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17 R5, to throttlestop, or to let throttle?
Alienware 17 R5
Hello. I have the i9-8950HK, and as far as I know, they run hot, especially in a laptop. I'm using Throttlestop to undervolt -110.4mV, which is the lowest system stability allows for, keeping my temps around 90c, and no throttle. Repaste/pad seemed to do nothing for temps, btw.
My question is, is it better to do what I'm doing and stop the throttle and the 100c temps, or should I just allow it to throttle because that's what the system it designed to do? Which is better for overall performance/life of the laptop?
Thanks in advance for any responses.
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July 26th, 2024 12:01
I got my hands on an AGA and put an RTX 3080 FE in it, (for VR2 purposes mainly), but one of the unexpected sideffects was that the GPU heat was transferred to the AGA from the inside of the laptop, so for now I stopped undervolting.
I noticed that the CPU only seems to have spikes every once in a while that run to only at max 3-4°c above thermal limit, but mainly stays in the 90s while gaming. It IS nice though for it to be able to reach at least 4.6MHz again, since it was staying in the high 2s while undervolted.
So for the time being, I think I'm going to leave it, until I find a way to allow full speed while being to undervolt just enough to keep it from reaching it's thermal limit.
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July 26th, 2024 20:48
@johnequickiii I meant GHz.