domokun

Hi, in 2 weeks time a friend is giving me a Latitude E6440 BTX with the following specs:

• AMD Radeon HD 8690M Graphics 2 GB GDDR5
• Windows 7 Professional (64Bit)
• 8X DVD+/-RW Drive
• 180Gb SSD
• 8Gb DDR3 Dual Channel
• 4th gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4300M
• 14.0 inch HD+(1600x900) Anti-G lare LED-backlit

 

Starting September I'll be using this E6440 as my laptop for school so I need it to have the longest battery life possible and as quiet as possible.

I've read through this thread + others and it seems that the E6640 suffers from loud fan noise due to incorrect CPU throttling and inefficient fan management.

 

So I plan to undertake the following;

1. Install a utility to undervolt the CPU (XTU? ThrottleStop?)

2. Install a utility to lower fan speed (SpeedFan?)

3. clean the HSFs for the CPU and GPU

4. replace the thermal paste between the he HSFs for the CPU and GPU (90° alcohol + Arctic Silver 5?)

 

Do you think that these are the best and simplest solutions?

If not, why?

Many thanks,