Vortex II High CPU Temp

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powernerd

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Hi all,

Quick questions - my Vortex II seems to be running quite hot whilst playing SWTOR (after an hour or so CPU is at 85-92 degrees). Is this within the acceptable range of the chip (it's not been overclocked or touched at all)? Alternately, if I take the back of the laptop off and give the fans a clean (if there's dust) am I in danger of invalidating my warrenty at all?

I know TOR is quite processor intensive, I just don't want to have the chips break with overheating so I'd rather be proactive about things now.

thanks
PN
 
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lemunk

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As far as im aware(this is only my opinion) you are fine to clean your fans and will not void warranty. As for the overheating my laptop hits 90c when i play swotr too wich is terrible. 1st thing i would do is as u sated clean the fans and inside, there are even tutorials on doing this without risk of damage, i did this to my previous laptop and reduced cpu and gpu temps of around 10c loss which is big for just cleaning. So you could estimate a 75-85c. this again is still pretty high so i would consider investing in a laptop stand like the one i just brought (cant rmemeber tha name) but ive seen some reviews and it helps Alot! so say another 10-15c loss, you should no be sitting around 60-70 c which in all honest aint that bad for a laptop
 
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lemunk

Active member
heres the cooler i brought, seems to be very good but also maybe a little loud? Zalman ZM-NC2000 Ultra-Quiet Cooler, upto 20 inch (£39)
 
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AndyL

Well-known member
TBH those temps are not that high for a CPU intensive game, especially if you arent using a laptop cooler or keeping your fans/vents clean. Also those temps are within the limits of the chip.
 
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Wozza63

Biblical Poster
gamebooster may slightly decrease the amount of stress put onto the CPU, also where are you playing this? lap? desk? etc
 
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Wozza63

Biblical Poster
ok, have you tried raising it a bit to allow a bigger gap under the laptop, i remember using blobs of blue tack on each corner stand bit, didnt work great but was ok for a cheap solution, if not, you could get a laptop cooler
 
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powernerd

Member
Took the back off when I got home, cleared a huge amount of fluff out of the CPU airvent and voila - it's running about 20 degrees cooler. Job done! Thanks all
 
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PokerFace

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powernerd said:
Took the back off when I got home, cleared a huge amount of fluff out of the CPU airvent and voila - it's running about 20 degrees cooler. Job done! Thanks all
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I did the same with my belly button, but only achieved a 3 degree reduction in temps...any idea why that was?
 
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