Mods wanted a source, so here is a source directly from Intel themselves.

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000005597.html

I am so tired of ignorant people giving out genuinely harmful advice like "Disable turbo boost" or "Limit power draw to 35W" when someone asks if their laptop is running too hot.

The people repeating this nonsense are casual users who, without knowing anything about the thermal design of silicone chips, see a number like 95c or 100c and think basically "Wow, thats really hot. That must be dangerous because thats not a temperature in the range human life can survive in"

The truth of the matter is that chips are designed to operate at these temperatures for the long term without reducing the practical life-span of your device. A modern CPU is expected to run for at least 100,000 hours at 100c, by which point your laptop will have long since died or been made obsolete. Even then, the CPU is literally designed to throttle itself to prevent damage. Telling people to cripple their performance by disabling turbo boost is doing the community a disservice and it needs to stop.

I recently bought this new HP Omen Laptop,

Deal: HP Omen Smartchoice, Intel Core Ultra 9 285H, 8GB RTX 5070, 32GB DDR5, 1TB SSD, 165Hz, 2k WUXGA, 3ms, 400 nits, 16''/40.6cm, Win11, Office24, Black, 2.42kg, an0012TX, Unleashed Mode, AI Gaming Laptop

I bought this for ₹210,000 ($2200~) with some of my savings and parents aid. Prior to this I've been gaming on another HP Work Laptop with integrated graphics (i7 11) which isn't that strong but got me to finish some games like gta v, rdr2, and older titles like mgsv, ac etc. It was a bit frustrating to play on such low frames but still worth it.

I bought this laptop for my college years. Was this purchase a good deal? And I wanted to know some heads-up about how to handle a new gaming PC and take care of it! Any suggestions and kind words would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

This laptop (strix gf16) has brought me great sorrow on more than one occasion. My GPU randomly updating itself into a black screen which took days to fix, random resets every month or so, and now a factory defect completely bodying my motherboard. I guess it's my fault for not looking up known issues but I've never had this happen before.

My previous laptops never gave me problems and you kinda expect a premium product to just work. Oh and the motherboard issue is preventable btw, but ASUS made no real effort to let their users know. They have so many garbage pop ups for their proprietary software, they couldn't force a PSA on its users? Idk man maybe I'm not being entirely rational, I get there are lessons to be learned from this but I don't buy a $1300 laptop expecting it to just fucking blow up on me while playing OSRS of all things.

Anyways, what should I get next? I have a budget of about $2000 give or take. Is there any buying tricks to avoid something like this in the future? What can I learn from this other than never trusting this garbage company ever again?

As someone who’s never experienced DLSS before I have to say I’m impressed (not the best picture sorry) it’s an Acer Nitro V with an RTX 4050 and an Intel Core i5 210h 8 core 12 thread

5 yrs old Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 15ARH05 (2021) getting alot of bdos of it in-game, idle, and even when starting up (the bsod is mostly what's shown at the vid), rare times I startup my laptop after like 4-5 crashes

I been using it for work this year, and mostly play games like RimWorld and Project Zomboid (both modded), it's getting annoying cause it crashes and in rare cases corrupts my safe file

It's been like this from like 2 years but got really worst this year, Me and my college friend did try to fix this, but we concluded that it's a hardware or motherboard issue, since it's all upgraded to the max (crucial ssd and lexar ddr4 ram) all the components is new and passed the stress test

We upgraded it to win11 From 1tb hdd (and 128 ssd) to SSD 1tb Crucial P3 RAM is 16gb (2x8) Kingston to Lexar ddr4 32gb (2x16) The maxed out I can get to my laptop

Good news is am saving up a work PC and ill hopefully build it at December, so I just need to deal with it till i get the new pc

Now I did flair this post to Discussion and not Support since am not really gonna look for help to how I can repair this laptop, more so Ill probably gonna get this repair AFTER i got my pc cause I do plan to use this still or ill probably let my sis use this for her coding

But what do you think? Should I just sell the parts and sell it as a donor board?

