My laptop gets hot!!

Hi guys I have a GT 330m in my laptop and I am overclocking it for Skyrim to get better framerates. Not overclocked it's at 80C, but when I do OC it gets up to 88C! Hot for a laptop no?


I really want to keep my laptop overclocked (but only when I am playing Skyrim) so is 80-88C for hours on end not good for my laptop?

Should I get a laptop cooler like this? Do they help?:

Newegg.com - Rosewill 15.4" - 17" Notebook Cooler with 4-Port USB Hub Model RNA-7600W

Thanks guys!!

 

I'd just save the money and just elevate the laptop. Have you clean out your laptop (using compressed air), the vents, and done a repaste of gpu?

 

If you haven't cleaned the inside of your laptop for some time, it's most likely the dust that clogged your fans/vents, thus leading to higher temps, a laptop cooler isn't going to make it run dramatically cooler.

I agree with khetik, save your money and clean your laptop with a can of compressed air, and repaste your GPU(if you feel comfortable of doing so).

 

I have a Macbook Pro 15" (mid 2010) running bootcamp:

i7 620m 2.66GHz
GT 330m 512mb
4gb RAM


Got it as a gift, so I am trying to make it useful while gaming. I can't open the laptop because it will void the warranty. I know I can OC it, however, because I can turn it back to default clock speeds and there's no way of them finding out.

I can't prop it up either, because when I tilt the screen back there's this piece of plastic that blocks the vents and therefore increases my temps to ~98C. I guess my only way is to get Apple to clean it for me.

Would it be harmful if I only overclock it and run at these temps "sometimes?" I really get a huge boost by overclocking while gaming. Here's what I mean.


I get home and can play on my desktop for all of December and some of January, so I won't be gaming on my laptop then. I also have various times where I am home and won't need to game on my laptop. And I would only overclock when gaming (so periodic times will I overclock maybe a couple days a week).


I won't keep it constantly overclocked, and I'd be careful with the temps. Is this alright? I want to get at least 2 or 3 more years out of this laptop.

 

Opening your laptop DOES NOT void your warranty, whoever told you it does is VERY misinformed, if you have never opened and cleaned your laptop and you have had your laptop for a while, you will see a HUGE temp drop after giving it a cleanup with compressed air can.

Overclocking is usually safe as long as you don't overstress it and keep temp in control, also watch for any signs of abnormalities like BSOD, driver error etc.

 

I have seen many posts on the apple forums full of people saying "are you eager to void your warranty?" when they ask about replacing parts so I assumed opening it is a problem.

 

As long as you aren't messing with parts (taking heatsinks off, putting them back on improperly, tearing any warranty seals there may be, etc), then yo uare not voiding the warranty. Think about it, they won't void your warranty if you simply upgrade your RAM, and that requires the opening of it.

 

Ok so I just said "oh what the hell" and opened my case up and used a towel and some canned air to clean it. There was only some dust on the fans but there were crumbs in there!! D: I don't know what but they were little crumbs all over.

I got all the junk out and I'm going to test it now I'll keep you posted!

 

Good news! After cleaning out my laptop and downloading a manual fan speed controller and setting the fans to 100%, I ran Skyrim OC'ed for 15 minutes OC'ed and ran around messing around. I alt tabed and checked Afterburner and it showed 79-80 on average, 82 being the max!

Wow, so now is overclocking safe given that I only overclock it while playing Skyrim? Thanks guys

 

Your temps are fine so you can play oc'd, just remember to always keep an eye on temps 90c+ is when you should scale back or check your paste and what not.

By propping it up I meant so the entire laptop is elevated, not just where the vents are. This way you don't have to worry about tilting the screen or worry about the vents being blocked up.

Also, don't use a towel when cleaning the inside of your laptop. Compressed air will do just fine.

 

There's actually no vents on the bottom on any apple notebook. The cooling suck the air trough the keyboard and blow it out at the hinge.

 

ignore my stupidity, complete misread or didnt see the apple lol

 

One other thing you might want to take under advisement.
You can look into undervolting your GPU and THEN OC by say 20% to 25%.
That's what I did on my 9600m GT gddr3.
I UV-ed it and reduced overall temps by practically 15 degrees C.
Then I OC-ed it on that voltage by 20 to 25% and the temps only rose by 5 degrees C.
So, I ended up with a 10 degrees C lower temps with an OC.

You might want to try the same thing, depending on how high you clocked your gpu.

 

Check the vent at the back as well. Normally a wall of dust forms there.