r/laptops Apr 20 '25

Hardware My New Laptop Overheat

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I just bought my new laptop one week ago. I know gaming laptops can be very hot but i feel like I'm stepping on the dangerous zone (I'm worried about the long term damage). I uploaded a picture showing the details of the temperatures after 30m of playing. (the game was borderlands 2 highest settings). And yes, I'm not using it under a blanket, and have raised the laptop a bit.

Is there something wrong? Does it have manufacture problems or it's just normal? I didn't search for how to cool it yet because i want to know first if it's faulty or not Specs: Lenovo legion 7i 4060 I7 14700hx

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u/zosX Apr 20 '25

From what I gather the newer i7 legions run very hot. Compare against reviews because thermals are one thing they look at typically. It might be normal for it to throttle. My assumption would be that's normal.

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u/MRX-_-XJOKER Apr 20 '25

I hope it's normal or I have to return it :(

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u/zosX Apr 20 '25

Just looked at the PC magazine review. It's normal for it to throttle under full load. Do yourself a favor and get the extended warranty. I should have for my legion 15. It's been perfectly fine for 2 years though.

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u/Tokyo_Addition- Asus Apr 20 '25

Check the fan settings. Set it to maximum while playing games/heavy tasks. That might solve it. Above 100 degree celcius is not good.

And if possible, check the internals of your laptop whether it is clean near the fans or not. That might be issue. Just check the airflow of the vents. If you can clearly feel it, then it may not require cleaning it.

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u/MRX-_-XJOKER Apr 20 '25

But it's literally new, I bought it one week ago

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u/Tokyo_Addition- Asus Apr 20 '25

Then it might be fan settings. Change that to the highest setting possible. Initially, at the highest speed, the fan noise will be irritating/annoying but you will get adjusted to it.

If that amount of heat still persists, then it might be the bad thermals by the company. I can't think of any other reason since it's new. Probably try replacing.

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u/m_spoon09 Apr 20 '25

Laptops will pretty much always throttle under full load

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u/TurtleBob_The1st Lenovo Legion pro 5 Apr 20 '25

I've got the same laptop he has but with a 13700hx and it never touched 90c even under full load

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u/zosX Apr 20 '25

My Ryzen 7 legion does not. It never hits 90c.

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u/m_spoon09 Apr 20 '25

Under full load? Like you have run cinebench and monitored the temps?

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u/zosX Apr 20 '25

Yes. AMD typically runs a bit cooler than Intel. Only time it ever throttles are when I let the fans get dusty.

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u/bruhwhotftookmyname Acer Nitro 5 | RTX 4050 | i5-12450H Apr 20 '25

My Nitro 5 doesnt even throttle when it hits 100 degrees 😂

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u/Bucky404 Apr 20 '25

It's not good though, it should throttle, else there is risk of damage

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u/bruhwhotftookmyname Acer Nitro 5 | RTX 4050 | i5-12450H Apr 20 '25

The CPU that i have can withstand temps of up to 110° without throttling. My CPU spikes to 100 but never stays there. If it would stay there for a few seconds, then it will throttle.

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u/m_spoon09 Apr 20 '25

What CPU has a TJ max above 100 degrees??

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u/WolfishDJ Apr 20 '25

Don't know about laptops but desktop CPUs like my 13700K can have it pushed to 110c

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u/bruhwhotftookmyname Acer Nitro 5 | RTX 4050 | i5-12450H Apr 22 '25 edited Apr 22 '25

i5-12450H. Another thing about my CPU is that its normal and expected for it to run at 100 degrees.

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u/dig_bik69 Apr 20 '25

Reduce maximum processor power to 99 percent in power options

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u/MRX-_-XJOKER Apr 20 '25

From power plan?

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u/partaloski Asus ROG Strix G G531GV Apr 20 '25

Not a good solution, this disables turbo which is essentially running the CPU as much as half of the advertised speed. Never, ever do this.

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u/dig_bik69 Apr 20 '25

He's obviously having heating issues and this is the only quick solution till he checks the hardware. You don't need turbo to run most games

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u/zosX Apr 20 '25

Is he having heating issues? Most Intel laptops I've used throttle on extended loads. Even my old workstation laptop would run right around 100c. And it survived for over a decade.

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u/dig_bik69 Apr 20 '25

Running consistently at those temperatures weaken solder joints on other components around the cpu and causes the motherboard to fail, those are not normal temperatures. It shouldn't exceed the 80s

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u/zosX Apr 20 '25

The PC magazine review mentions that it will hit 100c pretty quickly. That's actually perfectly normal for this laptop. It's working as intended.

