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by: SageofNightmares May 25, 2012 10:54 AM PDT

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What are safe running temperatures for laptops?

by SageofNightmares - 5/25/12 10:54 AM

I've noticed that the bottom of my laptop (Samsung NP700Z5A-S04US 15.6-Inch) would get hot while gaming. I didn't think much of it until I downloaded a temperature monitoring utility (HWMonitor). It showed that my CPU would get 80+ degrees Celsius while gaming (such as Tribes Ascend or Diablo 3). I'm just wondering if any damage to my laptop can arise if it remains at said temperature for a couple of hours while gaming. Since this is still a new laptop, I'd like it to last as long as possible.

Here are the specs to my laptop (taken from amazon.com):

Product Features
Intel Core i7 Processor 2.2GHz
6GB DDR3 RAM
750GB 7200RPM Hard Drive
15.6-Inch Screen, AMD Radeon HD 6750M
Windows 7 Home Premium, 9 hours Battery Life

Processor, Memory, and Motherboard
Hardware Platform: PC
Processor: 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7
Number of Processors: 1
RAM: 6 GB
RAM Type: SODIMM
Hard Drive
Size: 750 GB
Type: Serial ATA
Speed: 7200 rpm

Graphics and Display
Graphics RAM: 1024 MB

Ports and Connectivity
USB Ports: 3

Cases and Expandability
Size (LWH): 9.39 inches, 14.26 inches, 0.93 inches
Weight: 5.05 pounds

Power
Rated Charge (normal use): 9 hours


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Frankly gaming is unsafe on laptops.

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 5/25/12 10:58 AM

In Reply to: What are safe running temperatures for laptops? by SageofNightmares

It ages them faster so it's unsafe today for laptops to be used for gaming. I know that sounds like I've tossed all gaming out the window on laptops but it's pretty simple. Gaming on current laptops looks to drive the life span down to about half of a boring laptop.

It appears that many are going to learn this first hand and it's their choice!
Bob


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by SageofNightmares - 5/27/12 1:44 PM

In Reply to: Frankly gaming is unsafe on laptops. by R. Proffitt Moderator

Thanks for the advice. I don't often play games on my laptop, just an hour or two a week when I have time. Though I'll keep what you said in mind and will try to limit myself to less resource hungry games


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PS. Part two. Crazy and Hot scale?

by R. Proffitt Moderator - 5/25/12 11:12 AM

In Reply to: What are safe running temperatures for laptops? by SageofNightmares

This is not a simple question where 80C is fine but 82C is deadly to the laptop. As the temp rises, the life span is reduced and at some point the machine shuts down to protect itself. Any good laptop will not fail due to the higher temperature as it protects itself.

But gaming does reduce lifespan as it's more heat and stress that we can deal with in such a form factor. A desktop gives us opportunity to fit bigger heat sinks and power supplies. Laptops? It's that Hot and Crazy scale at work.

For example, read http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2011/05/the-hot-crazy-solid-state-drive-scale.html

Wish it was simple.
Bob


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