Gigabyte p35x v6 heat issues

Hi guys,

I have a problem with my gigabyte p35x v6 laptop. It has gtx 1070 and i7 6700hq. For a few weeks after I bought it everything was fine. It had no problem running witcher 3 on ultra 60 fps in 1080p. But lately it started having some issues. Before the gpu temp reaches 90 Celsius it's fine. Then it hits 90 clock speed remains ok 60 fps and a minute later clock speed drops a few hundred, fps drops to 40+ sometimes even below 30. I was thinking about sending it to repair to have someone re paste it and maybe clean the dust but I don't want to lose my warranty. I got the laptop in us but currently I live somewhere else and I can't just send it to us to have them clean some dust. I hope it can be fixed because that laptop was pretty expensive. I regret not waiting a bit longer because few days after I bought it the new Alienware laptops with gtx 1070 came out. They don't have and stupid heating issues like my laptop.

 

LOL the Alienwares had way way bigger heating issues when they first launched with 1070s. Cpus were hitting 100C.

The P35X is so thin that it's just hot. You can try repasting it but you probably wanna undervolt the cpu and pick up a cooling pad to help temps.

 

Is undervolting my CPU gonna reduce its performance by much?

 

Not at all.

 

Typically any thinner models do run hotter than the bigger models, like Alienwares. They don't have as big of fans, as much room for airflow/vents, or as large of heat pipes (or some combination of those).

I would agree to try repasting, and getting a better quality paste compared to what the generic factory paste is. I've seen it work wonders on those systems. Undervolting would help lower temperatures a decent amount as well, it's worth trying something like Intel XTU to see if it would help out.

 

The alienwares had issues because the heatsink was moutned incorrectly due to too thick thermal padding. GIgabytes just have too small heatsinks for the hardware they are housing. It can be resolved for the AW's it cannot for the Gigabyte laptops, I had to undervolt, underclock and repaste my old GIgabyte to make it run at least stable.

 

The good news is that the 6700HQ likes to be undervolted. See the Throttlestop thread here - lots of posts on how to do it. You should be able to reduce CPU and Cache voltage by 100 mv or more, and that will impact temps significantly - of course, a good repaste will also help.
Best, Joe

 

The alloy body on this notebook is used as a heatsink, so something that might help is a cooling pad. I would recommend at the minimum that you elevate the back of the notebook off the resting surface a centimeter or so. This will allow additional airflow under the chassis.

Taking apart the P35X isn't easy, but I agree with the others here that repasting the CPU/GPU with good thermal interface material would likely have a very positive effect. Opening the notebook should not void the warranty. However, if you break something while doing so, that wouldn't be covered under the standard warranty.

Charles

 

In regards to the temperatures spike, I would recommend getting compressed air and clear the fans. If anything I would recommend RMAing the unit rather than opening it just so you dont void the warranty. As for your location, gigabyte products have a 2 year global warranty if I recall correctly. If there are any other problems just PM me