Would probably suggest you wait until the legion 5 pro is the the market and get one. It has one of the best thermal solution and great performance/quality.

Best heat management is the Prometheus XVII. Give it a shot and I know you will not be disappointed if that’s your primary concern.

I would recommend this GIGABYTE AERO Because it comes with 1‎0th Gen i7 octa Core CPU which is one of the best in your budget and great for your usage, 16GB of RAM for smooth multitasking, Good SSD storage of 512GB for faster boot up and loading, 15.6 inch 4K UHD IPS screen which is a must have for this price range, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, 100% sRGB coverage and good color gamut, and high build quality.

You can go for the MSI GF65 10UE-047 which is a very powerful gaming laptop in your budget. It is very thin and light (for a gaming laptop) so it easy to carry around without being much of a bother. It has a fairly professional look with the exception of the redback lit keyboard so it should fit into an office setting. Performance-wise, it is on par with last year's RTX 2070 laptops when gaming so it is fairly future-proof. If you want more RAM or storage you just need to remove the bottom panel and everything is accessible from there. It has a battery life of around 5.5 hours when using it casually which is pretty good. As with most gaming laptops it does get warm when gaming for extended periods and you do notice the fans when you are gaming.

15.6" 144Hz 3ms, 56% sRGB, 39.2 Adobe RGB, 270 nits Intel Core i7-10750H RTX3060 16GB 512GB NVMe SSD Win10

Hello, i buy the IETS GT600, this is incredible !!! 20 degres win ! I absolut necessity for gaming laptop.

for outdoor + no gaming i'd go with a fanless macbook air, no dust ingress, thin and superlight

I'm afraid most gaming laptops hate heat, macbooks are your best bet, but on the windows side you would be better off with a laptop that has a snapdragon x chip or newer amd chips. Don't even think about anything with a dgpu

MSI’s higher-end stuff has been surprisingly good this year the new Vector and Raider models with RTX 4070/4080 have legit cooling, big heatpipes, and usually stay under control without repasting. The Stealth series is thinner so runs warmer but still pretty quiet if you tune the fan curve. I’ve seen people run them for 4K editing or long gaming sessions in warm rooms and they hold up fin

MSI’s Vector series this year surprised me. Their cooling design with the dual fans and bigger heat pipes actually keeps temps stable under heavy loads without crazy fan noise.

I was looking at the Legion Pro 7i too, but from what I’ve heard it gets pretty loud really fast when gaming. If you want something cooler and quieter, I’d go with MSI hands down.

Geobook Minecraft edition for sure

you can trim some of the fan noise with a laptop cooler like the IETS or KILM. I have both and use the IETS on my Asus ROG Zephyrus M16. You can still hear them, but it's not that bad.

I have had a lot of laptop coolers, eh, marginal at best.

til I got Klim mistral. thing is a beast. my laptop doesnt even use its own fans when its on. seriously, they are running 0rpm while gaming now lol

70-80c is absolutely fine for a gaming laptop. In fact it’s very cool. Gaming Laptops are fine even at 90c for extended periods of time. So if you’re getting mid 80s and below, you’re totally fine !

Do you at least lift the back of the laptop off the desk a little bit?

In my experience that made a 8c GPU and 6c CPU difference, by giving it maybe half an inch of lift.

Using my laptop stand with the fans at max was only another 3c and 2c drop respectively. Considering I travel with my laptop a lot, leaving the stand at home in favor of my small lightweight 3d printed lifter and saving the backpack space is a no brainer.

Don't waste your money. Also sometimes they will hurt thermals more than they help.

These are some great tips, I've already been using most of them and it helped with the thermals.

I would like to mention something else you could try: disabling the boost feature of your processor.

This can be done from the Windows power plan settings, but first you will need to make some registry changes if you don't mind that type of stuff. This video will explain the process.

There should be no noticeable performance loss if you cap the game to 50-60 fps*.

Personally, I've only tested this extensively with Assassin's Creed Odyssey. My Legion 5 has a Ryzen 5 5600H. Playing at 1080p, capped at 55 fps, Very High. With the CPU boost, I had temperatures ranging 86-94 degrees C. With CPU boost disabled, I have temperatures ranging 74-78. No fps loss. Even if I play for 6 hours, it will not go past 78.

Edit: So guys, if you wan't to game at a high frame rate, obviously do not disable the CPU boost. If you don't mind capping the fps to 60, you would get better thermals, as OP mentioned. If you would then also disable the CPU boost, you would further reduce thermals without a noticeable fps impact in most games. I hope I've made myself clear now.

Edit 2: The effectiveness of this method depends on the base frequency of the CPU. Ryzen processors tend to have high base clocks and Intel tends to have low base clocks. So the performance drop might be too severe if you have Intel.

If you have an Asus gaming laptop (e.g. G14, G15) you can use the latest version of G-Helper to undervolt most AMD CPUs a little: https://github.com/seerge/g-helper/releases

You can also set GPU and CPU temp limits (and power limits) using G-Helper and turn CPU boost on/off and change CPU boost modes.

