Extreme temperatures Razer Blade 16 2024

[quickfingerszaha]

Hi guys,

this is my first post here, but I am happy to see a lot of active supporting members.

I have just switched from a MSI GS66 Stealth to a Razer Blade 16 2024 RTX4080 and 14900HX four days ago.

Having thought that the MSI was hot, I have to say I am shocked to see almost immediate throttling on the CPU while gaming and temperatures in the 100 degrees constantly. The only way to keep the system somehow cooler is if I disable turbo, which neuters my computer and makes me wonder why I did the upgrade from MSI in the first place

Having said that, I have already read a lot of posts before posting this one, and here's a compilation of settings. Can you please tell me what else I should be changing? as I said, my priority here is not to get a burning laptop, performance wise I am ready to do a little trade-off (other than the disable turbo).

The screenshots were taken without any game running in the background, but in Turbo mode (Razer Synapse). The temps were recorded during the first minute of Cinebench 23 (they get worse later on )

Please give me an idea of what I should do before I go back with it. (repasting is something I don't want to do because I will lose the warranty)

 

[Vya Domus]

Please give me an idea of what I should do

Buy a desktop PC.

Jokes aside I don't know what you were expecting, this is a CPU dissipating 130W inside a laptop, the 14900 is hard to cool in a desktop PC with water cooling. I don't think there is any point in returning it, you're not gonna find another laptop that will magically keep this CPU cool.

 

[quickfingerszaha]

Buy a desktop PC.

Jokes aside I don't know what you were expecting, this is a CPU dissipating 130W inside a laptop, the 14900 is hard to cool in a desktop PC with water cooling. I don't think there is any point in returning it, you're not gonna find another laptop that will magically keep this CPU cool.

I have a desktop PC with a 9950X3D, but I travel a lot and I was hoping to somehow take the games with me as well (yes, I have a steam deck too).

So should I expect the temperatures to be in the 100's as a normal thing with this laptop?

 

[Vya Domus]

So should I expect the temperatures to be in the 100's as a normal thing with this laptop

Pretty much.

 

[ty_ger]

Swap out the thermal paste for PTM7950. That's the modification which made the most difference for me. Mine is a much earlier model with a different CPU, but the exact same behavior. Mine was constantly at 95 to 100c while gaming, down to 80 to 85c for a few weeks after repasting, and then back up to 95 to 100c. I tried repasting with different pastes and liquid metal. PTM7950 is the only solution which has lasted.

That being said, I don't know what sort of paste your laptop ships with. If yours comes from the factory already with PTM7950, then obviously disregard this recommendation. Otherwise, if it comes with traditional paste, PTM7950 has been shown over and over again to perform better and for a much longer duration.

Also, I have to caution that you shouldn't expect a miracle, because if it is thermal throttling like crazy now, there might not be enough thermal cooling to keep it from thermal throttling even with better paste. In other words, with PTM7950, you may see better performance, but still thermal throttling. It may get you closer to a solution, but not be the solution on its own.

(repasting is something I don't want to do because I will lose the warranty)

Why do you say that? It's illegal to void the warranty for repasting. As long as you don't physically damage something in the process, they cannot void your warranty.

So should I expect the temperatures to be in the 100's as a normal thing with this laptop?

I mean, kinda. That's what Razer expects. You can either try to make it better, or leave it alone with the comfort of knowing that this is what is considered normal and should last at least for the entire warranty period.