Clevo p370sm 680m high temps

[MJGriffin]

Howdy!

So recently I've noticed my gtx 680m to be running pretty darn hot, 90c in fact. That temp was was reached by playing Watch Dogs so not stressed tested.

I took apart the laptop, took off the heatsink and re pasted the GPU with MX-4 paste. Just a pea size in the middle of the GPU.

However, i'm still reaching temps of 90c. Thats with a slight overlock. Stock clocks still reach around 80c+

Any idea on why my 680M is so hot? Laptop is around 5-6 months old.

Thanks.

[Quaddragone]

Theres a lot of variable as to why your laptop is getting so hot. I suspect the prime reason is because watch_dogs is a demanding game, I have watch_dogs too and I notice both my GPU + CPU temp rockets when I play the game also

The best thing to do is prob raise the laptop up with some books to improve air flow or get a laptop stand with a built in fan. or reduce the in game quality setting to reduce heat output. I also suspect when you had your laptop new the ambient temperature were cooler than summer temps.

[beezow]

If you have the means, I strongly recommend getting an 880M heatsink for your 680M. As I mentioned in that thread the X-brackets on the GPU are the same across 3 generations, so I have no doubt the 880M heatsink will fit your 680M just fine. You should see at least a 5C reduction in temps just due to the beefier heatpipes (6mm vs 4mm).

[Djask]

If you aren't already doing so, you could use fn+1 to get maximum fan speed. Hopefully that should decrease temps by around a couple degrees.