Normal Temperatures on the m11x

I just got an m11xR2 (i7) today and i was checking everything to make sure it was ok.

Well checking the temperatures it shows 45° doing nothing, 50° on both GPU and CPU while using web browsers... is it good/normal?, my CPU is overclockd at 166 MHz.

I have not checked it while playing games yet, so I would like to know what are the temperatures of the GPU and CPU when you are playing games?

I've been a lurker for about 3 weeks :X

 

I have a r1 at stock, it idles around 40°, bit higher when web surfing etc...

 

on my r1, the cpu idles at 36/38 and gets in the 50s when gaming. not sure how the i7's run when oc'd but yours doesn't sound too bad, assuming that temp is with the discrete graphics enabled.

 

I have the m11x r2 (i5) and I get around 50-60°C while surfing the web, youtube, messenger, skype, etc. And around 70-80°C after 1 hour of gaming

 

Your temps are perfectly normal for the i7. I get the same. The i-series run hotter than C2D, that's known.

 

R1: 27C lowest on integrated and 52C on 335 with a game going.

 

My R1 shows me 38-40 idle and up to 47 when surfing the web. I wouldn't even consider it a temperature, to be honest.

 

My R1 recently started idling at 65-70C and peaks somewhere above 90C before it shuts off during games. Just started this past few days but I'm calling alienware tomorrow since it seems to be getting worse everyday.

This is with no overclocking, throttlestop disabled and happens whether I'm plugged in or not. Nearly burned myself on it a few times too.

 

As an aside, I don't think throttlestop does anything with your CPU, so there's no point in running it.

 

R1, OCed, idle at 36~38, gaming: 67, highest recorde 78. Pretty cool.
BTW: if you've lost your rubber pads, it's got HOTTER.

 

You probably shouldn't leave it flat on your bed or whatever surface it's on as it won't get enough circulation for the air. Also, Throttlestop won't work on the R1 if I recall correctly.

 

R1 OC'd Im sitting at 38c with several tabs on FF, pandora streaming, pidgin, and 2 RDPs. When gaming depending on how hot the room is, but right now with all I said that is open plus wow Im sitting at 40-45c. I havent tested with the nvidia gpu turned off as the machine is quite cool like that.

 

I love to do tests:

More than 1 hour of gaming (Fallout 3) with the R2 in a plain desk: 80-82°C

More than 1 hour of gaming (Fallout 3) with the R2 in a plain desk, but with 4 plastic bottle caps under it to lift it a little: 75-77°C

I know is logic, but i did it anyway, I guess getting one of those cooling bases for laptops would help way better...

 

I tested CoD BO and the max temp I got was 72°.

Thanks for all this info ^^

 

I've been propping it up and trying to keep it cool, but even with it propped up it's getting crazy high temps during games and the area under the nameplate gets burning hot (CPU right?). I've tried reseating the battery and memory but don't really want to mess with the cpu since I bought it in july and am still covered by the warranty. It's not the ambient temp either since it's 0C outside right now and not much warmer in my apt.

I'm using throttlestop since I was getting huge slowdowns in games where I shouldn't have. Mass effect would run at a consistent 5-6fps before I turned it on and then it was buttery smooth at 60fps with it running. Starcraft 2 would also randomly start chugging after it was running fine and I haven't seen that since enabling throttlestop. I read that it was for R2's only but figured I'd give it a shot and it made mass effect playable so it was definitely a keeper. If it's a placebo effect then it's the strongest one I've ever had haha.