thermal throttling

[unknownerror404]

so i bought a laptop lenovo Y 540 i7 9750h rtx 2060 16gb ram i did stress test and played some game i check the CPU temperature it stays 94C and sometimes it goes 98c on 100 % load and while playing heavy games, is this temperature safe for laptop or should i undervolt 

 

 

[Bombastinator]

17 minutes ago, unknownerror404 said:

so i bought a laptop lenovo Y 540 i7 9750h rtx 2060 16gb ram i did stress test and played some game i check the CPU temperature it stays 94C and sometimes it goes 98c on 100 % load and while playing heavy games, is this temperature safe for laptop or should i undervolt 

 

 

Depends on your definition of safe.  According to intel and Nvidia? Yes.  Moreover if the chip gets too close to an unsafe temp it will automatically throttle to keep from reaching it.  

The issue is is 99c “safe”.  There is old argument based on I don’t really remember what, that anything over 75c starts to reduce chip life, and anything under 75c starts to dramatically increase it.  The issue is 99c still leaves an amount of chip life.  One would assume that life is commensurate with the rest of the laptop.  If there is a non replacable part of the laptop (some flange or motherboard part or something) that has a maximum life of X, having the chip last longer than X is kind of useless.  Assuming all that stuff is known (and it probably is)  99c won’t hurt anything even if it slowly burns up the chip as long as burning the chip takes longer than X.  The question is what did intel and Nvidia mark as X?  Their warranty plus one day?  Some people worry that this is the case 

 

So there are a couple unknowns:

 

-  how accurate is the 75c thing?

 It might be crap.  If this is the case even at 99c the cpu in a laptop will outlast the laptop.

 

- Assuming the 75c thing even IS accurate, What is X?  If the manufacturers were diligent and ethical X is multiple years and is the lifetime of the shortest lived non replacable piece of the laptop.  If they were only worried about avoiding liability X might only be the warranty period.

[Haro]

21 minutes ago, unknownerror404 said:

so i bought a laptop lenovo Y540 i7 9750h rtx 2060 16gb ram i did stress test and played some game i check the CPU temperature it stays 94C and sometimes it goes 98c on 100 % load and while playing heavy games, is this temperature safe for laptop or should i undervolt 

These temps arnt recommend 

But it is a laptop after all and thermal throttling is expected

Especially during a stress test (which laptops arnt made for )

[AK89]

CPU temperature that high might not cause problems in the short term, but should certainly have an effect in the long run. Thermal throttling of such a high level might not have a direct effect, but the heat generated because of this will reduce the lifespan of your card. 

 

If you still love to play all those intense games, then it would be better if you start looking at cooling options. A large case or open type case should be a perfect choice to keep heat under control, which should enhance the overall gaming and general computing performance of your Lenovo Y 540. This is my advice and I hope it was useful.