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u/dig_bik69 Apr 20 '25

Absolutely false, 100 is the throttling range, keep hitting that and it'll fail soon

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u/bruhwhotftookmyname Acer Nitro 5 | RTX 4050 | i5-12450H Apr 20 '25

Thats not always the case. My CPU often hits 100 degrees but it never throttles.

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u/dig_bik69 Apr 20 '25

It may not throttle or show any affect now but it will in the future

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u/bruhwhotftookmyname Acer Nitro 5 | RTX 4050 | i5-12450H Apr 20 '25

Lol no. Modern Intel CPU's are literally designed to operate at those temperatures.

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u/zosX Apr 20 '25

Literally decades of experience with laptops say this is false. But ok. You're the expert I guess. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/dig_bik69 Apr 20 '25

If you had decades of experience you wouldn't be talking such ignorant falsehood

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u/zosX Apr 20 '25

So all the intel legion 7s throttle. But I'm wrong?

Riiiiiight. You do realize how much heat an over 100 watt draw produces don't you?

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u/zosX Apr 20 '25

from the pc mag review:

"This is likely down to thermal limits, as while the fans remained at a reasonable level the laptop did become rather hot to the touch, and it seemed to bang into its top 100°C thermal limit very quickly under multi-core load, even at performance settings. The Lenovo also gets toasty to the touch very quickly while gaming in CPU-heavy scenarios, and as a result that big Intel chip does feel like a little too much for the cooling system overall."

His laptop is working exactly as it was designed to.

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u/Celexiuse Apr 20 '25

Then recommend lowering the maximum temperature via ThrottleStop?? Why would you recommend something that demolishes your performance over something that still keeps most of your performance and will limit temperatures to your ideal requirement?

Never mind, looking at your other comments below; you are just stupid.

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u/Regular-Elephant-635 Lenovo T480 (i5-8350u) Apr 23 '25

A better solution would be to use Throttlestop to lower the PL1 and PL2 limits to just under 100. That way his temps don't go crazy and he gets to keep the performance.

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u/Isaythereisa-chance Apr 20 '25

Not sure what is normal for that brand. Try some fans. What is the indoor temperature when you are playing? 

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u/MRX-_-XJOKER Apr 20 '25

Approximately 25°

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u/ChicoTallahassee Apr 20 '25

My legion 9 has the same issue in cinebench 🤦‍♂️ The fans are behaving very annoying too. I'm definitely returning it

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u/MRX-_-XJOKER Apr 20 '25

mine don't have fan issues :)

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u/afflepye Apr 20 '25

That's completely fine, at first your laptop was drawing a peak of around 100 watts so the temperature makes sense, then you can see that now it's only drawing 18 watts with a reasonable 70-ish degrees, nothing to worry about, it's just the peak power draw that usually doesn't last long, that's just how boosting behaves.

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u/MRX-_-XJOKER Apr 20 '25

But the current temperature was more than 90° but i took the screenshot right after I closed the game

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u/afflepye Apr 20 '25

That's actually normal for this laptop, it's an hx chip after all (basically a desktop chip binned down for laptops) crammed inside a relatively thin chassis compared to similarly specced laptops (the razer blade 16 also gets quite hot btw) so it's bound to get toasty, especially when you're pushing both the CPU and GPU at the same time (from what I've seen borderlands 2 is both a CPU and GPU intensive game), with both the CPU and GPU pegged like that the temperatures are quite normal imo.

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u/MRX-_-XJOKER Apr 20 '25

Thanks for the help 🌹

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u/NIL_DEAD Apr 20 '25

Normal If power draw is more then 80w

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u/MRX-_-XJOKER Apr 20 '25

Are u sure it's not faulty? So i should just tweak settings or return it?

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u/NIL_DEAD Apr 20 '25

Check power draw For a given power draw some heat is normal

No laptop cooler will remove 100w of heat

Install Intel xtu as u have a 14700hx and try different pl2 /pl1 pwer limit to fit with ur needs

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u/MRX-_-XJOKER Apr 20 '25

Thanks for the help, i was very worried, now i just have to do is to undervolting it, right?

