Laptop owners, a question.

fuzyon01

fuzyon01

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Does your laptop heat up quite a bit when you play games or do some more intensive tasks? Lately my Acer Aspire V15 Nitro has been really bad in terms of heating up and I do have the necessary hardware to play the games, I took it apart and cleaned it up but it only worked for a few days.
I'm thinking the thermal paste applied on the CPU and GPU is the problem, I'll have to re-apply it soon. Any other tips?
 
I think most laptop heats up while playing games, video, and doing intensive tasks.

Have you tried using a laptop cooling fan pad which you put under your laptop to blow cool air underneath the laptop?

I think those laptop cooling fan pads can help lower the temperature of your laptop by blowing air toward the bottom of your laptop.
 
My laptop does heat up when doing a heavy load.

Does your laptop fan speed up (as in get louder?), if you don't hear your fan getting louder then your cooling system is failing and needs to be cleaned or a new one installed.
 
There is also a possibility of a virus, spyware, malware, or bloatware infection on Windows which is making your PC heat up more.

Virus, spyware, malware, and bloatware can use a lot of CPU, and RAM system resources which heat up your laptop. Some virus programs are good at hiding themselves from showing in the Task manager, and other similar programs.

Sometimes a software problem in Windows, Games, and Programs can cause your PC to use up a lot of CPU, RAM, video, and Swap /Page file resources which can cause your PC to heat up more, and slow down your PC.
 
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It's pretty common for laptops to heat up quite a bit, especially while playing games. Most laptops, especially slimmer ones tend to have difficulty distributing heat, just because they can't fit larger heatsinks or fans. It's also very easy to accidentally cover up a heat vent or an air intake! Batteries can also be a culprit for heating, as they tend to heat up with discharge. I agree with @froggyboy604, and I definitely would recommend a cooling pad. Also be sure that you're always using your laptop on a flat surface so it get vent out all of that heat!
 
Only when I'm playing GTA V. It doesn't heat up when I'm playing a game like CSGO for instance, I have an i3 and a GT 830M so a bit on the lower end but they perform well. I noticed when I play a game as huge as GTA V the GPU starts producing grpahical glitches after about a few hours, I reckon from the heat. Textures and models don't load even when I'm next to them until I wait for about 10 seconds, sometimes more. I might consider getting a cooling pad myself. I opened up the laptop a few times, cleaned it as best I could, and still no changes whatsoever.
 
All laptops does get hot. My gaming laptop gets hot when playing GTAV and it gets loud with the two fans going fast when I play for hours. Old computers or computers that get used allot that gets older by the day tends to lose it's performance which then it gets hotter when it was first new.

If you look after it by keeping it clean then better chance on lasted longer
 
I thought it was pretty much common knowledge that laptops heat up when doing even medium tasks, so when it comes to intensive gaming then unless the laptop you buy is specifically made for gaming, it is going to get hot.

The cooling just isn't going to be suitable as far as I'm concerned due to the lack of space the device as for fans. External fans help, but a desktop PC is always going to be the better option if you're going to be playing a lot of games, and I'd just use the laptop for tasks it was originally designed for.
 
Thinner the laptop, the quicker it will heat up. That is why Ultra thin laptops are not advisable for gaming. Also while gaming, make sure it is connected to the power cord. Also, I think we can use cool pad to make it cooler. I saw one of my friend doing that
 
My Sony Vaio is run by a quad core i5 and an integrated Intel GPU, which is nothing special and even when playing games that are not resource intensive, it does get quite warm and the fan inside the laptop is extremely loud. I'm no professional with PC's and customizing/fixing them so I just headed to eBay and bought a cheap generic laptop cooling pad, which is essentially a plastic platform that you place your laptop upon, it has quiet, powerful fans and a nice set of blue LED's, it also can angle your laptop to a more ergonomic position so it's quite great.

The only downside is that it uses up a USB port on your laptop and its not too aesthetically pleasing given how it makes your laptop appear thicker/bulkier, if you're not a fan of that anyway. I would think that most manual alterations would be rather difficult as there is very little space inside a laptop. I guess you need to do your research and make sure that the laptop you're buying is more orientated towards gaming and that the manufacturers are aware of the fact that it needs to keep cool and stay quiet. Definitely something to consider.
 
Well, yes. I have noticed that it drastically warms up when I'm multitasking on it, and by multitasking, I mean literally working on 5-6 programs at the same time, it obviously starts to warm up a little bit more and that's scary for me, so I try to only use that amount of programs if it's completely necessary, I haven't checked that with an expert, but I think it's normal.
 
I took it apart yesterday and seems like the dust was the culprit here, both my fans were full of dust despite me cleaning them up before. If you're ever dusting off a laptop make sure you take it apart and check every hole, the ventilation holes of the fan were full of dust and that's why my laptop was heating up a lot. Right now it's doing better and it definitely doesn't heat up as much.
I do have a cooling pad ($15 one.. I don't know if it's the worst thing you can buy) but it doesn't help too much, I think I need a stronger one. My only problem now is the battery that heats up no matter what, I think I need to change it soon.
 
I definitely see that laptops heat up a lot when doing intensive tasks such as photo editing, gaming, etc. Even new ones will do that. I think the best thing is make sure it is clean, and use a cooling pad. I think other then that, it is pretty normal.
 
I had an old HP Laptop where I upgraded the BIOS/Firmware which made the fan spin faster even at medium-high temperature. A lot of laptop fans are controlled by the software in the BIOS and temperature sensor.

Maybe there is a setting in your BIOS to control the speed of your fans, and let you set your fans to spin at the maximum speed all the time.
 
My laptop which is a HP Pavillion (i don't which one atm) is always overheating even while staying on desktop so i think all of these laptops have this kind of problem.
 
My laptop has two fans one for GPU and the other CPU, with two you think it be extra louder, nope it's not.
 
Sure does. I live in a hot climate anyway, so even my idle temps are in the 55C region, but gaming with full fan (6200rpm) takes the temps to high 70's, low 80's. It's loud, but as I use headphones I can't hear that anyway.
 
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Sure does. I live in a hot climate anyway, so even my idle temps are in the 55C region, but gaming with full fan (6200rpm) takes the temps to high 70's, low 80's. It's loud, but as I use headphones I can't hear that anyway.
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One known youtube channel guy lives in California, we all known to the fact what temperature they have and since a big gamer he has his pc on 24/7 and also has an air-conditioned in his room to cool things down
 
I think a lot of people don't actually take their climate into account when they're thinking about the temperature a PC or laptop can get to, and you'll see a lot of offices for example that are guilty of failing to do that also. How often do you see computers placed in front of Windows in direct sunlight?

If you do live in a hot climate then making sure the ventilation in your devices should be a priority, and not just when it comes to gaming.
 
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