CPU is too hot

[billyX007]

Hello, 

My cpu becomes too hot when i game. It causes fps drops. I used to play fortnite with 50+fps now , i cant go upto 30. I played league of legends with 100+fps but now I cant go up then 60.

Yes, I dont have fps capped at 60. Can someone tell me how to fix this. I have cleaned it, applied good thermal paste but still the issue isn't resolved. At iddle the temps are above 70 C and while gaming it goes upto 100C.
Need Help.

[Acid Panda]

get a better cooler

[Ben Mills]

What cooler are you using?

[billyX007]

well its a laptop so, the cooler that came with it

[Shimejii]

Were you able to before? This is a low end Dual Core CPU, with a Low end 830m Graphics chip, i dont expect this to be able to do all that much 

[trevb0t]

Did your CPU cooler break somehow? Do you have a way to verify that it's still working when the computer is running?

[faziten]

 

 

Under "Clock Speeds" says your GPU should be 1Ghz. From your hardware monitor screenshot i see the max clock was 405Mhz. That should explain the FPS drop.

 

can you post GPU temp? it may be throttling. Your CPU is 90ºC but is not showing signs of throttling, it's not its fault.

[billyX007]

@Shimejii It may be low end but I used to play most multiplayer games at 35-50 fps. But now I cant.

 

@trevb0t Yes the cooler is working. I have confirmed that. 

 

@faziten that happens when I dont play game. When I start a game it goes up. When I put load on the cpu, it starts thermal throttling.

[-rascal-]

2 hours ago, billyX007 said:

@Shimejii It may be low end but I used to play most multiplayer games at 35-50 fps. But now I cant.

 

@trevb0t Yes the cooler is working. I have confirmed that. 

 

@faziten that happens when I dont play game. When I start a game it goes up. When I put load on the cpu, it starts thermal throttling.

 

 

how old is your laptop?

It might be worth a shot to replace the thermal paste.

 

Also, how is the airflow for the bottom of the laptop.

If you have it flat on a table (or worse, on carpet or something) it will starve for fresh air, and can overheat.

 

[billyX007]

Bought this laptop 4 yrs ago. I have changed thermal paste couple of times. Air flow is good. 

[edgylol]

Have you tried undervolting?

[Brent744]

What is the model of the laptop?

 

Its completely normal for laptops to get really hot during gaming sessions. I have a gaming laptop which has a pretty decent cooling solution and the cpu is around the 70's and 80's while gaming at low settings, I am utilizing Arctic Silver 5 thermal paste. Before applying the new paste I was close to the 90's and I never game on my laptop for more than an hour at a time. My laptop specs are i7 4710hq and GTX 860m.

 

If you haven't tried already, invest in a dual fan laptop cooling pad. It brings my temps down slightly.

[Gareque]

If you were once able to at much lower temps, I'd say something's wrong with the cooler.

 

Normally, I'd say clean out the internals of any dust and if needs be replace the cooler, but being a laptop I've no idea if you can do those things?

[Lagercat1]

is the fan woking and is the cooler tightend down?

 

[Benjeh]

You're gaming on a laptop dude, you're going to have to limit FPS to 60 and turn down the graphics to stop the heat building up.

[belfouf]

did you clean the dust out of all coolers ?

 

did you modify CPU voltage ? what is it ? 

[billyX007]

@gucciguy cant undervolt it.

 

@Brent744 model is p206tx. i5 5200u and gt 830m.

 

@Gareque I have cleaned it many times, but it does not do anything.

 

@Lagercat1 yes the fan is working.

 

@Benjeh its not the gpu that is heating it is the cpu. Even without the games, the cpu sometimes start thermal throttling even when i am just watching a video on chrome.

 

@belfouf yes i have cleaned it thoroughly but it doesn't do shit. Nope i did not tempered with the voltage.

[X_X]

Sounds like you need to check your TIM and Heatsink mounting unless your smothering the laptop in blankets or such instead of using it in the open with back raised for decent airflow.

 

Why cant you undervolt it?

 

It's a 15W CPU which usually idles with less than 1W if C-States are reported. Also check if it has any features such as "crap and quiet", or something named like that, enabled.