Hey All
Laptop:
Asus Zephyrus GX531
RTX 2070Max-q / i7-8750H/ 16GB RAM / 1TB SSD
Warning some photos, apology in advance if I uploaded them incorrectly..
Ok so I purchased this 2nd hand and quickly noticed this was extremely hot doing absolutely nothing more than browsing and file transferring. CPU temps peaking in the high 90DegC, I figured it needed a good clean and new thermal paste.
While I was going to open it up I figured I'd give Liquid Metal cooling a go and add in a larger nvme since this only takes 1 and boy am I glad I did this!
I took some photos on the progress and couldn't believe the state of the thermal pads they're practically melted away.
Before
After
Prepping & Application of LM
But why stop there right..So went on the hunt for better thermals all round which led me to Throttle Stop, thank you for an awesome tool!
A few nights of youtube, reading this forums, got me to a decent thermal drop, but I wanted more and I am not sure I am doing this right or fully understand some of the settings..
Because I didn't know where to start I didn't get the best logs or photo's as I fumble my way, and still not sure what to log TBH but here is a few photos of before and after..I did update BIOS which locked me out of these features, but I managed to roll back to give me control again, Phew..
Before Changing settings
After some tweaking
So a few quick questions if the CPU TDP Limit is 45 watts how safe is to hold this much high or is that the TPL only function is running this for a set time in this case 28sec period then it would throttle?
If limiting the voltage to the CPU is the lowest the better option before for a BSOD, so Cache is more important then core voltage, they don't have to match, so I can go as low as possible before CB23 fails?
Ideally my goal is for no throttling of any kind (no red or yellow 'lights'), without to much sacrificing the CPU/GPU Clock Speeds and Jet engine fans..
Am I expecting to much and the FANS, HEAT, THROTTLING, is all part of the design?
Once I get my head around the CPU tweaks I have to tackle the GPU, while MSI Afterburner is the best option here it knda has a mind of its own when trying to set limits and power curve. Undervolt is going to be a challenge here for sure as I would love to achieve the same sweet post for FPS Mhz vs Temp vs Fan Noise..
I look forward to feedback and options to try and how to best find my balance
Cheers
Kosti
Laptop:
Asus Zephyrus GX531
RTX 2070Max-q / i7-8750H/ 16GB RAM / 1TB SSD
Warning some photos, apology in advance if I uploaded them incorrectly..
Ok so I purchased this 2nd hand and quickly noticed this was extremely hot doing absolutely nothing more than browsing and file transferring. CPU temps peaking in the high 90DegC, I figured it needed a good clean and new thermal paste.
While I was going to open it up I figured I'd give Liquid Metal cooling a go and add in a larger nvme since this only takes 1 and boy am I glad I did this!
I took some photos on the progress and couldn't believe the state of the thermal pads they're practically melted away.
Before
After
Prepping & Application of LM
But why stop there right..So went on the hunt for better thermals all round which led me to Throttle Stop, thank you for an awesome tool!
A few nights of youtube, reading this forums, got me to a decent thermal drop, but I wanted more and I am not sure I am doing this right or fully understand some of the settings..
Because I didn't know where to start I didn't get the best logs or photo's as I fumble my way, and still not sure what to log TBH but here is a few photos of before and after..I did update BIOS which locked me out of these features, but I managed to roll back to give me control again, Phew..
Before Changing settings
After some tweaking
So a few quick questions if the CPU TDP Limit is 45 watts how safe is to hold this much high or is that the TPL only function is running this for a set time in this case 28sec period then it would throttle?
If limiting the voltage to the CPU is the lowest the better option before for a BSOD, so Cache is more important then core voltage, they don't have to match, so I can go as low as possible before CB23 fails?
Ideally my goal is for no throttling of any kind (no red or yellow 'lights'), without to much sacrificing the CPU/GPU Clock Speeds and Jet engine fans..
Am I expecting to much and the FANS, HEAT, THROTTLING, is all part of the design?
Once I get my head around the CPU tweaks I have to tackle the GPU, while MSI Afterburner is the best option here it knda has a mind of its own when trying to set limits and power curve. Undervolt is going to be a challenge here for sure as I would love to achieve the same sweet post for FPS Mhz vs Temp vs Fan Noise..
I look forward to feedback and options to try and how to best find my balance
Cheers
Kosti
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