CPU Overheating while gaming

I'm playing Crysis2 with m14x.
Right after playing Crysis2, I checked Cpu core temperatures and
it was about 87~90 degrees celsius high.
Is it normal? I mean, Do I have to send it to A/S center or
buy a cooling pad?
This is my first time buying gaming laptop so, a bit worried about this.

 

That's normal. When i play crysis 2, or any game for that matter, it'll get so hot that i can't even touch the bottom without it hurting. But it doesnt overheat, meaning it wont shut down because of the heat. Cooling pad wont help the heat much, i tried some, but it helps the computer breathe easier, and it's a barrier from your legs being cooked. It's mainly from the sandy bridge processor.

 

Actually even if it reach 100C, it still not overheat, because once it reach that point the Thermal cooling thing kick in while shutting the laptop down to prevent further damage.

But it will overheat and cause damage if the temp reach 120C which is beyond the boiling point.

 

Yeah that's normal. I have many posts where I explain about the m14x heat. It may seem like an exaggeration, but this thing gets blistering hot. But, there's nothing we can do about it. Ivy bridge is the upcoming successor to sandy bridge. It is said to run cooler. But, unfortunately there is nothing we can do about it. I dont know why Dell/Alienware allowed this laptop to run so hot. Even when on power saver mode running on battery web browsing, it get's hotter than it should. This thing makes me sweat when I game on it. Overclocking, in my opinion, out of the question.

 

I think it's game dependent. I play DiRT3 everyday for about 1-2hours and CPU/GPU never goes over 70C at max settings. Palmrest as usual stays warm no matter what I do, but I have yet to see this machine go over 90C.

Perhaps try gaming on window mode (maximized of course) and see the difference because that's what I do with all games.

 

All of the game I play, none of them ever reach 75C, except for BFBC2 occasionally go up to between 70C - 75C. But that maybe because of in the southern hemisphere is now in Winter, not sure if in summer how is it going to be.

And the only time I see it jump to around 90C is one of a YouTube video doing the benchmarking on Extreme Performance using the 3DMark, the Core 0 - 3 jump to around 93C - 95C when testing on the intense GPU, while the Nvidia GPU itself is only around 65C.

 

Yes i pointed that out 6 weeks ago, It gets real HOT and that's it 1 fan is not enough >>> that's the mistake bey DELL <<

So it works, but we can not say is a gaming Laptop because you cannot game on your laps lol

 

Lol i agree with that. They wanted a small chassis, so they integrated the gpu and soldered it to the motherboard so it can be cooled by the cpu fan as well. Dedicated gaming laptops have a real graphics card that is cooled by its own fan, so the two fans are independent and more efficient at cooling. I just hope that wasn't a faulty design. If the m15x was still around, I would've bought that. I dont take my m14x anywhere, it's easier to use a netbook, and i don't game on the go.

 

Have you tried propping the back up?

 

yes and even with a cooler, is way to hot to put the laptop over your legs while gaming.


For the rest is ok !

 

I've heard reports of people using cooling pads to lower temps by as much as 10 degrees C. Maybe your cooling pad fans aren't lined up with the M14x vents?

 

funny, having to spend another decent dime buying an accessory to cool down an already overpriced laptop... er.. lap-scalder...

I used to leave one side of my desktop's system case open to cool it down, looks like the m14x is gonna need some tear down treatment too!

Meanwhile, Dell PLEASE work on increasing your IQ and common sense - one fan for a cpu and gpu when both require their own equates to Very Bad designing...