How long can a laptop last if it is operated at constant hot temperatures?

kyrax12

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Hot temperatures like in the 80 Degrees C margins.

I have a lenovo y410p and that thing will get hot when playing some games. I was wondering if I can try to get four year out of that thing even when I am constantly gaming.
 

paperwastage

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just make sure the vents are cleared when gaming, use compressed air to remove dust frequently

the laptop itself will have it's own thermal limits on CPU/GPU, and will throttle/shutdown before any permanent damage is done

you can use tools like HWMonitor to check the temperature of the CPU/GPU.

heck, my 2008 Dell m1330 with a T8300 Penryn could get past 100 degC when gaming. it died because of other reasons (stupid nvidia 8x00 fiasco), had mobo replaced under warranty, still working right now

https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=m1330+100+degrees
 

silicon

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Hot temperatures like in the 80 Degrees C margins.

I have a lenovo y410p and that thing will get hot when playing some games. I was wondering if I can try to get four year out of that thing even when I am constantly gaming.

keep the dust cleaned out often using some compressed air and keep the vents clear as was already stated. when using it make sure the vents are nor blocked.
 

HOSED

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Also a notebook cooler and propping up the rear of the notebook at a slight angle will help keep temp down.
 

Enigmoid

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80 degrees if fine for a notebook. Most gaming notebooks will run around that temperature.
 

AngryCorgi

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Those Y-series Lenovos are not designed well, thermally. If you want to keep it from throttling up and down due to heat accumulation (particularly on thr 4X00Xq CPUs) when gaming, go to your power options and make a gaming profile where the max CPU state is set to 99%. This will effectively disable the turbo on the CPU while using that profile and that will work wonders in regard to heat issues and CPU power usage. The baseline for the 4700mq, for instance is 2.4GHz, but when it jumps to 3.4GHz in turbo, it gets hot REALLY REALLY FAST in just about any laptop case.

At any rate, a consistant ~2.4GHz is better than throttling back and forth between 3.4GHz max and 800MHz!!!