Question I think I adjusted intels turbo

[Terragdagreat]

Hey all! I have an Acer Nitro 5 with the i5-8300h and the 1050ti. I was having heat issues (85c) so I downloaded intels extreme tuning utility and undervolted my laptop to -.140 and changed the wattage on both the long term and short to 20 watts instead of 45 watts. It looks like i effectively changed the max turbo speed to around 3.1ghz instead of 4.0ghz. My temp never gets above 70c now and I can still run my games on 60fps. I was wondering if I am correct in my guess that I am able to control the turbo, but I was also wondering if there could be any negative effects for turning down the wattage on the turbo? Thanks all.

 

[Lutfij]

Turning down the wattage only means that the laptop is now draining less power from the battery and overall the system runs quieter and cooler. You might want to run a gamut of tests with games and tasks to see that your undervolt is stable.

 

[Terragdagreat]

Turning down the wattage only means that the laptop is now draining less power from the battery and overall the system runs quieter and cooler. You might want to run a gamut of tests with games and tasks to see that your undervolt is stable.

I was playing games for about 4 hours last night and I had no issues!