Heatsink/heatpipe in laptop modding

[Corvo1998]

Hi, ive recently bought a gaming laptop that seems to love the heat, despite already being undervolted and repasted properly with paste. I was thinking of adding additional heatpipes to the heatsink of my laptop. Im hoping to get some general ideas from the experts here and whether or not its worth my time. Thank you in advance.

 

[P4-630]

If you want to game better buy a desktop computer, it will run much cooler and you can have more powerful hardware.

 

[Bill_Bright]

Hi, ive recently bought a gaming laptop

If you want to game better buy a desktop computer

^^^This^^^

@Corvo1998 - It is not about having more powerful hardware. That's the problem with laptops. Manufacturers can pack the power of a PC into a laptop case, but they cannot pack the essential cooling that hardware needs to run at full potentials.

If you consider the fact a decent tower case, with its many large case fans and large CPU cooler options is still challenged to keep the innards properly cooled, it should be obvious that NO laptop case, despite what their marketing weenies claim, can adequately cool the innards when performing demanding tasks like gaming. This is why, IMO, there is no such thing as a "gaming laptop" or "desktop replacement" laptop. It's all marketing hype.

Sadly, by you replacing the TIM (thermal interface material) on that system, you probably already voided the warranty - so you can't return it.

About your only option at this point, besides getting a gaming PC, is to buy a decent cooling pad. Be sure its fan vents align with the laptop's vents. And be sure the cooling pad is self-powered (comes with its own power supply) or you use a USB wall adapter to power it. No need to tax the laptop further by powering the cooling pad through one of the laptop's USB ports.

 

[xrobwx71]

I got this one for my Daughters Laptop and it actually works well. It comes with different shaped silicone adapters to fit many laptop fan exhaust ports.

The only thing, the laptop needs to be sitting on a flat surface for it to work optimally.

If you want to sit on the couch with the laptop in your lap, I suggest one of these as @Bill_Bright said.

 

[Udyr]

gaming laptop

These are two words that have never worked together for me.

If you want to game better buy a desktop computer, it will run much cooler and you can have more powerful hardware.

Because of this.

 

[Ferd]

Hi, ive recently bought a gaming laptop that seems to love the heat, despite already being undervolted and repasted properly with paste. I was thinking of adding additional heatpipes to the heatsink of my laptop. Im hoping to get some general ideas from the experts here and whether or not its worth my time. Thank you in advance.

Perhaps you can share the laptop model and specs , it can definitely be done , some units have a lot of room for improvement, some don’t, so knowing the model can help .

It is not cheap and easy for two reasons :
1 - the heatpipes must be customized in most cases , you need tools for that, otherwise if you bend them with your hands they pop .
2- it takes a lot of time , and downtime, you laptop will be sitting in pieces for a while until you design the solution, the space it usually so tight you need to measure and look online for compatible parts , if you want to do it properly you need some calculations to see if the added mods will be enough (dissipation and cooling capacity) ....

In my opinion there is a better way if you want to do it “the easy way” , get a laptop water cooling solution, usually you have two options, a square water block with an inlet+outlet , or a copper tube that you have to solder , the water block is the best and easiest .....


You can see how complicated it is , it’s not impossible, it’s just that by the time you do it , you lose portability in most cases, and the performance boost is not huge ( unless you had a terrible cooler)

 

[phanbuey]

if you already repasted and undervolted then there isn't much more you can realistically do except undervolt even more :/ -- but you really are better off just selling it and getting something better.

 

[P4-630]

but you really are better off just selling it and getting something better.

Preferably a desktop for gaming...