lower laptop cpu clocks

[TheBean]

can i manually reduce the clocks of my i7-8750h?

i am having thermal issues and i have already undervolted. when i game i still hit severe thermal/current limits. 

 

is it possible to force the clocks to a lower speed?

[Lemtea]

Try disabling turbo boost, you can do this via the bios, Intel XTU or Throttlestop (only use one method). Keep in mind that doing this is going to significantly reduce CPU performance especially in tasks that require bursts of cpu usage like opening programs. I would suggest looking at modifying fan curves and changing thermal paste before doing this. 

[TheBean]

1 minute ago, Lemtea said:

Try disabling turbo boost, you can do this via the bios, Intel XTU or Throttlestop (only use one method). Keep in mind that doing this is going to significantly reduce CPU performance especially in tasks that require bursts of cpu usage like opening programs. I would suggest looking at modifying fan curves and changing thermal paste before doing this. 

I cant modify fan curves on this laptop. lenovo was being stupid and did not include it. nothing can control it (i tried)

 

I will try replacing the paste.

[genexis_x]

3 hours ago, Saksham said:

can i manually reduce the clocks of my i7-8750h?

Use Throttlestop and lower down turbo ratio limits

[TheBean]

7 hours ago, GeneXiS_X said:

Use Throttlestop and lower down turbo ratio limits

you can do that on a locked chip? you cant do that in xtu.... weird

[genexis_x]

31 minutes ago, Saksham said:

you can do that on a locked chip? you cant do that in xtu.... weird

That's why I never use XTU

 

You can always downclock in locked chips...