have i7 overheating issues been resolved in the XPS15?

I have a 2 year old studio 15 that is plagued by the common overheating problems. I have the chance to upgrade to a new XPS-15. Since it's still dell, and it's still an i7, and since it has an even better gfx card to add heat, should I be concerned?

 

Studios had a pretty poor cooling system, Dell learned and made the XPS one better. The GPU's aren't that much hotter than your old GPU, overtime they cut down on fabrication sizes so they run cooler with same/better performance.

 

It has been improved, but there is no way it could be solved. i7 quad core easily hits 95c with prime95.

 

You can prevent the processor from going into turbo by fiddling with the power plan settings which I believe will help with heat problems. I haven't tested it though on anything but a bit of light video (temps actually reduced while the video was playing...), so take that with a pinch of salt.

 

Also a good repaste should help. Like most other manufacturers, they mound on cheapo thermal paste, and while under normal circumstances that is fine, but hours of running CPU at max will cause higher temperatures, which can cause overheating/thermal shutdowns. Worst case scenario is you do a quick repaste if you are not liking your temperatures.

 

It isn't the heat of the CPU/GPU itself that is the problem so much--they actively manage their heat production. It was the heat retention of the case itself in the old designs that heated everything else above what it should be and also burned you and/or made it uncomfortable to use. Those problems have mostly been solved with the XPS cooling system. It'll still get warm in the center if you run at full speed and block the intake on the bottom, but even then it still doesn't get as hot to the touch as the old XPS m1_30/Studio/Studio XPS case.

 

Optimus technology, along with an improved turbo boost makes a considerable difference to heat.

 

No heat issues with mine