The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    GT70 dominator (870m) overclocking and heat questions.

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by klauz619, Apr 29, 2014.

  1. klauz619

    klauz619 Notebook Geek

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    85
    Likes Received:
    8
    Trophy Points:
    16
    Kind of interested in this machine, however I've been hearing that MSI is really bad at pasting/handling heat and this will be my first laptop so I'd rather not repaste stuff myself.

    How hot does this machine get during intensive gaming like crysis 3 or Battlefield4? How much can you overlock this 870m? Is the 180w psu good enough for overclocking? I've seen some posts where people can get +100/400 on their 870m which is pretty decent though I don't know what brands they use.
     
    klauz619, Apr 29, 2014
    #1
  2. ShoopDaWhoop

    ShoopDaWhoop Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    56
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    i live in a tropical country and it's summer right now but i got about 85C max last night with crysis 3 take note that that was the max, average was like 80-81
     
    ShoopDaWhoop, Apr 29, 2014
    #2
  3. slekkas

    slekkas Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    13
    Messages:
    118
    Likes Received:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    31
    Are you using the fans in full speed?
     
    slekkas, Apr 29, 2014
    #3
  4. ShoopDaWhoop

    ShoopDaWhoop Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    56
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    I didn't. It'll probably go lower though if I did use it. I do have a notepal u3 under my laptop and the fans are directly under the open spaces on the base so it probably helped?
     
    ShoopDaWhoop, Apr 29, 2014
    #4
  5. LordRahl72

    LordRahl72 Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    5
    Messages:
    32
    Likes Received:
    21
    Trophy Points:
    16
    Mine hits a high of about 79.

    I have only been able to get about 100MHz over on GPU and memory while keeping stable without any volt increase.
     
    LordRahl72, Apr 29, 2014
    #5
  6. Prostar Computer

    Prostar Computer Company Representative

    Reputations:
    1,257
    Messages:
    7,426
    Likes Received:
    1,016
    Trophy Points:
    331
    If you pull the trigger on one klauz, opt for the best thermal compound you can get. If the seller you're interested in offers it, IC Diamond is one of the best compounds you can buy and it goes a long way. Additional mods like copper heat sinks or different pads can help too. The GT series gets pretty warm by design, but not to the point of it destroying itself in a matter of months. Take care of it and it should take care of you. :)
     
    Prostar Computer, Apr 30, 2014
    #6
  7. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

    Reputations:
    9,441
    Messages:
    58,200
    Likes Received:
    17,914
    Trophy Points:
    931
    If you are serious about tweaking it you will buy your own IC diamond and a decent square of 0.5mm thermal pad and redo the whole thing, that's how I benchmarked a 680 and 780 at 1200mhz core clocks (along with other non cooling related mods).
     
    Meaker@Sager, Apr 30, 2014
    #7