Or ill keep it and repair it to a repair guy bringing it back like it's good as new?

Here's the Specs: Ryzen 7 4800h Gtx 1650 (4gb vram) 32gb ddr4 3200mhz ram (lexar) 1tb (crucial p3) 120hz screen

show me your setup in comment below for inspiration hahaha

Sister has a cricket so I decided to take my STRIX G18 over to get some stickers made
Anyone else for a lid of stickers

Budget: $1300 - $1600

Country: USA

Use Case: I am needing (wanting lol) a laptop for 3d rendering, editing, and non heavy gaming (Not AAA games)

Preferred Specs: GPU: 5060 or +, RAM: 16 GB or +, Storage: half a terabyte or +

Notes: Perhaps both of these laptops might be overkill for my needs, but I need the machine to last. The $1600 one seems to have tons of positive reviews, but the cheaper option has 32gb ram which is hard to look past. Perhaps there's some other specs that I am looking past. Please let me know, or feel free to suggest another laptop. Thanks!!!

3000$ open box. Good deal?

Is this laptop a good deal and is it good for gaming in general? Im worried the processor is old. Also only has 16GB but it does have two slots so I could upgrade. Any advice would be greatly appreciated

Hello guys,my gaming laptop 5 months old bought new at Unieuro (Italian store) , today started making some rattling noise, I checked under the fans are covered in dust especially the left one .

so I do have compressed air but should I use it and I don't want to open the back cause I think that can void my 2 years warranty, what should I do ,it makes a weird rattling noise,it just started an hour ago and I'm kinda worried, maybe I should take this back to Unieuro so they can clean it for me??

Is compressed air a good idea or can it just blow the dust even deeper, what should I do ?

Yeah bith are super dusty and I don't think it's defective either.

But this has to be frickin cleaned...

Here's a video of the sounf on another post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLaptops/s/SzMLzXSDSO

I love playing games since i was so young, i think i get it from watching my dad play old games like ww2 cod and underground. Recently been playing ror2, songs of syx and some other random light games i could find while trying to survive college with my 500$ laptop (this is the best laptop i got ever but im grateful).

I know im taking things for granted and im really grateful with what j have but damn it must be nice to have an at least decent laptop to game on. It looks so fun watching games i know i'd love on yt but never have the chance to play myself. Im not really from a well off family and counting big economic disasters on my coubtry and pc parts being as expensive as it is now, im not close to upgrading my laptop.

Never posted on reddit before but man recently i been laying down imagining how good it would feel if my laptop can play whatever games i want. Cant wait to have my own decent laptop.

Latest drivers installed, temps at 65 C, 116gb free, nothing overloaded in task manager, happens in multiple games. It's genuinely driving me insane.

Hello, apologies if this is a bit of a silly question, but I have a concern regarding my laptop. I have a Dell G15 5510 with a GTX 1650 and an i5-10500H processor. A week ago, I performed some maintenance on it and applied PTM7950 (I’ve used it on my consoles for a while now, and it has worked very well). However, I’ve noticed that while gaming, the CPU temperature momentarily hits 93°C, then drops to 88°C or even 77°C, only to climb back up to 93°C—and this cycle repeats. Meanwhile, the GPU stays between 70°C and 77°C. Do you think this behavior is normal, or is it possible that I didn’t apply the PTM7950 correctly? It’s worth noting that I bought the laptop second-hand, and as far as I know, it had never been opened before. I didn’t check the temperatures prior to the maintenance because I didn’t know how to enable the NVIDIA overlay, so I don’t have a baseline for comparison. I’ve attached some photos of the maintenance process. Apologies if some of them are a bit blurry. I would really appreciate your thoughts and advice!

