M14x gets way too hot!

I was playing call of duty black ops for an 1hr and temps were in the 90's i didnt overclock anything on this thing and the fans get really loud!. Pls tell me what i should do

 

It's a fairly small machine so no much space for heat dissipation. The only things I can suggest are to prop up the rear of the notebook or use a notebook cooler. You could also try replacing the thermal paste, but that would only drop temps a few degrees.

 

Get yourself a belkin cooling pad, it has one large center fan, its great it streams cold air out the sides right up oonto the underside of the laptop i have one for my m11x and it never gets hot, not even where you put your wrists over hard drive they are about 30 pounds but are well worth it.

 

Wow, there must be something wrong because mines only gets that hot when it's overclocked.

 

I'd suggest a repaste if you're up for it. Some people have seen drops of up to 10°C on M15/17xs.

 

CPU, GPU or both?

For the CPU that's perfectly normal, it'll try and run in Turbo all of the time. For the GPU...that's high, should be lower than that.

Might want to try replacing thermal paste as others have suggested.

 

i found that my m14x dropped 10c when i propped the back up... it does not get good ventilation on a flat surface... I ultimately purchased a cooling pad... NotePal ErgoStand - Cooler Master

really nice stand and 4 usb ports...... well worth the investment

 

nice one men!

 

Its interesting to see how much higher those temps are from the m15x (best cooling laptop made in my opinion).

 

I need to get cooling pad I guess do u guys recommend this cooling pad Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER Notebook Cooling Model NotePal U2 (R9-NBC-8PBK-GP)
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I wonder if putting in an SSD will reduce the temps as well. I hear they run much cooler (no moving parts), and may reduce the overall internal temps. Others have mentioned that the right side of the keyboard (where the HDD sits) gets hot.

 

A CPU or GPU has no moving parts either but that doesn't mean that they're nice n' cool!

Nah jk, an ssd should bring down the temp somewhat but I doubt that it would make a big difference to the computer as a whole. For that purpose i think a cooling pad would be better, and be sure to keep the internals of the computer as dust-free as you can.

 

I got a nice cooling pad here in the uk quite cheap for my m14x which i will be ordering in the next few days.
Main reason i bought was due to ppl here saying it gets too hot and since i was already spending so much an extra £20 is nothing to make sure it runs cooler.

 

I am kind of dissspoint that my soon to be new 1800$ computer won't be able to keep cool without extra help

Do you think if I added IC Diamond thermal paste on the CPU and GPU it would help temps? I don't plan on OCing, unless I want some extra frames in a desktop environment in which I'd just OC the CPU with turbo boost

And when I say I, I mean having Hidevolution do it

 

the temps are fine, just prop up the laptop in the back i used to use a small rectangle.... the cool pad i got was for the ergonomical value and the usb hub

 

Yeah, I'd be a bit bummed if my new, expensive laptop couldn't play a game without additional life-support.

 

I just played BF:BC2 for about an hour... Hit a max of 98*C on the stock-clock Q2630. With the GT555m running at 700mhz gpu / 1080mhz memory, it hit a max of ~80*C. No stability issues whatsoever.

 

Highly recommend...I have the U1 myself (recycled from my M11X). The comp is a little bigger than the cooler, but it gets the job done. The adjustable fan is a huge plus.

FYI, it's 5 dollars cheaper at Amazon; plus you'll see the size of the U2 is actually intended for 17" (should be fine w/ this though)

 

the m14x can clearly play intense games while remaning cool, and does not "need" a cooling pad, I prefer to use one simply for the longevity of my system. I figure spending $1800 dollars on a laptop, I should do what I can to take care of the system. So i dont see a cooling pad as something it needs, rather something to get longer life out of my system.

 

Just ordered the coolmaster U1 today, hope this brings down the temps at least 10c.

 

mines the other way around, i typically hit mid-80s with the gpu and mid 70s for the cpu. this is with a cooling pad. both temps are still acceptable.

 

Get a mesh stand or prop the corners up with a couple pennies and see if the temps dont drop quite a bit. Dont go repasting the cpu/gpu on a brand new system if you havent given it burn in time, some are as long as 300 hours (as5?)
The temp will drop a few degrees over time.

Just prop it up before spending big money on a notebook cooler. I wasted $50 on an sf-19 that cools a whopping 1 degree cooler than propping up the corners a half inch with pennies.

 

What paste does Dell use on alienwares, I know it was crappy dried thermal chunks inside my xps.

 

The sf19 cooler kicks butt, it's got two very powerful fans and adjustable speeds.

 

I dont think dell is dedicated to one brand of paste. I would be surprised if they didnt shop for was was good enough and cheap. And the brand probably changes every so often. It would be nice t know what brand they use and how they compared before they chose.

Yeah, the sf-19 is 1 degree of kicks butt on the m17x. Complete waste of money. I imagine the cooling on the m14x is as good as the rest of the line up which has been excellent, so I dont see it helping. I bought mine for the airflow and cool lights and look, but it doesnt help.
I was silly for not paying attention to the fact that the review I read before I bought mine was using temperature sensors on the outside of the chassis and they were not monitoring core temps. Its doesnt push any more air through the cooling fins than the laptop fans do. The sf19 is more for laptops without good cooling fans, like an HP.
If you try to compare being on the desk to being on a cooler you will see a difference. But you will see essentially the same benefit from propping it up without a cooler.

 

what temps u guys get while browsing watching videos

 

m14x uses a hard grey paste

 

the max temp ive hit was 73c with a good overclock.....


might push it further but there really is no need as of yet with the games I play

 

Sounds just like what I found on my xps, AFAIK hardened thermal paste will not work as well as the gel ones(hence the name paste). Repaste with icy diamond will definitely be one of the first things I do when I get mine.

 

So go or don't go with the IC Diamond paste? That'll basically make or break whether I get it through Dell.com or HIDEvolution. I want the system to be as cool and live as long as possible

EDIT:And without having to worry about whether I should bring a laptop cooler with me to a sleepover at a friends house

PS. I do with my current laptop. Thing overheats like crazy, worst cooling ever

 

Buy it from Dell, repaste it yourself, and save yourself... what? $55?

 

I have no idea how, and dont feel like breaking a 2000$ machine.

But whether I do it myself or not, would it be worth it at all? If you still count money as a factor, pretend its free

 

I think it would, yes. Historically, laptops are assembled with far too much thermal paste. A friend of mine disassembled a gaming laptop he bought from Rock, and was astonished his GPU had functioned at all (he'd been having artifacting problems) with the amount of thermal paste they had used.

If you're unsure, I'm sure they'll be a video around here eventually. If I hadn't decided to get an ASUS Transformer instead I'd do one for you.

 

Sounds... cool
So Ill do it

(ucwhatididthar?)

 

Take pics for the rest of us

 

Just ordered this... NICE! Thanks for the tip.