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Lenovo Y50 CPU Throttling Issue

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September 13, 2014 9:01:28 AM

Hi all,

I recently bought a Lenovo Y50, because I'm a gamer who also needed a laptop for school, and it seemed like the best fit. I'm extremely happy with it, but there's a really weird CPU throttling issue that I'm extremely confused about. Whenever I put a heavy load on the CPU (video/image rendering) it turbos up to 3.2GHz, as it should, and temps are only at ~65 degrees, but then after about 7 seconds or so, the CPU downclocks all the way to stock, and the temperatures hover around ~60 degress. Is this normal? It just seems odd to me that the CPU would throttle without even breaking 70 degrees. If this is a problem, is there anything I can do to fix it?

Thanks in advance.

Forgot to mention, CPU is i7-4700HQ

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September 13, 2014 10:20:24 AM

"Thats a feature, not a bug"

CPUs that support turbo boost will only do so assuming everything's okay power and temperature wise. Evidently 65 degrees is not a good temperature for turbo boost
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September 13, 2014 2:53:24 PM

Jonathan Sifleet said:
"Thats a feature, not a bug"

CPUs that support turbo boost will only do so assuming everything's okay power and temperature wise. Evidently 65 degrees is not a good temperature for turbo boost


I mean, yeah I do know that it's not going to keep clocking up when it's not good on power and temperature, it just seems strange to me that 35 degrees below the chips' recommended max temperature is too hot.

Whatever though, more than anything I just wanted the input of someone else. Thank you.
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