laptop cooling tricks.

[Los Serpent]

so, i have a santech n87. with a 870m and a i7-4710. it overheats a bit when gaming and throttles the gpu (i got around the cpu throttoling by undervolting it and i also managed to overclock it without any issues) so. this is what i did. changed thermal paste, cleaned everything, got a cooling pad. but it still throttles. so here are my questions:

 

i haven't managed to unlock voltage control of the gpu no matter how hard i tried, i can't unlock it, and there is no guide online regarding this laptop because it's a quite new brand so not many people have it. so if anyone can help me with unlocking voltage control i'd be very grateful, that would really help with temps.

is liquid metal a good idea on a laptop?

what's the best cooling pad i can get with the best airflow? (not too expensive, under 30 euros)

i've also seen those vacuum style coolers, are they any good? can they be attached to this laptop considering it has rear fans?

 

also keep in mind this laptop has 2 different pipes and fans for the gpu and cpu, so they don't really effect each other.

 

also if you guys have some other tips on lowering the temps just write them down even if they are crazy, i'm happy to experiment with new stuff and ways to get the best performance out of this 2014 high end beast.

 

sorry for any grammatical errors, english isn't my first language

 

 

[Adorable Cat]

LTT made a video on liquid metal cooling a laptop, I haven't watched the whole thing but I think the result was that it worked well

as for all your other questions idk

edit: the result was "recommend it? absolutely, as long as you don't mind risking your device."

[Los Serpent]

3 minutes ago, Sayori said:

LTT made a video on liquid metal cooling a laptop, I haven't watched the whole thing but I think the result was that it worked well

as for all your other questions idk

edit: the result was "recommend it? absolutely, as long as you don't mind risking your device."

i've seen that vid, but what about the long therm effects? i've heard that liquid metal can corrode the cpu. let's say i apply it correctly, can i have some issues in the future because of the liquid metal?

[Jurrunio]

19 minutes ago, Los Serpent said:

i've heard that liquid metal can corrode the cpu.

no it doesnt. Liquid metal do short out contact points around the CPU die and the cooling contact plate (if it's made of copper rather than nickel), which are serious problems.

 

You can undervolt the CPU to reduce heat output. Less heat output = less heat it needs to get rid of.

[Rainbow Dash]

Personally I won't use liquid metal on a laptop, cause a laptop is made to be portable and moving around that liquid metal on the die might spill over and kill the laptop.

[aezakmi]

pads are useless if the bottom of your laptop is solid, I just went into the site and the only thing it mentions is ventilazione separata con doppia ventolina, but no detailed specs.

Those side fans are useless, all they do is force the inner fans and that doesn't even lower the temps, it's the thickness of the heatsink what matters, not the RPM of the fans.

 

I guess you can't really improve cooling without tearing the laptop apart and modding it which isn't something you should do if you want to keep it mobile. Liquid metal isn't really safe

[Los Serpent]

11 hours ago, aezakmi said:

pads are useless if the bottom of your laptop is solid, I just went into the site and the only thing it mentions is ventilazione separata con doppia ventolina, but no detailed specs.

Those side fans are useless, all they do is force the inner fans and that doesn't even lower the temps, it's the thickness of the heatsink what matters, not the RPM of the fans.

 

I guess you can't really improve cooling without tearing the laptop apart and modding it which isn't something you should do if you want to keep it mobile. Liquid metal isn't really safe

i have a little cooling bad and it actually lowers the temps by like 5-10c

[Los Serpent]

 

anyways, just to confirm, liquid metal isn't really the best idea for a laptop is it?

[Los Serpent]

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