You can use MSI Afterburner to undervolt the GPU

I do cap FPS to 60 for most single-player games, but prefer to use one of the better anti-aliasing methods like DLAA or TAA, where supported (I mostly game at 1440p on a 27" external screen)

it shaves off 15c off both my GPU and CPU, And that 15c difference is between Elevated Back and IETS GT cooler

That's a pretty bold claim, can you back that up with proof?

(so i dont wanna see any comments about how "elevated backs also just as good")

This is a strawman fallacy. People here often say that lifting the back already helps a lot and that adding a cooler will see diminishing returns. That's pretty different from saying it is "just as good".

The main reason this is said often is because of the Jarrod's Tech video where he tested a variety of coolers on a variety of laptops and showed his testing setup very clearly. The end result was that coolers only lower temperatures by a further 2 degrees Celsius.

Of course the IETS coolers works differently from those included in Jarrod's test so it's entirely plausible that they work better. However 15 degrees Celsius is as I said a bold claim. If you want people to take that claim seriously I request you to provide some solid proof to back it up, which includes your testing setup and methodology.

This is what I said about "Ego maxing". you can buy high end machine to play demanding games like cyberpunk, hogwarts etc. or newer graphically demanding games for that matter

140frames is unnecessary. you can shave off bit of those temps capping at 60 or even 75.

this is thermal guide to lower your temps as much as possible. while still keeping smooth 60

Just pure capping on temps.

People overthink this shit so much. CPUs in laptops are rated to 100 C or higher. If your CPU is at 85 or 90 it literally doesn't matter.

Also, capping single player games at 60 FPS because that's "all you need"? That's an interesting take, might as well just buy a console at that point. People PC game for high settings and framerates. Dumb guide.

The cooling pads that actually make a temperature difference are usually on the beefier side. On a side note as long as you are using your laptop on a flat surface and the fans have ventilation I don't think there's anything to worry about.

Do you want effective or slim?

You don't get both.

The cooling pads that work well are bulky by default, largely due to requiring a sealing foam gasket. The slim ones don't do any noteable cooling. Just get yourself a portable laptop stand for $10-20.

If its getting hotter than normal, it's time for a re-paste.

My laptop started overheating just yesterday, reaching 100 °C and shutting down. I have HP Omen 17 with I7 13700HX RTX 4080. While CPU reaches 90-95 during gaming, GPU stays around 70. The problem is related to thermal paste and I will replace that along with thermal putty. Also bought a laptop cooler, people say that IETS GT600 do help by 10-15 Celsius. Will test once I have it. You can also try limiting FPS in games and see if it helps by not utilizing your GPU and CPU at max power. I tried undervolting the CPU but there is a block on BIOS and I am too scared to mess with that.

Hope it helps.

I use a small usb fan and its right next to the keyboard at all times.

It’s not a problem for people with AC, but I assume you’re in a place without access to AC so I’d say have some fans going in your room and probably a cooling pad would help a decent bit.

I game on winter and go outside on the summer

I moved to Scotland.

Lifting up the laptop from your desk is really good. Can be up to 5-10 degrees depending on your laptop. Laptop coolers are really good too most of the good ones can knock off about 10-20 degrees. Problem is yours is not a good one. As others mentioned you want a foam seal to seal your laptop inside the cooler. I would check out llano v12/v13 laptop cooling pads they are not cheap but mine easily knocks off 20 degrees I have a 3070 mobile at 130w at max load I run about 55 degrees cpu and 50 degrees gpu on 1000rpm which is not that loud if your wearing headphones.

A cooling pad works with or without this. I drop 10 or so degrees f

Yeah, but I'm almost certain it was just getting my laptop off the surface to get better airflow.

https://youtu.be/tXvKiy65pwg?si=VTr-cHX3H14fokWg

The video is from 2020, a lot older than I expected lol, but it essentially says getting the laptop some height above the fans makes a big difference, but shelling out high money for an expensive cooler isn't going to get huge benefits

Most laptop cooling pads don't do better than a laptop stand that gets elevation off your desk/playing surface, but that's usually enough to solve most cooling issues people have.

Jarrods Tech did a pretty good video a year or two ago looking at a bunch of different cooling pads and assessing their performance.

I use a fairly inexpensive Targus active cooler, since I primarily game with my laptop on a soft surface that prevents airflow

The good ones do…

AND IT’S GLORIOUS!!!

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CMTCB8Q6/ref=yo_ii_img?ie=UTF8&psc=1

My gpu temperature dropped 40F degrees, making my poor old 2080 laptop play Helldivers 2 at 4k.

Prior, it was reaching 203 degrees

Sounds like a gd harrier jet at full 2600 RPMS… but you can dial it down. It is the best fan i have ever used in 20 years of using them

The sealed chamber types with the foam seal do significantly cool down the laptop, but they tend to be more expensive.

I got the Llano V12. Great accesory, I maintain mine @ 400rpm and my games maintain 65c.

That’s what I did. Oh, and since I just read the rest of the post, Repaste and clean your fans.

Yes that’s true.

Having said that, I’ve found a combination of settings with mine where both the cooler and laptop fans are running at a constant speed of about half their maximum RPM, a bit less than half on the cooler and a bit more than half on the laptop.

That keeps temperatures significantly lower than than the laptop fans on their own in automatic mode, and is much quieter than the laptop fans on their own at full blast (quiet enough that you don’t notice when playing on a TV).