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    Should I worry about my temps?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Judas543, Jun 17, 2011.

  1. Judas543

    Judas543 Notebook Consultant

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    Or is this fine?
    Few months ago I applied the thermal paste, the thick one(the one I had to use some lamp to get it to melt a bit) forgot the brand.

    If I do need a repaste, I saw that you can also put the paste on the chips on the gpu? or somethign?

    thank you!

    Other Notes:
    Under load when running a game, my cpu hover around 51 range and gpu goes near 69 where the fans kick in.
     
    Judas543, Jun 17, 2011
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  2. inap

    inap .........................

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    those look like idle temps and you post some temp with the laptop under load.
     
    inap, Jun 17, 2011
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  3. Judas543

    Judas543 Notebook Consultant

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    yep hold on

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    Also I wanted to know if its safe that the fans are running crazy to keep my laptop cool? Does it hurt any components? Like if I overuse the fans i guess?
     
    Judas543, Jun 17, 2011
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    yes it safe for the fans to run, rather have a fan die then the components. gpu
    temps look great to me.
     
    inap, Jun 17, 2011
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    Yeah GPU temps look great, when I had my M15x I was getting 86C. After a repaste it never gotten past 70C.
     
    GallardosEggrollshop, Jun 17, 2011
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  6. Simplified

    Simplified The Most Awesome

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    The GPU temps are awesome. I wish I had those temps. For comparison here is a screenshot of my temps.
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    You do not need to worry at all about your temps.
     
    Simplified, Jun 17, 2011
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    your temps doesn't look bad at all, your comparing 5870 to 260m temps anyways.
     
    inap, Jun 17, 2011
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  8. reborn2003

    reborn2003 THE CHIEF!

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    Hey Simplified!

    Those temps are perfectly fine under load.

    Cheers. :)
     
    reborn2003, Jun 17, 2011
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