#Sizewise envy retail mod

Here's the kicker though: STAPM is what kicks in after a few minutes and throttles everything despite CPU temperatures: Ī repaste definitely helps because in my case too the CPU even on very hard load doesn't go past 75degC (pink) with the cTDP capped at 20W (green). I'm shocked that on Balanced on battery OCCT doesn't make my 2700U go over 70degC. Glad to see your temps got reduced, that is a first step and indeed also reduces fan ramping unnecessarily. Im not specifically blaming HP.seems to be a common theme here.Dell and HP seem to be worst offenders i think. but ryzen version they dont let APu self manage at all and they aggressively throttle i was running benchmarks in best buy other day and intel one was sustaining well over 90C (95C before i saw frequency drop to base clock for a split second) and boosting up and down as expected.

HP doesnt let the APU's mXFR frequency tune or Precision Boost manage the iGPU, they take over with a very aggressive setting and actually starve the APU forcing mXFR/Precision boost to pull way back.įunny thing (and upsetting) is they only seem to do this for AMD, they let intel self manage. the simple version is basically after APU touches 71C a timer begins, then it power throttles the iGPU, first then if not resolved it power throttles the entire socket. and the way t-skin thermals works is it isn't a actual sensor hidden somewhere to measure the chassis, but rather a logic formula. they have an extremely aggressive throttle point for t-skin, 71C = throttle point. Temp: High of 75 and settles at 56 (and the ambient temp is 3-4 degs higher than my previous run so the result should be better) Temp: Hit a high of 81 deg celcius and settles at 65 Specially since one of the Torx screw stripped and it was a pita to remove and broke a few plastic pin while removing the back cover.

Not sure it was worth it for the effort and voiding the warranty. However performance under load (gaming) hasn't improved from my quick test. The fan does not spin up every time I do something - it basically run without fan now for casual use which is nice.

#Sizewise envy retail mod

Performance is better on the first few mins than before modding then it degrades and gets pretty much the same as before the mod even though the temp is so much lower. Somehow though the CPU/GPU still throttle heavily after a few mins under load. My average temp under load did drop by a good 10-12 deg celcius, which is impressive. I just did the mod and did some quick tests and.

The initial post was yesterday but it got removed because I didn't put a flair to the post. I don't think there is much more I can do without ruining the practicality of the form factor but shoot me ideas before I put the laptop on the operation table. Should be in tomorrow or Tuesday and will do the mod then. Got some silver artic paste and Fujipoly thermal pads. Hopefully with this mod it will be able to maintain a decent performance over time.

Peak power for 1 min then it just goes downhill from there. Read this post - and the writer got good results from doing the latter.įrom some limited testing, the CPU does pretty well at maintaining performance with throttling but GPU is pretty bad. I'm planning to open the x360 up and mod the cooling slightly - 1) replace the thermal paste 2) put thermal pads on the heatpipes to transfer heat from the pipes to the aluminium case. I also have a XPS 2in1 13' for work and it's worst since it is passively cooled. It is unfortunately a limitation of the form factor except for the Surface Book 2, which I regret not getting even though expensive. Two things I don't like though - battery life and thermal throttling. I bought the HP Envy x360 with Ryzen 5 and like the speed and size-wise it's not bad. I would do 12' but they don't offer a good power v/s size balance - both cpu and gpu. Always been a fan of small form factor and ultrabooks 13' are what works for me.