ASUS Zenbook 15 gets very hot while under gaming load.

[caloob]

Hey,

So I recently purchased an Asus Zenbook 15 for general work, music production, and light gaming. (Minecraft, Half-Life 2, TF2) I come from a Linux gaming background, so I'm not familiar with how driver updates and general maintenance work on a Windows machine. While gaming, the left side of the laptop gets very hot, which I presume is where the CPU/cooling tubes for the CPU are located, and it is where the heat is expelled from vents on the side. I'm wondering, is this normal for a thin ultrabook? Is there some sort of graphics configuration I'm not doing, and/or are there any other things I should do to "break in" a new machine like this?

 

Thanks in advance for any help.

[gloop]

'Very hot' is not an indication of whether it is thermal throttling or not. What are your temps while under load?

[caloob]

Under heavy load (TF2, fullscreen gameplay @4K), I just now got temps hovering around 80 degrees Fahrenheit (although earlier today it felt hotter during gameplay.) Clock speed did not seem to diminish though, so I think it is just a case of a hot CPU rather than full-on thermal throttling. (I hope.)

 

I should have mentioned this before, but my laptop has an Intel Core I7-10510U, Geforce GTX 1650 w. Max-Q, and 16gb RAM.

[gloop]

8 hours ago, caloob said:

80 degrees Fahrenheit

Fahrenheit or Celsius? If Fahrenheit its great temps.

[caloob]

Lol it was in celsius. I apologize.