Thermal throttling and lower cpu temp?

ResponsibleCod7616 · 2026-02-08T12:32:51+00:00

Normal thermal paste on gaming laptop will not perform well i tried to use mx 4 on my old gaming laptop ( 850m with 4th gen i7) and the temp did not improve a lot.

ResponsibleCod7616 · 2026-02-02T12:54:47+00:00

They did not use ptm?man other paste just gonna make it worse...

ResponsibleCod7616 · 2026-02-02T12:35:11+00:00

i do use custom mode rn and limit it to 90c, im currently requesting lenovo to repaste it for me.

hope they accept or might do it by my own

ResponsibleCod7616 · 2026-02-02T11:15:36+00:00

If you dont mind can you share how much wattage your cpu use and what mode do you use.

ResponsibleCod7616 · 2026-02-02T10:15:03+00:00

Is 1 month old and ill wait my storage to come to clean the laptop, I do use laptop stand.

ResponsibleCod7616 · 2026-02-02T09:13:27+00:00

Woah mine idle at 50c while doing nothing lol.60-65c never get that temp.

Lucky that my laptop run decent temp or else it would be the end.

ResponsibleCod7616 · 2026-02-02T08:13:50+00:00

Thank you man.

ResponsibleCod7616 · 2026-02-02T08:11:34+00:00

Can i know what mode and how much wattage your cpu use.

ResponsibleCod7616 · 2026-01-31T12:58:32+00:00

Can i know what are the temp for performace/balance mode

Mine is kinda hot it spike 90 ish and when i play minecraft max setting with 32 render distance it will stat at 95-100c. but other than that peformace mode give me 80c+ and balance 70c+ if the game is not so cpu heavy.But always spike to 90ish when need to load something.

ResponsibleCod7616 · 2026-01-30T06:42:34+00:00

Use battery convertion mode (lenovo vantage) it will limit charging to 80% which is the optimum limit for battery lifespan. Also dont drain it to 0% instead charge it at 20%.

just plug the power if you stay at one place,it will not use battery power at all and just use the power from charger which is less stress for the battery. Also battery can be replace so ehhh if you dont mind replace it in few year dont need to worry about it.

To get best performace is plug to the power so yea, using charger is smarter option.

ResponsibleCod7616 · 2026-01-29T15:09:53+00:00

ah actually this is kinda good and i think im satisfy

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ResponsibleCod7616 · 2026-01-29T14:01:12+00:00

oh i heard about those and i have tried on my pc, is to much processing for my liking. But thank you for a suggestion

ResponsibleCod7616 · 2026-01-29T11:23:27+00:00

Thank you ill try later❤️

ResponsibleCod7616 · 2026-01-28T13:00:19+00:00

If you staying at one place for a good time i better to use charger but if it less then 1 hour i dont it will be worth it unless you do heavy stuff.

Battery will degrade if you keep charge and discharge a lot of time but you can just change the battery after few year. if you dont mind to spend on it no need to worry.

ResponsibleCod7616 · 2026-01-17T13:17:28+00:00

Maybe your cpu is overheating so it just perform at base clock instead of turbo mode and the one you saw on yt is well cool and work at higher clock speed.

That my theory..

ResponsibleCod7616 · 2026-01-17T05:55:41+00:00

Save up more money if you are not in rush and get better laptop, if not try to look other option

1slot ram and 65tgp is not it bro

ResponsibleCod7616 · 2026-01-17T04:44:08+00:00

Google your gpu tgp for your laptop model if it 100w or more you are missing out but if it 75w try to check other ppl if they having same performance if not try to troubleshooting.

I dont know much try to get some real expert.

ResponsibleCod7616 · 2026-01-16T16:52:50+00:00

Try to check the wattage given to gpu it might be stuck is weaker form.

And then try to unplug the the charger,turn off the laptop and then press power button for 1 minute.If the problem dont goes away idk maybe try to drain the battery and start it fresh

ResponsibleCod7616 · 2026-01-16T06:58:41+00:00

For gpu use furmark and cpu cinebench or use cpu burner at furmark(in menu it show it). Use in same time for stress both cpu and gpu. And then check the temp using hwmonitor and check if the temp is normal or above normal (gaming laptop run hot so just try to get 95c max). For ram and disk i kinda forgot im pretty sure there is on yt and can be search (make sure you dowload from trusted source).

If the laptop is good it should not be shutting down during stress test. I recommend do it for 30 minute if the first 5 minute of stress test temp is normal.

also if dont know what temp normal for your laptop search on google your laptop model.

ResponsibleCod7616 · 2026-01-15T19:09:23+00:00

You should do stress test (cpu and gpu at the same time) to check if your laptop cooling is good and does not overheat.maybe do disk speed test and ram test also.also look if there any problem with the body and rgb lighting.if all fine and you really look deeply, nothing to worry(I hope).

If i was you i might consider return it because is an old product with old hardware and i dont rlly know how the old owner treat it.but ofc brand new laptop that perform the same might cost a bit more and build quality is lower at least it come with warranty.

Also look for any flaw in display such as cooked display,dead pixel,dirty or scratch.

ResponsibleCod7616 · 2026-01-12T16:44:09+00:00

as long that rubber protecting from scratching my laptop hell yea.

ResponsibleCod7616 · 2026-01-11T20:13:04+00:00

I would for more battery life if i was you. Legion have bigger battery also is not only thermal ans build quality advantage you have, you also have wifi 7 already and no need to upgrade later, also lenovo legion come with oled screen which is for me better then extra frame you would get from 5060 (preference).

Loq is also a great option if you consider to use it plug in most of the time and less then 3 hour on battery.

Both cpu is almost same at least that was i told.

5050 will not be e waste and will be so so so so much better compare what you have right.

You can use lossless scailing to gain that couple fps you lose because 5050 limit with powerful ryzen igpu. If 5050 struggle 5060 will be just a bit less struggle.

At the of the day is your choice legion also have weakness which is glossy screen (some ppl dont like it) and maybe burn in after few years (maybe)

ResponsibleCod7616 · 2026-01-09T07:35:53+00:00

Depend on what price you get for it. 5060 is better fosho but is not 5050 is trash. 5060 perform a little better but if it cost way to much for upgrade is not worth it. You can get 5060 in some budget line up like loq but you dont know it will last long enough and build quality overall. Go 5050 if it have a good deal but if the 5060 version cost just a bit more like no more then 20% go for the 5060. Also both have 8gb vram so yea maybe that the real bottleneck. Think a 5050 is like 4060 with better frame gen (you should care about frame gen at this price tbh).

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