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    MSI GS32 Shadow 6QE w/ Gaming Dock

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by gametime10, May 21, 2016.

  1. seamon

    seamon Notebook Consultant

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    Should have clarified lol. CPU is overheating.
     
    seamon, Jul 29, 2016
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    That's a shame to hear! You'd think MSI would have figured out how to sufficiently cool a laptop that doesn't even have a dGPU... and given that the GS32 actually does have a dGPU, I wonder if that's even worse, or if they've figured things out by now (probably by just gimping the CPU to a dual core in the GS32, though...)
     
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    Prototime, Jul 29, 2016
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    Have you tried applying new thermal paste, maybe using something better than the stock thermal paste? Maybe like IC Diamond, Gelid, Kryonaut... etc.
     
    Support.1@XOTIC PC, Jul 30, 2016
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    You do have to baby it a little to get a consistent 3.5ghz in more demanding gaming.

    I use liquid ultra which given the exposed components near the core us for experts only.

    IC diamond would be good :)
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jul 31, 2016
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  5. seamon

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    I have used IC Diamond, Coolab Liquid Ultra and GC Extreme. It stays fine till a few hours after applying but I've noticed that the heats starts accumulating. I also have it undervolted by -77mV and underclocked to 3.5Ghz Turbo.
     
    seamon, Aug 1, 2016
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    Then at that point it should be riding the thermal limit of the cooling. That's about what you can expect for that amount of heatsink surface area.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Aug 1, 2016
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    As far as the laptop is concerned, the 950m in the GS32 in nonexistent when the laptop is docked. I believe the dGPU is completely disabled.
     
    AkiraSieghart, Aug 2, 2016
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    I think that is done to re-route the PCIe lanes to the external GPU.
     
    seamon, Aug 4, 2016
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    viilutaja, Oct 20, 2016
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