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17 R2, CPU temperatures
Dear All,
After a morning working with excel, word, chrome and acrobat reader (not so much) i noticed that my Alienware 17R2 was pretty hot.
I downloaded a couple of softwares to monitor the temperature (HWMonitor) and RealTem. and both of them gave me values ranging between 60-70 C for the 4 cores, that it is more than what I would expect (I am using 25% CPU and 66% of RAM approx.). Furthermore, my laptop has this stuff you use to put behind laptops that has a couple of fans to cool it more.
So,
Am I right being concerned about tempratures?
What should I do to fix the problem?
Laptop: Alienware 17R2, CPU: i7-4710
shashank066
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Posted June 25th, 2018 13:00
60-70 are just slightly high for low loads. If you want to reduce temperatures, there are 2 options:
1. Undervolt the cpu. This is pretty easy with Intel Extreme Tuning Utility and you should do it.
2. Repaste with a good thermal paste such as thermal grizzly kryonaut or if you are comfortable with liquid metal then Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut.
Alienware - Rodrigo
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Posted June 25th, 2018 15:00
Hi,
Did you try stressing the CPU with a benchmark or while gaming? If yes, what were the highest temperatures that you saw?
Get some server grade paste to combat the heat.
get some thermal pads as well.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075JDF6JV?tag=duckduckgo-ipad-20&linkCode=osi&th=1&psc=1
This stuff combated my Alienware 15 R1 with the 4710HQ which used to reach 104c on Heavy load but when I put this stuff on it, it dropped the temps down to 70c on heavy load. So I overclocked it to 4.1 GHz with the graphics amp of course. Then the temps still only went to 75c and nothing higher on heavy load. I also remembered to clean my heat sinks and dust them off to get more airflow.
*NOTE: I am NOT a Dell employee, But I am a Community Rockstar*Quick Tip: If your laptop has voltage / charging issues, try shutting it down, unplugging power from laptop, hold power button down for 30 seconds to do a full reset!
kondenado
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Posted June 22nd, 2018 13:00
Btw, I have been reading that apparently with the Alienware command center you can monitor temperatures, but when i go to my Alienware command centre I dont see any place where i can check temperatures