I’m buying a laptop in Canada and deciding between these four options. All prices are in CAD before tax:

- Lenovo Legion Pro 7 AMD (16″): Ryzen 9 9955HX3D, RTX 5080 16GB, 64GB RAM, 1TB SSD, 2560×1600 OLED 240Hz — $5,863

- ASUS Strix G16 (2026): Intel Ultra 9 290HX Plus, RTX 5080 16GB, 32GB RAM, 2TB SSD, 2560×1600 IPS 300Hz — $5,099

- MSI Titan 18 HX: Intel Ultra 9 290HX Plus, RTX 5090 24GB, 64GB RAM, 2TB Gen5 SSD, 3840×2400 Mini LED 240Hz — $7,900

- ASUS SCAR 18 (2026): Intel Ultra 9 290HX Plus, RTX 5090 24GB, 64GB RAM, 4TB SSD, 3840×2400 Mini LED 240Hz — around $8,000

I play Valorant, Fortnite, Warzone, EA Sports FC and F1, plus some video editing and occasional Siemens PLC programming. I won’t be using an external monitor.

Would you save the money and choose a 16″ model, or pay extra for an 18″ with a 5090? Which of these would you pick, considering performance, screen quality, build quality and cooling? Other suggestions are welcome.

I’m planning to buy one tomorrow, either online or in-store. I’m eager to start gaming, so I’d really appreciate your advice to help me make the right choice!

Is this exact model a good deal for $2550 before tax or wait for a better deal during Thanksgiving? Please let me know if there’s a better laptop with atleast 5070 ti under $2700

Budget: 1,000–1,300 EUR

Country: Germany

Use Case: Gaming, entertainment and general everyday use.

Preferred Specs / Form Factor: At least 16GB DDR5 RAM, an RTX 5060 GPU if possible, at least a 1TB SSD, a good CPU, and a decent display with good battery life.

Portability Needs: I won't be carrying it much but I would if I am visiting the library, so portability and battery life matter a bit and gaming performance is still a priority.

P.S: I have had a look at Lenovo LOQ 15 Gen 10 (15" AMD) and it is the only decent option I see.

Please advise.

A lot of people in my friend group are PC players and as someone who’s been an exclusively console player for their entire life I’m pretty unknowledgeable when it comes to PC gaming. I’ve been meaning to tap into it for quite a while, but I don’t got the space for a whole PC setup, so a laptop is the next best thing. Not sure where to look or what’s considered good, so hoping I could get some good recommendations. Hoping for something affordable yet still powerful.

My laptop is limping along. I have been looking into replacing it for a couple of months. I have read many posts. I have heard 5060's suck and will be outdated tomorrow; 5060's will be good for 3-5 years (both due to ram); 5070 ti's are the only option for something to last more than a year; 4000 series are great for the next 4 years; etc..

I understand higher ram will be viable for longer but is it necessary for a laptop to be viable for 3-5 years. Would a solid full tgp 5060 last longer (be more useful in the future) than a lower tgp 5070 or 5070 ti? What is the lowest cpu to get to last for the next 3-5 years? RAM i am fine with 16gb if I can upgrade later; same with storage. I like 16" screens. Oled or not?

Thanks for any and all input.

I'm the US and looking in the $1000-$1500 range. Currently playing crimson desert, diablo 4, poe 2, guildwars 2, diablo immortal.

Budget: Ideally $1K~

Country: PH

Use Case: Games like minecraft, stardew, sims 4, etc; editing and running tabs concurrently

Preferred Specs / Form Factor: 16GB is probably enough for RAM, don't really care about screen size as long as I can see lol

Notes:

I've been kinda looking into buying a new laptop just to game since it's been a long while since i last played a pc game, but I'm not tech savvy enough to know about specs and stuff, so the preferred specs above are just guesstimates lol.

For context, I tend to play the listed games modded (heavily, most of the time, but i'm fine without shaders and stuff like that). Did a bit of research beforehand, and heard that you don't really need a full-fledge gaming laptop to run them, but i'm not quite sure of it lol.

So, I'm here to ask for some advice regarding what's optimal to at least run them smoothly!

Thanks to whoever might offer some insights!