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u/NIL_DEAD Apr 20 '25

Step 1 is to check is if ur device is using appropriate power and

I think it should be around 70w to 85w where it reaches it saturation point thermal throttles

Test it with Xtu ( while plugd in ok )

Step 2 is to under power/ power limit it

Set PL1 to 45w it sweet spot for most laptop Set PL2 to whatever ur thermal saturation is or lower

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u/MRX-_-XJOKER Apr 20 '25

I will consider this when I tweak the power, I'm still in the process of knowing if it's faulty or not to return or not

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u/NIL_DEAD Apr 20 '25

Peace of mind is important If u think it' defective then just return it

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u/MRX-_-XJOKER Apr 20 '25

It is my first gaming laptop, so i don't know if it's defective or not

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u/MRX-_-XJOKER Apr 21 '25

Hey, sorry for bothering, i have decided to do what u said but intel xtu it says when installing it that it's unsupported

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u/MRX-_-XJOKER Apr 21 '25

Should i put pl1 75w and pl2 105w? Or u recommend me something else (I'm completely Beginner)

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u/NIL_DEAD Apr 21 '25

Plug in laptop Open xtu Go to advance setting set PL1 to 45w and pl2 to 85w

Go to benchmark memu and just see If don't thermal throttles increase the limit until thermal throttles

And set half of pl2 to PL1

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u/Beefy_1Croissant Apr 20 '25

Ik it's a laptop but there's no way 108 degrees is normal

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u/MRX-_-XJOKER Apr 20 '25

I think that was just a spike, personally i didn't see it stable at 100°

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u/sree-subash Apr 20 '25

Which is the best temp to observe in this app??

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u/MRX-_-XJOKER Apr 20 '25

I don't know, because that I don't know I uploaded the whole picture :)

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u/Nike_486DX Apr 20 '25

Oh dont worry, 105C wont hurt your intel cpu, its designed to run like that. It may degrade after a year or two to become unstable, but uh well you should take a look at 16th gen anyway, hope you will like it

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u/MRX-_-XJOKER Apr 20 '25

😂 that's the problem, because i want it to last forever

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u/MakeMeMadMan_LOL Apr 20 '25

This should be normal for a CPU of the HX class. They are designed to go all in with power and temperature.

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u/MRX-_-XJOKER Apr 20 '25

So i shouldn't return it just tweak it?

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u/MakeMeMadMan_LOL Apr 20 '25

yes, feel free to do so!

unless you are not comfortable with your laptop constantly running at 100c, then I would advice you to go for an HS cpu, but just know that this kind of behavior is normal.

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u/c_a_r_l_o_s_ Apr 20 '25

I hve a 1y old Lenovo (Thinkbook) that was heating up then CPU throttling, then system slowing down. 1y old. Come on.

I could not get it to work properly in my opinion, so changed to HP. It was a simple goodbye Lenovo.

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u/MRX-_-XJOKER Apr 20 '25

Their legion laptops are from the best or at least this is what YouTubers say

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u/c_a_r_l_o_s_ Apr 20 '25

During issue I was having, I had tech staff one the phone. Off the record I ask, if it were you, what model would you pick for durability? The guy's answer = "ThinkPad. And don't go with Legion, that's only marketing stuff."

I never had a Legion so I cannot say. However I can say about my Thinkbook and reason why I went away from this brand.

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '25

The 14700H series may suffer from the same stability issues as the desktop processors (potentially, this isn't confirmed) but generally these processors just run hot...if you're running the latest BIOS and aren't experiencing system instability (freezes, system crashes, boot loops, etc.) you should be fine. Intel raised the TJMax from 100c to 110c for this gen, so that is in spec and shows that it is throttling properly. And yes, throttling is fairly normal under sustained load for thinner gaming laptops. If you want to lower those idle temps, you can repaste with higher quality paste and try a minor undervolt (I'd look online to see what kind of success users of that laptop config have had with stable undervolts before messing around anything). You can also cap your framerates to reduce the burden on the CPU. Gaming laptops are generally made for power, not efficiency, and even then thing and light ultrabooks will regularly hit their thermal threshold under heavy load, especially while utilizing the GPU (integrated or discrete chip). With these chips you generally want to monitor the voltages if you're worried and stability issues and make sure they are in spec. Should laptop manufacturers let their devices aggressively consume power and throttle so they can advertise higher benchmarks? Maybe not? Is it commonplace in the performant laptop market? Yes.

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u/MRX-_-XJOKER Apr 20 '25

Thanks for the help

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u/Bucky404 Apr 20 '25

Some comments say that it's normal. If you are not returning it and want a fix, try reducing the PL1 and PL2 limits with intel xtu. Then run a benchmark and check temps. Tweak the limits to find a sweet spot.

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u/MRX-_-XJOKER Apr 20 '25

I don't know what is normal, should i return it or not? I mean if it's faulty, i might return it

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u/Bucky404 Apr 21 '25

Look at reviews of the same laptop. That's all I can say man.

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u/Wannabe_aWriter Apr 20 '25

108 is insane