HP Victus 16 0456 ng

[Balder84]

Dear all,

maybe you face the same issue like i do.

Could it be that the cooling system of my Victus 16 0456ng Laptop is not the best one ?

If i try some cpu stress test or if i play a game  it always run in the thermal protetion even if the laptop is only one month in use.

So it there any possiblity to upgrade the cooling system ?

[Huffer]

These gaming laptops run hot. Under heavy gaming all the cooling systems will run at full throttle. So I guess I understand that your performance is being throttled back to keep everything cool? You may want to consider a cooling pad under the laptop. Other than that, there is no upgrade to the cooling system other than some pretty extreme measures like copper shims under the heatsinks and applying a high metal content thermal compound. These modifications would likely impact the warranty. In the meantime keep the rear of the laptop elevated to insure good airflow and see if that helps. 

[Balder84]

thank you for your fast reply. But normally i expect the cooling system to be able to keep the system running on full load and not to reduce the load because of thermal problems. But as far as i could see it looks like the cooling system for the Victus 16 Laptops are more or less the same at least look like this so does not matter if its high load CPU or low load CPU .

[TzortzisG · Accepted solution]

Hi Balder84.

Unfortunately you have correctly assessed the situation and described the major problem of today's gaming laptops -very weak cooling systems. This is partly due to the fact that everyone wants their systems super-thin and light as a feather, and have performance CPUs with a thousand cores. As Huffer EXPERT Level 18 correctly pointed out, strengthening the cooling system would require questionable mods that would certainly void your warranty. What most power users do nowadays (as strange as this may seem) is carefully -almost surgically- limit their CPU so that it performs in a way that doesn't cause thermal (or in some cases even power) throttling. It seems a bit strange to pay for such a powerful processor and then willingly confine it, but the goal is to avoid the SERIOUS throttling schemes (like the one close to Tjunction) where the laptop slows to a crawl until it cools off completely. Personally, I use the third party tool Throttlestop for this kind of fine-tuning. As far as the actual cooling system is concerned, the trend these days is to use phase change materials instead of traditional thermal pastes. If you're willing to waive your warranty, you should look into it.......

[Balder84]

Thank you both for your feedback. Yes if i see my laptop before i fully see the difference in weight and size but of course was also hoping that still the designer of the Laptop is aware about the need of efficient cooling design for the hardware components.

So i think i have to live with it like it is now even of course if this is not satisfied me.