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    5870 Temp

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by SpecialEffect, Mar 24, 2011.

  1. SpecialEffect

    SpecialEffect Notebook Guru

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    So i was playing crysis 2 for awhile, about 2 hours, maybe less... and my cpu temps were at 60 - 70, however my main 5870 card was at 89, 70, 89, 78.
    This was checked by running hwinfo 32 in the background.

    I am wondering if i need to repaste, or if its just normal and maybe i should buy a cooling thing...

    was looking at this one, got my intrest cause its got blue leds lol.

    Newegg.ca - Antec Cooling system for notebook computers Model Notebook Cooler 200
     
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  2. TurbodTalon

    TurbodTalon Notebook Virtuoso

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    First things first, have you opened it up and cleaned the heat sinks lately? The cooler won't do much for your peak temperatures, honestly. Do you have the rear of the laptop elevated? A couple of 20 oz. bottle caps does the trick for me. There are 'modifications' you can make to your GPU heatsinks, if you're so inclined.
     
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