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    176F on a Inspiron 1520

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by millermagic, Apr 16, 2008.

  1. millermagic

    millermagic Rockin the pinktop

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    I just got a 2.0 core 2 on my laptop and during intense gaming sessions it will get up to 176F ... is this too hot or not?

    I used to have the 1.5 core 2 and it never got this hot ... 160 at the most.
     
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    That's getting pretty hot for a processor.
    How hot is your graphics card getting?
     
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    My grpahics card is actually running around 60c ... so 10c degrees cooler than it used to ... and I'm on the same clock speeds as before.
     
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    Usually it's the graphics card that gets hotter than the processor.
    80C (176F) isn't outside the limits of what the processor can handle, but you might want to consider getting a cooling pad for it for while you game.
     
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    It may be the CPU that just runs hotter ... at idle it runs cooler. In max battery mode it idles around 105-110 and my 1.5 was not that cool. I have arctic silver coming this week so I will have to give that a try.
     
    millermagic, Apr 17, 2008
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