Cooling issue | Mini PC

[Estavio]

Hey, 

First of all, I appreciate any kind of answer, this thread is mainly for brainstorming since there's no absolute answer (unless we find one and I'll be happy for the rest of my life).

Anyways,

A couple of years ago I purchased a PC, as a beast workstation.

It was advertised with :

GTX 1060 6GB

Intel i7 7700HQ

16GB RAM 

Mini PC

Chinese company.

Overall, looks legit and good.

I managed to put my hands on it for quite a lower price than expected.

But I did not consider the issues it could have.

 

The PC's name is : BBEN GB01.

Now, as the title says, I have cooling issues, the PC could reach above 90C whenever I have a zoom meeting and Photoshop in the background.

I tried looking for the issue, or considered re-applying thermal paste, but the issue is, I cannot really open the computer, it looks like it's sealed and glued(if anyone wants, I'll attach pictures, I tried more than 20 times to open it, but I was scared to break it in to a point of no-return, this is my only PC and I'm a student).

It's a rather small machine, the size of a tablet.

 

I wanted to be creative and create an external cooling solution for it.

Sadly, I don't have enough money to purchase another computer, yet.

Therefore I was wondering if it is possible to fix the cooling issue with an external one,

I would appreciate any kind of idea,

Something practical and applicable.

 

Thanks in advance to whoever answers and tries his best ;)!

 

[DreamCat04]

11 minutes ago, Estavio said:

Hey, 

First of all, I appreciate any kind of answer, this thread is mainly for brainstorming since there's no absolute answer (unless we find one and I'll be happy for the rest of my life).

Anyways,

A couple of years ago I purchased a PC, as a beast workstation.

It was advertised with :

GTX 1060 6GB

Intel i7 7700HQ

16GB RAM 

Mini PC

Chinese company.

Overall, looks legit and good.

I managed to put my hands on it for quite a lower price than expected.

But I did not consider the issues it could have.

 

The PC's name is : BBEN GB01.

Now, as the title says, I have cooling issues, the PC could reach above 90C whenever I have a zoom meeting and Photoshop in the background.

I tried looking for the issue, or considered re-applying thermal paste, but the issue is, I cannot really open the computer, it looks like it's sealed and glued(if anyone wants, I'll attach pictures, I tried more than 20 times to open it, but I was scared to break it in to a point of no-return, this is my only PC and I'm a student).

It's a rather small machine, the size of a tablet.

 

I wanted to be creative and create an external cooling solution for it.

Sadly, I don't have enough money to purchase another computer, yet.

Therefore I was wondering if it is possible to fix the cooling issue with an external one,

I would appreciate any kind of idea,

Something practical and applicable.

 

Thanks in advance to whoever answers and tries his best ;)!

 

Well for that form factor it seems normal for the CPU to be at 90 degrees under much load. That is also the case in gaming laptops. Is the CPU under much load when the scenario you described is true? If it isn't under too much load, then there could be something wrong but it could also be the form factor. Are there any fans on the heatsink? If it is passively cooled, that means without a fan, you could try mounting a fan to it so that it blows air through the heat sink or whatever cooling solution is attached to it

[DreamCat04]

15 minutes ago, Estavio said:

if anyone wants, I'll attach pictures

Could you attach a or some pictures of the cooling solution of it if it's visible?

[suedseefrucht]

11 minutes ago, Estavio said:

BBEN GB01

Alright, it looks like a console but with even less airflow.
So we expect high temperatures.

12 minutes ago, Estavio said:

the PC could reach above 90C

The CPU or the graphics card?
The CPU max. temperature is 100 °C.

So it won't slow down because of the heat.
Sure, it can live longer with lower temperatures, but it works and that's all we can expect in that case.
 

So I would say: Use it as long as it works and as long you are not disturbed too much by the probably insane fan noise.

And when it finally dies, or you want something more satisfying, build your own PC.

[Estavio]

21 minutes ago, DreamCat04 said:

Well for that form factor it seems normal for the CPU to be at 90 degrees under much load. That is also the case in gaming laptops. Is the CPU under much load when the scenario you described is true? If it isn't under too much load, then there could be something wrong but it could also be the form factor. Are there any fans on the heatsink? If it is passively cooled, that means without a fan, you could try mounting a fan to it so that it blows air through the heat sink or whatever cooling solution is attached to it

The CPU is under much load even when doing usual and day-to-day tasks, when I have multiple chrome tabs and a youtube video for example, it reaches 90 and stands still, or even more.

There are fans, I don't know how many, and what's the internal cooling solution.
I will attach some photos of what I can see from the holes it has in it.

19 minutes ago, suedseefrucht said:

Alright, it looks like a console but with even less airflow.
So we expect high temperatures.

The CPU or the graphics card?
The CPU max. temperature is 100 °C.

So it won't slow down because of the heat.
Sure, it can live longer with lower temperatures, but it works and that's all we can expect in that case.
 

So I would say: Use it as long as it works and as long you are not disturbed too much by the probably insane fan noise.

And when it finally dies, or you want something more satisfying, build your own PC.

CPU is usually the one reaching high temps,
But whenever I launch a game (even Diablo II remastered), both the CPU and GPU reaches high temp's that the game gets really low FPS on LOW settings and lag spikes. Which is really odd, GTX 1060 should run modern games on normal settings.

I am actually not that disturbed, just worried and concerned of how long it will survive.

Also, I would actually want to play games without the hassle and the spikes.

 

And yes, you are absolutely right, one day I will build my own PC, but in order for me to do that, I need to survive the next 6-8 months and start earning.

20 minutes ago, DreamCat04 said:

Could you attach a or some pictures of the cooling solution of it if it's visible?

Sure,

 

[DreamCat04]

10 hours ago, Estavio said:

There are fans

Do they blow much air? Can you feel warm air being exhausted? Of so then it might be the cooling solution limiting you. If it isn't that warm when under much load, there is probably an issue with the cooling solution. How do you have it on your table? Can it get to fresh air easily?

[Estavio]

2 hours ago, DreamCat04 said:

Do they blow much air? Can you feel warm air being exhausted? Of so then it might be the cooling solution limiting you. If it isn't that warm when under much load, there is probably an issue with the cooling solution. How do you have it on your table? Can it get to fresh air easily?

Hey,

Yeah, I feel it blowing air from these specific holes.

It isn't blocked by any side from receiving fresh air to be honest...

Could there be something like the laptop external fans, that are attached to the bottom?