- Dec 17, 2020
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What I've got is roughly more than a year old Dell Insipron 3580.
Specs:
CPU: Intel i7-8565U
RAM: 8 GB
GPU: AMD Radeon 520 (Huge Bottleneck)
HDD: 930 GB HDD (690 GB Free)
Casing: Stock
Heatsink: Stock
Cooling technique: Air Cooling
I had been using this laptop since few months for gaming (mostly GTA V). I had known that this ain't a gaming pc. So, I used to play on low graphics and somewhat enough FPS. Yeah it heated up AF
if I got to high graphics or after hours of gaming which was understandable.
So, I always took these factors to considerations while playing (mostly). After some months, I finished and moved on some other titles(PS3/4 era games). I didn't measure temps much often before as it was pretty normal back then or so I thought.
Some months time lapse again and now I felt it somewhat freezing frequently. So I downloaded Afterburner (I had clocked the GPU previously too) and started monitoring stats frequently. I found out that my OC GPU was running 100% but had only 400-800 MHz out of 1200 MHz😩. The temps were also relatively cool. The CPU was however a completely different story. The usage was low 25%-40% (Max 55%). The clocks were 3000-4000 MHz(If I remember correctly). But the temps were scorching
. My CPU was burning greater than 95°C continuously. No I did not have a single system restart due to throttling. However the games ended 2-3 times as CPU throttled. Though usually I did not experience noticeable FPS drops in game due to throttling even as CPU was continuously roasting itself enough to boil a litre of water while gaming. Surprisingly, The GPU remained in 60°C to 70°C line and often the GPU fans didn't even bother
while the CPU fans were rotating jet speed. The overall laptop casing also didn't heat up much until I had spent 2-3 hours gaming.
So I stopped gaming. I only played like once a week😒 . So even when idle or just surfing the internet I decided to check the CPU . The usage was usually below 10% to 15%. However the temps were above 50°C . However I thought it was equal to normal gaming temps in other PCs so no problem as that relatively icy temp wouldn't damage my CPU . I tried several monitoring tools thinking Afterburner was showing error. I tried HWMonitor, RealTemp and CoreTemp. All had similar findings, with minor 1/2 °C fluctuations across these apps. Even on idle the CPU tended to jump 90°C as if it were gaming every now and then though it had only barely above 15% usage. I ignored it thinking ocassional spikes might be normal and it couldn't hurt my CPU.
However After I plugged it in , It returned to its former BBQ business. Realtemp would sound the 100°C alarm every 10 secs.
It would normally be in 75°C line and once in a while jump to above 90°C range for 2-3 seconds and return to 70/80 °C as if it were possessed by some Conjuring Virus. So I started charging it after shutting it down or in sleep😴 mode and keeping unplugged while using.
So, that's my tragic story. Hope you didn't find it so long and boring but I wanted to be as thorough as possible. Hope I didn't bore you. If you need something else or got confused
, you know you don't need to hesitate. Thanks and Hope you Have a nice day.
Specs:
CPU: Intel i7-8565U
RAM: 8 GB
GPU: AMD Radeon 520 (Huge Bottleneck)
HDD: 930 GB HDD (690 GB Free)
Casing: Stock
Heatsink: Stock
Cooling technique: Air Cooling
I had been using this laptop since few months for gaming (mostly GTA V). I had known that this ain't a gaming pc. So, I used to play on low graphics and somewhat enough FPS. Yeah it heated up AF
if I got to high graphics or after hours of gaming which was understandable. So, I always took these factors to considerations while playing (mostly). After some months, I finished and moved on some other titles(PS3/4 era games). I didn't measure temps much often before as it was pretty normal back then or so I thought. Some months time lapse again and now I felt it somewhat freezing frequently. So I downloaded Afterburner (I had clocked the GPU previously too) and started monitoring stats frequently. I found out that my OC GPU was running 100% but had only 400-800 MHz out of 1200 MHz😩. The temps were also relatively cool. The CPU was however a completely different story. The usage was low 25%-40% (Max 55%). The clocks were 3000-4000 MHz(If I remember correctly). But the temps were scorching
. My CPU was burning greater than 95°C continuously. No I did not have a single system restart due to throttling. However the games ended 2-3 times as CPU throttled. Though usually I did not experience noticeable FPS drops in game due to throttling even as CPU was continuously roasting itself enough to boil a litre of water while gaming. Surprisingly, The GPU remained in 60°C to 70°C line and often the GPU fans didn't even bother while the CPU fans were rotating jet speed. The overall laptop casing also didn't heat up much until I had spent 2-3 hours gaming. So I stopped gaming. I only played like once a week😒 . So even when idle or just surfing the internet I decided to check the CPU . The usage was usually below 10% to 15%. However the temps were above 50°C . However I thought it was equal to normal gaming temps in other PCs so no problem as that relatively icy temp wouldn't damage my CPU . I tried several monitoring tools thinking Afterburner was showing error. I tried HWMonitor, RealTemp and CoreTemp. All had similar findings, with minor 1/2 °C fluctuations across these apps. Even on idle the CPU tended to jump 90°C as if it were gaming every now and then though it had only barely above 15% usage. I ignored it thinking ocassional spikes might be normal and it couldn't hurt my CPU.
However After I plugged it in , It returned to its former BBQ business
. Realtemp would sound the 100°C alarm every 10 secs. It would normally be in 75°C line and once in a while jump to above 90°C range for 2-3 seconds and return to 70/80 °C as if it were possessed by some Conjuring Virus. So I started charging it after shutting it down or in sleep😴 mode and keeping unplugged while using.So, that's my tragic story. Hope you didn't find it so long and boring but I wanted to be as thorough as possible. Hope I didn't bore you. If you need something else or got confused
, you know you don't need to hesitate. Thanks and Hope you Have a nice day.
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