whats the normal temps for a i7 2630qm?

cobra11 · Sep 15, 2015

so I got a dell xps l702x laptop and ive taken it apart about a week ago for the subwoofer not working.. fixed that, I cleaned the fan and all while I was at it, didn't apply thermal paste but the stuff looked guey, and now I'm considering cleaning it up and putting some artic silver on it.. my question is 90c with normal non throttling of the processor sounds extremely hot to me and not even doing anything major.. ive since throttled the processor to not overclock and stay at .78ghz which keeps the temps at 50c or less depending on the room temp

also if 90c is to hot which i think it is whats the process of applying artic silver onto it.. Ive done other computers in the past but the last laptop i did it on i was getting way to high of temps and then was told on here to just put it on the chip and let the heatsink press it around? would that apply to this cpu to? in the desktops ive always used a old card to flatten it out

theunliked · Sep 15, 2015

Its the same thing. I always apply new thermal paste after taking the cpu out.

cobra11 · Sep 16, 2015

theunliked :

so flatten it out or just put it on there and let the heatsink do it?, and me to i didn't take the cpu out though on this just took off the heatsink mind you it was already running hot before that..

theunliked · Sep 17, 2015

Use the heat sink to spread it, then put it on. Its the same as pcs. just put a pea sized drop on the cpu.

cobra11 · Sep 17, 2015

alrighty thanks

Uaon · Sep 17, 2015

I would use less than pea size as on laptops the die is bare and a bit smaller than on a desktop cpu.Idle temps of mid thirties and load temps of mid fifties to low sixties are what I would consider normal for that cpu,load dependent of course.I would suggest that you take a can of compressed air and ensure that the fan is not obstructed,while changing tim.Tim is not a magic paste that cools,it is just for ensuring a good connection between cpu and heatsink,so less is more so to speak..max temp on those is 100°C

cobra11 · Sep 17, 2015

Uaon :

thanks fan is clean, I took it apart cause I got some precision tools to do so and it wasn't clogged, barely any dust to be honest but I went a head and cleaned the rest of it out..the gpu runs nice and cool a 550m gt 40ish on idle, and I'm aware of that the turbo charge when it kicked in was pushing the cpu easily to 90c that's why I figured that the paste was wrong.. theres a lot of it and guey at that.. I will be taking artic silver 5 to it and see how good the temps are then, I did see a burn area on the cpu so figured it needs changed asap

Uaon · Sep 17, 2015

cobra11 :

Uaon :

thanks fan is clean, I took it apart cause I got some precision tools to do so and it wasn't clogged, barely any dust to be honest but I went a head and cleaned the rest of it out..the gpu runs nice and cool a 550m gt 40ish on idle, and I'm aware of that the turbo charge when it kicked in was pushing the cpu easily to 90c that's why I figured that the paste was wrong.. theres a lot of it and guey at that.. I will be taking artic silver 5 to it and see how good the temps are then, I did see a burn area on the cpu so figured it needs changed asap

If you haven't purchased paste yet,I highly recommend Noctua NT-H1,to combat heat I would suggest you look into buying a cooling pad like the Cooler Master NotePal X3,which is relatively inexpensive, and should help dissipate that heat a bit better..

cobra11 · Sep 19, 2015

Uaon :

I def will look into both, I already had artic silver 5 laying around cause I work on these things in town, after applying the new thermal paste I max out the temps at 86c under stress load and intels turbo boost enabled and vent covered, vent not covered I get about 81c under stress no more 90c so I say that's a major improvement and that's using intel burn test on very high, the thermal paste is still working in though cause idle temps never really drop lower than 50 for the package under normal use, but you def can tell its working a lot better heck just by putting my hand where its blowing heat out its a improvement (lot more heat coming out than before) ill def look into a cooler especially for college, right now this isn't my main rig so it doesn't get used as such.

oh and a added bonus the north bridge no longer hits 95 under load either, 85 is the highest, it of course is right next to the cpu

Uaon · Sep 19, 2015

Glad to hear it's getting better for you.Personally I wouldn't be all that comfortable going over 80c ,but that's just me.I believe AC5 has a 200 hours burn in/cure time, so can only get better.Out of curiosity,is there a thermal pad or paste over the gpu?Honestly with laptop cpu dies you want less thermal paste than what is used with a desktop cpu.I use rubbing alcohol to remove the old stuff.Once you remove the heatsink (i recommend doing so to clean it out anyway)you absolutely need to replace tim,do not replace it after lifting the heatsink as this will cause pockets in the tim.

cobra11 · Sep 21, 2015

Uaon :

it has paste on the gpu, I would of went ahead and done that to but ran out of q tips lol, I use 91% isopropyl alcohol does good cleaning these things.., I personally might go ahead and do the gpu to cause the way the last owner or dell applied it its a mess literally the stuff is touching the little transistors on the chip, I have never had one fail of that but I personally don't like that at all after reading about that here and there on the net

Uaon · Sep 21, 2015

cobra11 :

Does the gpu by chance share the heatsink with the cpu as most Dell's do?Do you see my logic here?If they do so that could very well be adding to the overall heat .In any case it can do no harm to change it.Dear god just looked at the heatsink location now,what were Dell thinking their smh what a pita :/

cobra11 · Sep 25, 2015

Uaon :

yup it does sadly, and I do I might go ahead and do the gpu here in the next few days, using intel burn in tool at the moment with standard setting I'm getin 80 max but of course my room is cool, mostly I'm getting 74ish under full load but the cpu is under clocking to 2.0ghz, this is prob why dell did what they did cause the cpu has a lot of different frequencies it can adjust to, before I installed intel turbo (basically cpu driver) it never went past 700 MHz really and with that it ran at 50 or less, but with it I find that it will very cause its overclocking on the fly by its self.. it will go as high as 2.9ghz is what ive seen so far

Uaon · Oct 13, 2015

cobra11 :

Uaon :

yup it does sadly, and I do I might go ahead and do the gpu here in the next few days, using intel burn in tool at the moment with standard setting I'm getin 80 max but of course my room is cool, mostly I'm getting 74ish under full load but the cpu is under clocking to 2.0ghz, this is prob why dell did what they did cause the cpu has a lot of different frequencies it can adjust to, before I installed intel turbo (basically cpu driver) it never went past 700 MHz really and with that it ran at 50 or less, but with it I find that it will very cause its overclocking on the fly by its self.. it will go as high as 2.9ghz is what ive seen so far

Sorry for the late reply, I have been very busy as of late.When you remove the heatsink you have to change the paste on whatever it covers ie the gpu and cpu, due to them sharing the same heatsink.Hope you have it resolved by now..

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