TOPIC: Requesting Assistance

I'm going to need some help from someone who is good with PC's, in this case, Laptops.

Alright, so just to clarify this, I'm no professional, I have decent knowledge when it comes to computers but nonetheless, I'm going to need someone's help. To point this out in the beginning, so you don't have to go through the whole post to figure out what the problem is about, my laptop is overheating.

About a month ago, I started to notice how the temperature of my CPU started going insane, and recently it started reaching 95° when playing games such as GTA V, Battlefield 1, SCP: Secret Laboratory, and lower temperatures such as 80-85° when playing Minecraft, Garry's Mod, etc. My GPU too tends to reach 90° when playing high-end games (and in scenarios even 95° after playing a game for longer), for reasons I fully don't understand. In idle mode, the CPU reaches about 70°, and under heavier load, 75°.

The CPU utilization whilst playing most of the mentioned games doesn't go far over 40-45%, hence why I think such a temperature shouldn't be present, unless under some insane conditions.

Here are the (relevant) specifications:


I opened up the laptop yesterday, just to check if both fans are working properly and in case some dust or other "unwantful" stuff might be stuck, but all seemed to be in check. Before anyone asks where I keep my laptop, it is on a table where airflow is of no issue at all. I also updated all my drivers as well, thinking it was, maybe, the reasoning of the infernal hell that's going on inside my PC.

I'd appreciate some help soon, so I don't end up making eggs and pancakes on my laptop. Thank you.

delete System32

or get one of these bad boys for cooling




On a serious note maybe just see if there is a proper airflow coming from your pc that is cooling.

and what mr gregory said

There may be a need of changing the heat conducting paste on CPU and graphics card from symptoms you described.

GregoryTWIX wrote:
I purchased this laptop roughly 5 months and 2 weeks ago, is it possible that it already requires changing/adding the heat-conducting paste?

Mr. Richard wrote:
Depends on activity of your laptop, I've had clients that would literally never turn off their laptop and need of changing that paste occured once for 2-3 months

Question is, does this post any issues for you?

Everything under 100 degrees is all good, and if it does happen to exceed that the hardware will just thermal throttle (could happen sooner depends on what they set it to TBH), so unless you're unhappy with the lowered peformance from thermal throttling then I don't see any reason to do anything about it.

Laptops are infamous for not so great cooling - one of the trade offs of portability I guess

Your CPU should be fine at 95 C albeit it's close to 100 C which is a nasty place to be. I'd check your thermal paste and replace if need be, otherwise I don't see any way to improve it without playing in a cold room or having an external fan helping with airflow

Nina wrote:
Simply put, this does not pose any issues for me.



As seen in the image, both the CPU and GPU are almost all the way "up", making the heat no problem for my hands when playing. I am aware of the TJunction temperate being a thing, and I know that my PC will initiate an immediate shut down if my CPU and GPU ever go above 100 degrees. I'm simply afraid that this will have some consequences for my laptop in the future, due to the temperature constantly being, what I consider, insanely high.

.uzi wrote:
Yeah, I am aware that laptops aren't the best when it comes to cooling. But surely, with 2 fans running at their best, the temperature shouldn't be enough to boil water. I'll take your and Gregory's advice and stop by a service that will take a look at my PC, add/replace the paste, etc, because I'm quite certain that there is some kind of problem, and that this isn't normal at all.

change the theralm paste, if that does'nt work id suggest getting new fans

Nina wrote:
Apart from the "thermal paste" part, I'll see if they could get me two new, stronger and suitable fans (as Knuthulhu said), if that's even possible since it's easier to find compatible fans for tower PC's, unlike for laptops.

Mr. Richard wrote:

Should definitely be possible, but whether you can replace them easily or not, now that is going to be interesting.

Nina wrote:
Richard if you do it yourself please record and upload

www.amazon.co.uk/Laptop-Cooling-Cooler-2...id=1576511650&sr=8-6

get one of these bad boys

Get a pc. Laptops are shit to game on unless you spend a lot of money. I would also upgrade your ram as 8gb is a shit amount of ram. You have an amazing cpu that can do a lot but in doing so raises the temps on it. The fact that your cooling options are so limited on a laptop can cause a lot of problems. Having temps this high also causes your components to wear quicker making the life spam for your components less. Stop wasting your time on a laptop and save up for a pc and upgrade along the way when you have money.

Turtle965 wrote:
I would have gladly purchased a tower PC, but due to traveling often as well as taking my PC to work, I simply had no other option but to buy a laptop. 8GB is quite sufficient for my needs, but yeah, I already had an idea of upgrading it to 16GB nonetheless and even buying an SSD. As for the overheating issue, I'll get that resolved with some heat-conducting paste and new, better fans. Also, money isn't an issue, I'm just saving up for something else.

You said your CPU reaches 75° when idle. This could be a sign of a malware infection. I suggest running an AV scan in safe mode with like Malwarebytes. It's more than likely that you don't have any malware running on your laptop, but now seems like a good time to just double check.

You could also try leaving your laptop on for like 20 minutes with the task manager open. Don't do anything else with it and just monitor which programs are taking up the most resources. These could be causing your problem. I assume you know this, but by clicking the "More details" button, it'll show you how much of your CPU, Memory and GPU are being taken up.

But yeah. You're probably fine on the software side of things as it's most likely a hardware issue, although it's always a good idea to double check before dishing out loads of money on stuff that you wouldn't have needed if you'd just used up like an hour of your time earlier on.

Bunnyslippers69 wrote:
Thanks for the advice, I'll do what you said, tomorrow, and hopefully come back with good news.

Bunnyslippers69 wrote:
Thanks for the advice, I'll do what you said, tomorrow, and hopefully come back with good news.