Repair goes mega mainstream with the launch of Lenovo’s new T-series business laptops, which earned our highest honor with a 10/10 repairability score.
Yup, same as my machine. PL1 is 64 watts which no way a smaller laptop with normal cooling can keep up. That’s just how modern CPUs are designed to run.
When it switches to PL2 and it fully settles down it’s limited to just 21 watts which is nowhere near enough for that CPU to stretch it’s legs. With the cooler from a dGPU model it handles the heat a lot better (60-70c steady state) but GOD is it still slow. But that’s mostly because Intel is incompetent. AMD versions fare so much better.
Mine actually has a dGPU and at 20W it doesn’t thermal throttle, but it still runs way too slow. Today I tried unlocking the boost again so it goes up to 50W or so… but it barely makes a difference as the CPU hits 100°C in 0.5 seconds (:
I was even toying with the idea of repasting that crap, but it’s a work laptop, so nah. Annoyed the IT department about a replacement PC again. We switched to Dell, so the new XPS 14 looks kinda nice, but when you look at benchmarks and noise it also sucks. So desktop PC it is, I’m sick of it.
i7-1260P, I did try limiting the boost, but the CPU runs like ass anyway.
Yup, same as my machine. PL1 is 64 watts which no way a smaller laptop with normal cooling can keep up. That’s just how modern CPUs are designed to run.
When it switches to PL2 and it fully settles down it’s limited to just 21 watts which is nowhere near enough for that CPU to stretch it’s legs. With the cooler from a dGPU model it handles the heat a lot better (60-70c steady state) but GOD is it still slow. But that’s mostly because Intel is incompetent. AMD versions fare so much better.
Mine actually has a dGPU and at 20W it doesn’t thermal throttle, but it still runs way too slow. Today I tried unlocking the boost again so it goes up to 50W or so… but it barely makes a difference as the CPU hits 100°C in 0.5 seconds (:
I was even toying with the idea of repasting that crap, but it’s a work laptop, so nah. Annoyed the IT department about a replacement PC again. We switched to Dell, so the new XPS 14 looks kinda nice, but when you look at benchmarks and noise it also sucks. So desktop PC it is, I’m sick of it.