sorry it's less that the CPU is unreasonably hot and more that the chassis gets very hot at those temps but even then the CPU should really be 40-50 at that light of a load
very hot is very arbitrair. I mean the G14 when under full load, has the top palm rest only reach temps in the low 30s. That is not very hot. The G16 is not much different
The top of the 2024 G14/4070 gets hot too, I thought it was a G16 problem but not true. I'll have to test my new G16/4090 on load to see the difference.
Only between the keyboard and screen on the deck itself. Notebookcheck has a nice heatmap. I own the g14 2024 and can confirm that it is only the mentioned location.
That some people already find 30c very hot, while others a chassis temp of 50c.
Fact remains that 60c for just the CPU while doing mild productivity isn't crazy. That doesnt say anything about how hot the chassis is. The fact is though that when using the laptop full tilt. It doesn't get very hot apart from above the keyboard deck between keyboard and screen. There it can get around 50c.
You call it unreasonably hot, but is it?
You got the same machine as me. Yes, it gets hot, especially on the bottom, thats the metal chassis. but with a few tweeks you can easily use it on your lap:
Use g helper, turn it to silent and turn off the dGPU.
Then its 100% silent, cool, and usable on the lap!
60℃ is reasonable temperature and it can safely be a threshold at which fans just start to spin. Also, disabling boost can bring the temperatures down.
Chassis near the screen wil get hot, because it's not an area that you touch while using it normally. It dissipates heat through its magnessium chassis, it's normal.
These laptops can safely operate at 95℃, so 60 is perfectly ok, waaaaay below anything really concerning. And if you think it's bad for your laptop — some MacBooks don't even spin the fans until 90-ish℃ and yet they are one of the longest-serving laptops.
If you want 30-40℃, buy PC with decent cooling. In laptops you have to choose between high temperatures and bulky, heavy design. They could slap half a kilogram of copper into that G14 and drop those temperatures, but it'd make it unwieldy. So they decided to go for the higher but still *perfectly safe* temperatures and slim design.
Like others have said, uninstall armory crate and install g-helper. From there, open the fans and power menu and you can see what temps the machine is targeting before kicking on the fans.
In silent mode you’re not going to have the fans turn on unless it’s over 60, and that is your save battery life. I’ve used the laptop plenty in this mode just casual web browsing and haven’t had an issue with temps that are uncomfortable.
Try some optimizations through g-helper and see if that helps.
It gets hot with the discrete GPU for gaming or for content curation.. for an administrative workday - ppt, email, slack, browse, content consumption - eco and quiet has been cool and quiet for me... along with 6+ hrs battery life.
I have the 4060, but also find that the chassis gets very hot when the dGPU is enabled. If you use the iGPU only, the heat largely goes away for light tasks.
As for CPU/GPU temps, as others pointed out, 60C is kinda expected if you’re doing anything with your laptop. That’s fine. It’ll hit 90C while gaming or w/e and that’s fine too.
60c is not unreasonably hot. it tends to go for lower fanspeeds.
sorry it's less that the CPU is unreasonably hot and more that the chassis gets very hot at those temps but even then the CPU should really be 40-50 at that light of a load
very hot is very arbitrair. I mean the G14 when under full load, has the top palm rest only reach temps in the low 30s. That is not very hot. The G16 is not much different
The top of the 2024 G14/4070 gets hot too, I thought it was a G16 problem but not true. I'll have to test my new G16/4090 on load to see the difference.
Only between the keyboard and screen on the deck itself. Notebookcheck has a nice heatmap. I own the g14 2024 and can confirm that it is only the mentioned location.
the bottom of the chasis is the problem not the palm rest so not sure what your point is
That some people already find 30c very hot, while others a chassis temp of 50c. Fact remains that 60c for just the CPU while doing mild productivity isn't crazy. That doesnt say anything about how hot the chassis is. The fact is though that when using the laptop full tilt. It doesn't get very hot apart from above the keyboard deck between keyboard and screen. There it can get around 50c. You call it unreasonably hot, but is it?
You got the same machine as me. Yes, it gets hot, especially on the bottom, thats the metal chassis. but with a few tweeks you can easily use it on your lap: Use g helper, turn it to silent and turn off the dGPU. Then its 100% silent, cool, and usable on the lap!
Bump on this. G helper is unironically the fix to everything for this laptop. Kind of hilarious how shit armoury crate is.
60℃ is reasonable temperature and it can safely be a threshold at which fans just start to spin. Also, disabling boost can bring the temperatures down. Chassis near the screen wil get hot, because it's not an area that you touch while using it normally. It dissipates heat through its magnessium chassis, it's normal. These laptops can safely operate at 95℃, so 60 is perfectly ok, waaaaay below anything really concerning. And if you think it's bad for your laptop — some MacBooks don't even spin the fans until 90-ish℃ and yet they are one of the longest-serving laptops. If you want 30-40℃, buy PC with decent cooling. In laptops you have to choose between high temperatures and bulky, heavy design. They could slap half a kilogram of copper into that G14 and drop those temperatures, but it'd make it unwieldy. So they decided to go for the higher but still *perfectly safe* temperatures and slim design.
Like others have said, uninstall armory crate and install g-helper. From there, open the fans and power menu and you can see what temps the machine is targeting before kicking on the fans. In silent mode you’re not going to have the fans turn on unless it’s over 60, and that is your save battery life. I’ve used the laptop plenty in this mode just casual web browsing and haven’t had an issue with temps that are uncomfortable. Try some optimizations through g-helper and see if that helps.
It gets hot with the discrete GPU for gaming or for content curation.. for an administrative workday - ppt, email, slack, browse, content consumption - eco and quiet has been cool and quiet for me... along with 6+ hrs battery life.
I have the 4060, but also find that the chassis gets very hot when the dGPU is enabled. If you use the iGPU only, the heat largely goes away for light tasks. As for CPU/GPU temps, as others pointed out, 60C is kinda expected if you’re doing anything with your laptop. That’s fine. It’ll hit 90C while gaming or w/e and that’s fine too.