georgedorn

@rambomhtri No I agree. If they did make it a little bit thicker or found a way to space the gpus a little more it might solve some of the heat dissipation issues. As for the price thing - I honestly think Lenovo could've designed the layout a little better as the proximity of the gpus/cpu definitely contribute to the heat problem. However, the ASUS N550JV is slightly smaller than the Y510 and has the same CPU, but runs 40%-50% cooler. The difference? SLI.

Yeah I'm expecting a lot from ubisoft the next couple of years, they've created a bit of hype for Watch_Dogs and The Division. As much as I've liked the AC series, I feel like they're just making cookie cutter games, and it doesn't become as fun anymore. Kind of the drop off in game quality from IW's COD:4 to MW2, BO, and so on. Everything after that turned to shit, kind of encouraging other developers to make the same game every year with a few changes to make money. Hope Ubisoft doesn't follow suit.

I have a Y510P with 755m SLI and I've had no problems with games like Bf4, AC4, Skyrim(modded the hell out of it and have installed good ENBs). A cooling pad might help; I have a cooler-master X-Slim and it has definitely helped throttling. It still gets pretty hot, but if you dont have it on your lap and you aren't gripping the side of the laptop where your fan is, you should be saved from 3rd degree burns . In regards to repasting, DARKWORLD nailed it; even if you repaste the cpu/gpu with diamond thermal compound, if whoever put the laptop together pasted it correctly, you won't see too much of an improvement in regards to heat/throttling. The gpus have been compacted in there pretty tight, and for the $ you spend and with the dimensions of the laptop, I would't expect too much more. IMHO.