overheating Laptop Overheating. Modify further?

[Thee_Silent]

I have a gaming laptop the runs anything but has subpar cooling and the CPU hits 100C within a few minutes of gaming.

 

I've limited the "Processor power management" to 60% within Windows, but will overheat 90+ after a few hours of gaming.

 

Anyone have any advice? I've already drilled holes in it since I can't return it (Bought in another country second hand)

 

My laptop specs are:

ASUS X550JX (Or internationally, A550JX)

Intel Core i7 4720HQ 4 Core, 8 Threads at 2.6GHz

4GB RAM (+8GB Add-on)

NVIDIA GTX 950m 4GB

 

Current Situation:

1. Externally cooling with
2. 1x Thermaltake Riing 140mm High Static Pressure fan
3. 2x Deep Cool XFAN to assist with air flow
4. on top of a cheap laptop cooler

Modifications/Changes to laptop:

1. Disassembled/Reassembled and cleaned
2. Thermal paste cleaned and replaced (Only a few degrees improvement)
3. Drilled holes under exhaust fan
4. Drilled holes under CPU HS

Currently planning:

1. Adding small eBay heatsinks used for ICs all along the heatsinks (Where space allows)
2. (Last Resort) Fabricate custom cooling pad with more high static pressure fans.

 

After all that said, anything else I should try?

For those who say "Get a desktop", my desktop only has a G4560 + GTX 550ti because I travel every now and then

 

Pictures of laptop modifications and maintenance (Imgur)

 

Cheers in advance guys

[Thee_Silent]

Should make it clear that it's the CPU overheating and not the GPU

[sillypenguin213]

Liquid metal instead of paste

[Likwid]

17 minutes ago, Thee_Silent said:

Should make it clear that it's the CPU overheating and not the GPU

There's a chance you bent a heat pipe a little bit, happened to me once, maybe will help to you, and what about noise of laptop is it going 100% when gaming?

[Thee_Silent]

22 minutes ago, Likwid said:

There's a chance you bent a heat pipe a little bit, happened to me once, maybe will help to you, and what about noise of laptop is it going 100% when gaming?

It's silent... fan is running and pushing out really hot air though.

 

I've considered looking for a replacement fan even though mine works and pushes, but it doesn't look like other fans will make a difference.

Unless someone knows where to get aftermarket high performance laptop exhaust fans haha (But seriously, I'd consider if there was any if anyone knows)

 

29 minutes ago, sillypenguin213 said:

Liquid metal instead of paste

On a desktop, yeah, on a laptop, nah.

Don't think I'd use liquid metal on a laptop since it will see alot of movement and travel.

 

[Thee_Silent]

So added extra small IC Heatsinks above the CPU Heatsink.

Undervolted CPU by 30mv

CPU Maximum processor frequency (Windows) to 34% (0.88GHz max)

Underclocked the GPU

High static pressure fans for makshift cooling pad with an extra fan to push air around.

 

And still hitting 99C after 10 minutes of gaming...

 

Is this unit screwed?
I mean, it runs literally perfectly fine with zero performance issues in and out of gaming.

But looking at thermal numbers is another thing.

 

Like what they hell do I do with this thing. Anyone?

 

[Thee_Silent]

Hopefully this will information will help someone else with similar laptops, or overheating laptops. Physically modifying did not seem to change much and repasting only might be worth it if your laptop is ancient with crusty paste. Underclocking/undervolting brings results, however with slight performance loss...

 

These stress test were run around 30 mins each.
CPU stressed with XTU+prime95(Small/Blend)
GPU stressed with Furmark (768p, 0 MSAA)

CPU Underclocking - XTU (Intel Extreme Tuning Utility, No BIOS settings available)

GPU Underclocking - MSI Afterburner

 

With settings posted above:
CPU stress testings = ~75C
GPU stress testings = ~80C
CPU + GPU Stress testings = ~99C
Gaming (No Man's Sky, Space Engineers) = ~99+C

 

With settings posted below:
CPU stress testings = ~68C
GPU stress testings = ~75C
CPU + GPU Stress testings = ~82C
Gaming (No Man's Sky, Space Engineers) = ~90C

 

CPU Multipliers Lowered (XTU)

36,35,34,34 to 32,31,30,30

CPU Undervolted via Offset (XTU)

-0.060mv

GPU Underclocked (MSI Afterburner)
Core: 1124->980
Mem: 900->800

Maximum Processor Frequency (Windows Power Plan)
60%

 

I conclude that since both the CPU and GPU share such tiny copper heatpipes, shared heat from heavy gaming (1 horse vs 2 horse loads analogy) multiplies the heat...

Imo, if your laptop is overheating while gaming, just underclock CPU and GPU...

 

Peformance loss - Dealing with it