Unddervolting hp pavilion gamimg

[Ayhamo]

i'am new to whole laptop's as i was a desktop user, but had to switch to laptop

my sepc's are i7-8750H and gtx 1050 ti and 16gb ram, while playing some games it reache's 95-97 then down to 88 so i can say an average between 85-95 and that's a really high temps

so tried undervolting for the first time, got my cpu to -0.145 mv , hitting now 80-85C and like for 1 sec getting 90

is it safe to do so or stay on stock, all of my friends are warning me that it will break my cpu and burn it by doing undervolting and i'am a bit worried

do help me please

[Photoray002]

Hello @Ayhamo 

"all of my friends are warning me that it will break my CPU and burn it"

If it weren't safe, Intel wouldn't put a tool out for doing it, don't you think? Overvolting could absolutely burn it up, but reducing the voltage and causing it to run cooler isn't going to do so. Biggest issue would be causing instability from too much undervolting and causing your system to BSOD or not boot.

There are tons of threads on the web discussing this. I would google the subject and read up on the opinions of it. There are several on this forum who have had to turn to undervolting to bring the turbo boost down because some of these HP gaming rigs just run HOT.

Hope that helps.

[Ayhamo]

Hi, thanks for replying

now i have tried some undervolting and found this:

at -0.145 laptop crash under load

at -0.140 laptop did crash twice while playing a game ( Black desert online)

at -0.135 it didn't crash but temps are 75-85  and it changes alot in that range but mostlly in 68 -78

so while at -0.140 it was perfect but laptop crashed 2 times so does that mean i should go to -0.135?

thanks in advance

[Lunario]

you should go untill laptop crashes under load so -135 or less will be ok  an advice undervolt -125 and see temps  untill 85 is ok

[Photoray002 · Accepted solution]

@Ayhamo  Yes that is how you do it. Find the spot that it is stable at and use that setting.

If it is stable at -0.135 or less, that is where you will have to run it at.

Like Lunariio pointed out, 85c is still better than 95c.