How to improve and maintain the cooling of a power supply of a notebook?

Quote from: DOC_ on October 21, 2022, 21:05:48Do you have any data or other facts to support this position?

Yes, my observations on the forums of Dell owners (and not only Dell) clearly show that for avid gamers, the first problems with hardware begin around 1.5 years of intensive games on "gaming" laptops. And then it problems only rise and rise. And most often for those who do not change the thermal paste and do not try to improve the cooling of the power supply for processor and video chip on mainboard, i.e.   trusted for cooling solution as it came from the factory.

Do you have any data or other facts to support this position?

Quote from: NikoB on October 21, 2022, 15:49:45Dell's base warranty is 1 year in many countries. At the same time, as many private reviews on the forums have shown, for avid players, failures of video chips and power piping begin in about 1.5-2 years. Which is clearly burdensome for a normal person earning money by work.

Dell's base warranty is 1 year in many countries. At the same time, as many private reviews on the forums have shown, for avid players, failures of video chips and power piping begin in about 1.5-2 years. Which is clearly burdensome for a normal person earning money by work.

I always recommend that hardcore gamers buy Dell's 3 year on-site warranty where possible (and actually works by speed of repair and replacement). This is just beneficial, because the probability of their laptops failing after 2 years is maximum with sustained high load. Dell, for this very reason, keeps clearly inflated prices (in recent years) in order to control financial risks in warranty cases.

Any "gaming" laptops are extremely unreliable under heavy loads. They are effective (by time of use) only as a working tool with a below-average load. And if you choose the quietest models in the profile for maximum performance. As once there was a very quiet G5 5587 with a huge weight and a body from a 17" laptop.

This is a bad take.

Laptop users have options with Dell's Power Management software. In your review you set the laptop to "Ultra Performance mode." What does that imply, if not that the laptop would operate at its safe limit?

You could have easily used the laptop in Optimized mode for lower temperatures, but if I bought the G16, I would use the ultra performance mode without worry. Dell's warranty guarantees reliable operation at those temperatures.