My asus Rog gu501gm consistently hits 90-95' C on Cpu

[Mike2121]

My gpu temps are ususally fine but my cpu hits 90-95 when gaming. Is this fine?

[Rainbow Dash]

That's way too high, you might want to replace the thermal paste on that cpu. The maximum temperature for the i7-8750H is 100C. You could see if having a fan blowing under it helps with the temperature.

[Christophe Corazza]

90 to 95 °C is way too high. You have a few options that I suggest that you should consider:

- Clean the inside (and air vents/fans etc.) of your laptop, removing dust build up. However, since this laptop is released just recently, I highly doubt that dust is the culprit here.

- Remove the old thermal paste on your CPU and replace it with something like Arctic MX-4, Noctua NT-H1 or Arctic Silver 5.

[Mike2121]

32 minutes ago, Christophe Corazza said:

90 to 95 °C is way too high. You have a few options that I suggest that you should consider:

- Clean the inside (and air vents/fans etc.) of your laptop, removing dust build up. However, since this laptop is released just recently, I highly doubt that dust is the culprit here.

- Remove the old thermal paste on your CPU and replace it with something like Arctic MX-4, Noctua NT-H1 or Arctic Silver 5.

What do you think of undervolting or getting a cooling pad?

[Christophe Corazza]

1 minute ago, Mike2121 said:

What do you think of undervolting or getting a cooling pad?

 

I would first try changing the stock thermal paste for something more premium, like the ones I have mentioned earlier.

 

Pads transfer heat, but thermal paste is designed to flow and fill the imperfections in the processor IHS and the heatsink. Even if the pads have better thermal conductivity than paste, they will definitely have worse than the heatsink. The advantage of paste is that you can have just enough to fill any voids while still letting the heatsink make relatively direct contact with the CPU heatspreader. With a thermal pad, you now have a solid layer of material with inferior thermal conductivity completely separating your heatsink from the CPU.

 

Undervolting will obviously be your last bet.

[Mike2121]

30 minutes ago, Christophe Corazza said:

 

I would first try changing the stock thermal paste for something more premium, like the ones I have mentioned earlier.

 

Pads transfer heat, but thermal paste is designed to flow and fill the imperfections in the processor IHS and the heatsink. Even if the pads have better thermal conductivity than paste, they will definitely have worse than the heatsink. The advantage of paste is that you can have just enough to fill any voids while still letting the heatsink make relatively direct contact with the CPU heatspreader. With a thermal pad, you now have a solid layer of material with inferior thermal conductivity completely separating your heatsink from the CPU.

 

Undervolting will obviously be your last bet.

I don't know I might accidently void my 1 year warranty by opening it up and accidently breaking a seal.

 

[Christophe Corazza]

5 minutes ago, Mike2121 said:

I don't know I might accidently void my 1 year warranty by opening it up and accidently breaking a seal.

 

If that floats your boat: undevolting your CPU is a reasonable choice.

After the 1 year warranty, you could then get rid of the undervolt and apply a better thermal paste.

[Mike2121]

4 minutes ago, Christophe Corazza said:

 

If that floats your boat: undevolting your CPU is a reasonable choice.

After the 1 year warranty, you could then get rid of the undervolt and apply a better thermal paste.

How much do you think undervoltk g will affect CPU performance. I have the i7-8750h. Also does it damage the CPU at all?

[kingmustard]

For the money you spent on that laptop, I'd be pissed at those temperatures.

 

Get a refund.

[Christophe Corazza]

4 minutes ago, Mike2121 said:

How much do you think undervoltk g will affect CPU performance. I have the i7-8750h. Also does it damage the CPU at all?

 

Undervolting does not damage the CPU at all. You damage the chip when you run it beyond its design limits like overvolting/overclocking.

[Mike2121]

24 minutes ago, Christophe Corazza said:

 

Undervolting does not damage the CPU at all. You damage the chip when you run it beyond its design limits like overvolting/overclocking.

My friend recomended just underclocking. Is this a better option?

[Mike2121]

26 minutes ago, Christophe Corazza said:

 

Undervolting does not damage the CPU at all. You damage the chip when you run it beyond its design limits like overvolting/overclocking.

What software would you recomend for undervolting the I7-8750H?

[Christophe Corazza]

I would suggest Intel's XTU for that 

 

Rather than writing down every step of the process, I'll refer you to one of the many guides that can be found online.

Notebookcheck (very reputable website) has made the following guide with the same CPU as yours:

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-Extreme-Tuning-Utility-XTU-Undervolting-Guide.272120.0.html

[genexis_x]

9 hours ago, Mike2121 said:

My gpu temps are ususally fine but my cpu hits 90-95 when gaming. Is this fine?

What's the clock speed? Also what game.

 

This can happen with 8750H in thin chassis

[Mike2121]

1 hour ago, ZM Fong said:

What's the clock speed? Also what game.

 

This can happen with 8750H in thin chassis

Rainbow six siege and The witcher 3. ill have to check clock speeds tomorrow.

[MalekeT]

I know I'm a bit late on this post but I recently purchased this laptop and I also play the same games. The hottest my cpu has been during gameplay is 74° C but I'm using a laptop fan.

[kingmustard]

15 minutes ago, MalekeT said:

I know I'm a bit late on this post but I recently purchased this laptop and I also play the same games. The hottest my cpu has been during gameplay is 74° C but I'm using a laptop fan.

You shouldn't really need to, if the laptop is well-designed.

[K i a r a]

U N D E R V O L T.

[GuardianContent]

I know this post is hella old. BUT JUST IN CASE you were planning to open this cancer, I just wanted to inform you what you were getting yourself into. Instead of using thermal pads. They seem to have just slapped on some juicy thermal paste everywhere. HOWEVER, after undervolting and changing the thermal paste. My temps went from 90-95 while gaming to around 75-80. My old idle temps were usually around 50. I now am usually around 40 flat. 

 

Edit: These temps are for my cpu.

[FireTurtle6]

On 4/8/2019 at 8:39 AM, GuardianContent said:

I know this post is hella old. BUT JUST IN CASE you were planning to open this cancer, I just wanted to inform you what you were getting yourself into. Instead of using thermal pads. They seem to have just slapped on some juicy thermal paste everywhere. HOWEVER, after undervolting and changing the thermal paste. My temps went from 90-95 while gaming to around 75-80. My old idle temps were usually around 50. I now am usually around 40 flat. 

 

Edit: These temps are for my cpu.

late comment, but I've been running into thermal issues and I want to put thermal paste onto the laptop but Im not sure where the cpu is exactly or where I should apply the thermal paste. Can you send a pic of where the cpu is?