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How to lower CPU temp?

regaru
Level 7

I recently purchased an Asus ROG Strix G17. I think the CPU temp is really high. I am not very tech savvy so don't know much. The current CPU temp is 96° Celsius. and the GPU temp is 67° Celsius. Those are the temps I have while playing World of Warcraft. I do have a llano v13 cooling pad with it, but I don't think it's helped much. If anyone can give any tips I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.

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eXplode
Level 13

What is the CPU that you use ..... 

Buy a cooling fan pad

Make a custom fan speed profile and increase the fan speeds

Undervolt the CPU 

Disable hyperthreading 

 

Arnab_PR64
Level 9

I can think of couple of reasons.
1) Your game is utilizing CPU only not the GPU. May be thats why you are facing temperature issues. You can easily fix it yourself by going to your GPU's control panel and add the game. Restart your PC after that.
2) The thermal paste on your CPU has dried off. For this you have to open the back lid of your laptop, remove the fans, and apply fresh thermal paste. Better go to a technician than do it yourself.
3) Fan speed is too low on the CPU side. As eXplode said in his reply, you should change your fan speed profile. Watch youtube for that.
4) There is not enough cool air flowing. Either the heat sing is clogged, or the air is not flowing properly. For this you can try lifting up your laptop a little bit or as eXplode said, use cooling pad which is a better choice.
I can recommend you to use this cooling pad: >  IETS GT300 Double blower Laptop Cooling Pad
5) Undervolting CPU using MSI Afterburner. This should reduce the temperature of your laptop. But be careful, it may cause stability issues if you do it too much. If you don't know how to undervolt CPU watch youtube videos, or let some one do it for you, who have experience.

And one most important thing that can do to improve his temperature is to use the "SEARCH" in the forum .... I have post's explained even how to do custom fan speed profiles and some are uploaded whit screenshot 

Also there have a 50+ post's about problem like his and step by step what he can do and how to do it so is good to use the search engine