Alienware laptop heat issue

[gggb]

So I have the Alienware 13R3, it has the i7 7700HQ with a gtx1060. It does run hot while gaming tho. I did redo the paste with mastergel nano and I used XTU to undervolt the CPU (-0.120V so far). During stress test it runs completely fine with 85C avg and max of 95C. However, during gaming sessions, the CPU does throttle here and there quite frequently( which I think might be the GPU heat adding up). Here are some questions I have: 

1. I see that there is a thick plastic wrap around the heatpipes, can I remove them? (Linus' new vid suggested that it was to keep it comfortable for human laps) 

2. Is there something else I can do? (adding a fan to the heatpipes, "water cooling", etc.) 

Thank you so much in advance. 

[Jumballi]

With laptops, they’re intended to provide two things that do not go well with each other, performance and comfort. You can try to provide more air and retrofit the cooling solution, but I’d say you’re getting very little for a lot of work.

 

If you’re willing to go to the extreme length of modifying your laptop, to the point it wouldn’t even be portable anymore, I’d recommend just building a desktop. For the money and time(which is also money) you’re investing into this, for such a first world problem like laptop not being in the top 1%, you can better invest it for better reward.

[Kilrah]

What's the temp when throttling?

Laptops will also commonly throttle due to limits in the power delivery circuit, not just because of thermals.

[gggb]

11 hours ago, Kilrah said:

What's the temp when throttling?

Laptops will also commonly throttle due to limits in the power delivery circuit, not just because of thermals.

I monitored with 2 software just to be sure

- NZXT cam showed high 80s to 91

- XTU shows mid 90s 

Thank you, I honestly did not know about the power delivery circuit issue. 

[gggb]

11 hours ago, Jumballi said:

With laptops, they’re intended to provide two things that do not go well with each other, performance and comfort. You can try to provide more air and retrofit the cooling solution, but I’d say you’re getting very little for a lot of work.

 

If you’re willing to go to the extreme length of modifying your laptop, to the point it wouldn’t even be portable anymore, I’d recommend just building a desktop. For the money and time(which is also money) you’re investing into this, for such a first world problem like laptop not being in the top 1%, you can better invest it for better reward.

I do try to mod it as much as I can but within the original package (being that it's still portable and within the same housing). However, buying an Alienware I never planned to put it on my lap (obviously it's thick, heavy and way too hot). I did plan to buy a desktop but portability is too important.