So after owning a GT60 2OD for nearly 6 months...

So after owning a GT60 2OD for nearly 6 months playing a lot of SWTOR, SC2, CSGO, and Titanfall which always ended up with my computer having a maximum temperature of 99C and 96C for CPU and GPU respectively, I decided to see if my parts were being worn out or damaged.

The first time I ran 3DMark 11, I got a score of P7470 on an i7 4800M + GTX 780M setup. I ran another test about 3 minutes ago and got a score of P7608...

So...I guess this laptop is pretty well built and the NVidia drivers are really helping because I don't think playing at high 90s can be a good thing lol.

 

Those temps are a bit high
I suggest you check the fan and heatsinks for dust and/or repaste. If you head at the GT60-2OD thread you'll find lots of info on how to do that
I have mine for more than a year. I did repaste since the second week of owing it and max I got was 88° for GPU and 86° for CPU, and that's without turbofan, playing Crysis 3 at max

 

Yeah..I was thinking about it. I was looking up for a set of cheap precision screw drivers on Amazon. What's the best paste these days?

 

Thinking of doing the same thing with my 880m which is getting me temps of 93 degrees when playing some demanding games. I did some research and I think I am going to go with the MX-4 paste. IC Diamond was my original choice but some horror stories with heatsinks (aluminium) getting corroded changed my mind....

 

Thermal compound helps some, and extra thing you can do is to drive more airflow to move the heat in order to reduce the temperature.
Once the processor has thermal room to generate heat (lower temp) then the result is a more consistent performance rather than spikes.

 

MX-4 is good compound. If you're open to suggestion, look into the Gelid GC Extreme compound, as well. It scores about as high as the ICD in benches.

 

Something up there since the GPU would throttle before that temperature. If it gets those temperatures while throttled then your heatsink may be damaged or the thermal paste is not applied right.

 

So I did a re-paste figuring $15 ($10 for Noctua paste and $5 for precision screwdrivers) would be well spent if not for a cooler laptop then at least for a learning experience. Thankfully there was a repasting video of the GT60-2OD on youtube so I just followed that since I've never repasted anything in my life.

I just re-ran 3DMark 11 and scored a P7646 with a CPU max temp of 82C and a GPU max temp of 83C.

My life has been a lie...I assumed computer professionals would do a better job pasting than a complete novice who watches youtube videos.

 

A person will do a better job than a factory usually.

 

The stock paste isn't the most expensive paste used.
It's preapplied as a dry tape onto the contact surface of heatsink.
When the factory tech installs the heatsink, it's applied directly onto components such as CPU and GPU without any user intervention.
This is why when you change the thermal paste to anything else on the market, they will always work better.

 

A computer professional only working in specific repaste might do a good job fast, but most of the time, these come from factory with a copious amount of paste resulting in higher than desired temps. Normally those temps would not affect when not using high end components, but when we use GPUs and CPUs pushing the limits of TDP, we can clearly see that we need a quality paste job.

A careful person with a good video can perform a great paste job, never doubt the power of users! Congrats on a job well done

 

Ah okay, I understand. That would explain why when I first took apart the heatsinks it looked like such a mess compared to the one on the youtube video.

 

The priority for the factory is that every heatsink makes contact.