Just got a N76VZ and it heats like crazy

Just got a N76VZ and it heats like crazy .
it has an i7 3610QM and a 650M GT
....
it heats like crazy.
i just hit 89 while playing skyrim on med settings (altho it can run at ultra high...)

any body give me a tip?
i just got it today

wanted to undervolt it like my older acer lappy but it seems i7 are un undervoltabela

 

89°C at which component exaclty? Motherboard, GPU or CPU?

Some minutes ago, someone said he is playing Skyrim on High + FHD and for him it doesn't get too hot.

 

What is your room temperature? Play on a solid surface. The only other thing I can think of is replacing the thermal paste, but I don't even know how to access the heatsink or fan on that laptop.

 

it was about +30C in my room. and lol, I was playing a solid surface... and even better (!) on a cooling pad... so wth.

Is it true that you cant undervolt i7s?
... it was almost all cpus at 89.
and gpu im not sure rly

i will try playing it again now.
but i also played sins rebellion earlier and my cpus hit 75 which is kinda too high also

 

If it was over 30C in your room, then that's over 86F in your room. You can't expect low temperatures when you have an extremely high ambient temperature like that. A cooling pad won't do any good if the most important thing, your ambient temperature, isn't within a reasonable range.

I'm not sure about undervolting, but the Throttlestop guide does mention some undervolting information but I'm not going to comb through the thread for you. Here's the thread.

 

Thanks for the link dude; of course i'm not expecting you to find the solution for me... ill to scavenge an answer in the above link.

and hah, i meant it was exactly 30C. Maybe less, like 28. just a plus to make sure it was a positive number... but i guesed one would figure that out lol

 

30°C ambient temperature at this time? Wow pretty high, do you live in the Sahara?

Btw, I don't think 89°C for the CPU cores is that much. It's actually what it will reach when under load. Even my old Core 2 Duo reaches around 95°C.

 

No, I'm currently in Moscow. `~`
origs from germany, but i haven't seen many russians / germans with this lappy. so i decided to use english forums.
hodor, my old core 2 duo used to get no higher than 65 temps. even while playing games like oblivion

 

But you didn't have the T-series? Cause this is the one which has more TPD than the P-series.

 

No, I haven't had that.
Anyway, I've tried some basic Throttle Stop settings (not even sure if i changed anything lol...); nothing major, that thread makes a good loooooong read.

I'll report back shortly.

 

The 3rd Generation Core i CPUs are designed to run reliably up until a peak core temperature of 105C. 89C is a big number but it is still running within the Intel design spec.

No need to read all that ThrottleStop mumbo jumbo in the docs. If you want your CPU to run cooler then you need to make it run slower. Click on Turn On, put a check mark in the Set Multiplier box and reduce the multiplier so your CPU runs slower. I wouldn't bother unless my laptop was on fire or burning through my lap.

Version 5.00 is the one you need to run for the new CPUs.

 

hMMM,,, I actually have just played skyrim for about an hour ( thus the long reply lol) on ULTRA at 1920x1080 and the hhighest on cpus was 85. vid card was 81. had stable 50-60 fps.

unclewebb, are you saying that this is fine and i shouldn't bother?

 

That's acceptable considering your ambient temperature, and it is within spec. If you want, you could unscrew the RAM/HD cover on the bottom (one screw) and play with that detached. It may help the temps a bit.

 

hah,I tried that but i cant unscrew it. i keep turning screwdriver. maybe there's some trick i dunno. ill try with amagnet lol.

but thank you guys for calming me down, this is an amazing lappy. happy i bought it and it looks some amazing s**t.

 

Be happy, it's running perfectly within the specifications it was designed for and kicking butt! Be careful not to keep turning if the screw isn't going anywhere. The last thing you want to do is strip the screw. Try to use a smaller or bigger screwdriver, enjoy! I can't wait until mine comes in tomorrow.

 

well it would be interesting to see how yours will heat.
do some testing and post in this thread?

 

You got it.

 

Intel set the 2nd Generation throttling temperature to 100C. For the 3rd Generation, they bumped that up to 105C.

If Intel was up to their ears in melted CPUs and warranty returns then they would lower the throttling temperature, not raise it. Intel says that as long as your CPU is not reaching their thermal throttling temperature then it is operating within spec, exactly as they designed it to run so no worries.

The biggest problem during the last couple of years has been major manufacturers not trusting Intel technology and coming up with some bizarre throttling schemes that have kicked in well before ever getting near the Intel throttling temperature. This killed performance and turned games into jerky slide shows.

Glad to see that they are finally getting away from that and are letting these CPUs run the way Intel intends them to run.

 

Just one more question to you, uncle, do i need the Power4 Gear Hybrid Utility?
im deleting the blotware pre-installed so i'm just thinking if i need this one. its widget slows down the startup time quite much

 

Regarding to Notebookcheck they've said that the Ivy-Bridge CPU starts to throttle at about 97°C for most of the notebooks. I think what you meant is the maximal operating temperature which is 105°C. I wouldn't recommend to run to that temperature as this would probably just cause that the notebook will be switched off.

 

Nope, you definitely don't need that junk installed. I'd use the default plans from Microsoft. That's what I'll be doing at least. If you want to change the power settings, you can do so yourself so you know exactly what's going on with that specific power plan. Enjoy!

You may find this sticky useful if you're trying to get rid of the bloat:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/asus/380681-asus-utility-bloatware-guide.html

 

Oh thanks.
Btw, it runs hotter when i play l4d2 - 90 on one of the cores. 76 on gpu.... this is really scary tbh

 

Oh nothing to worry about, it was only +16C today... played Skyrim for about two hours, at ultra as usual, max temp was only 72. so i guess yes, the ambient temp makes a world of difference

 

16°C in your room or just outside?

 

Outside. was warmer inside.

 

Thought so, otherwise that would be too damn cold.

Could you do some temperature logging while playing Skyrim? If possible you could also try to log paralell how or if the CPU/GPU throttels down when it reaches a certain threshold level. Is the NB surface still comfortable while playing a while (>1 hour)?

 

That's not so bad. These are the temps from my asus n55sf when playing diablo 3:



And these temps has never caused me any problems. So I don't think there is any reason to worry.

 

Adjikas,
Could you tell if the top of laptop and keys got hot while you were playing, was it uncomfortable? Concidering this lappy to buy, but temperature is something I'm always warry about in a laptop.

Privet from Moscow)

 

Not keys themselves but the area just left of keyboard , its kinda warm when temps are 80+, but below that it's just fine. Every other place is very cool.
(tho i didn't try playing with the lappy on my ... ehm, laps, so i cant say if its cool beneath). the battery life is good (watched a two hour movie in bluray quality) and as others stated temps arent critical.
btw, I have the 17 inch version so I don't know about 15 inch version.

 

After two hours of skyrim @ 1920x1080: ultra settings. aa disabled.
imgur: the simple image sharer
btw, just realised that hw monitor doesn't show graphics card's temperatures, lol. D:
(nvm the min temps, the pc was on for an hour before that (auto cad and so on) its usually 38-40 )