see the key specs of my new laptop below, which I should receive on Monday.

I have read on the forums that some people have been undervolting this system because it has been running v. hot at high loads.
Could you explain to me:

a) how do I go about safely undervolting my system, and
b) what software I should use to test CPU and GPU temps while under load?

Thanks! Ed

• Chassis
• Proteus Series: 15.6" Matte Full HD 144Hz 72% NTSC LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
  Processor (CPU)
  Intel® Core™ i7 Six Core Processor 8750H (2.2GHz, 4.1GHz Turbo)
• Memory (RAM)
  16GB Corsair 2666MHz SODIMM DDR4 (2 x 8GB)
  Graphics Card
  NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2070 - 8.0GB GDDR6 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.1
  1st M.2 SSD Drive
  500GB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3200MB/W)
  Battery
  Proteus V Series Lithium Ion Battery (7180mAh)
  Thermal Paste
  COOLER MASTER MASTERGEL MAKER THERMAL COMPOUND

 

[Oussebon]

You shouldn't need to undervolt to have safe temps.

However, you may find you can reduce temps and even improve performance by undervolting.
Maybe check out: https://www.notebookcheck.net/How-t...ife-The-ThrottleStop-Guide-2017.213140.0.html

Also make sure to use the laptop in a surface with decent airflow around it, and you may want to get a cooling pad with a couple of high airflow fans.

 

[Bastet]

I use a fan cooling pad which is connected to the laptop via USB, the 5 fans can be adjusted.

 

[de4life]

The laptop doesn't need to be undervolted for normal use, but for heavy stuff it reaches 90c and above without undervolting. Obviously if you're comfortable with those temperatures then you can leave it, if not then undervolting to -0.130 reduces temps on average by about 10c in my experience.

I use the Intel Extreme Tuning program to undervolt (it's extremely easy to do). There's various other programs that do the job but I haven't used any of them.

I used HeavyLoad to test the laptop temps, as well as checking the temps during normal use.

 

[Ed75]

Many thanks, all, for your advice and recommendations. I think I'll give the Extreme Tuning app a go first. I now have a cooling pad, too.

 

[Reaper Carl]

I'm looking at something similar. Could you tell me, how loud are the fans when it is under load?

BTW I use HWMonitor for monitoring temperature of CPU and GPU.

There is a program called ThrottleStop which allows you some control over any CPU throttling; but needs to be used with care (I use it to forcibly slow my old laptop CPU to cool it down faster, and then once it has cooled, I tell it to run a max speed for *no more than a few seconds* - so the CPU knows it doesn't have to throttle any more). Before I found that tool, I would have to reboot whenever max throttling kicked in as it would never speed up even after the CPU was cool again.

 

[Oussebon]

I linked a guide to TS above

 

[de4life]

I'm looking at something similar. Could you tell me, how loud are the fans when it is under load?

Well, you can certainly hear them, but I wouldn't say they're overly loud. Pretty much what I would expect.

 

[Reaper Carl]

Thanks for answering It's one of those pieces of information that's quite hard to get hold of (not here specifically, I mean for laptops generally!)