The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Can gaming on laptops cause damage?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Steven87, Sep 29, 2007.

  1. Steven87

    Steven87 Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    55
    Messages:
    253
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Do you think that the increased operating temperature whilst playing games on a laptop can cause damage over a period of time?
    Thanks.
     
    Steven87, Sep 29, 2007
    #1
  2. mxxl

    mxxl Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    96
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    unless you're overclocking, i doubt it
     
    mxxl, Sep 29, 2007
    #2
  3. jolulure

    jolulure Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    219
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    it should happen if you buy a good laptop brand like TOSHIBA or HP... if you go for something like ACER, then, no guarantees
     
    jolulure, Sep 29, 2007
    #3
  4. moon angel

    moon angel Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    2,011
    Messages:
    2,777
    Likes Received:
    15
    Trophy Points:
    56
    If it's overheating, yes. I hve seen a good few examples of HDDs and Optical drives being cooked by a consistently overheating cpu. If it's within reasonable temperatures for a mobile machine (cpu not over 70 degrees C on load) then no everything should be fine.
     
    moon angel, Sep 29, 2007
    #4