are there any quiet gaming laptops

loxocemus · 24 Feb 2017 at 11:44

id like a powerful machine but i dont want to listen to the fans whine all the time, is there anything out there that's powerful (6700+) able to play games on medium setting around £1500 and quiet, pref 17" screen

thankyou for any and all help

krooton · 24 Feb 2017 at 13:01

Unfotunately, thermodynamics says no

loxocemus · 24 Feb 2017 at 13:03

damn it, i knew it was wishful thinking

edit, if there is no "quiet" gaming laptop, which ones would be considered the quietest....

Doug2507 · 24 Feb 2017 at 17:34

I've got an AW13 OLED with 7700hq/gtx 1060. After repaste with LM and moderate undervolt the fans hardly ever spin and can play most games at high+.

loxocemus · 24 Feb 2017 at 21:13

Doug2507 said:
I've got an AW13 OLED with 7700hq/gtx 1060. After repaste with LM and moderate undervolt the fans hardly ever spin and can play most games at high+.

i honestly think that kind of modding is beyond me (and my future warranty :-)

)

MiSJAH · 24 Feb 2017 at 21:36

loxocemus said:
id like a powerful machine but i dont want to listen to the fans whine all the time, is there anything out there that's powerful (6700+) able to play games on medium setting around £1500 and quiet, pref 17" screen

thankyou for any and all help

Yes.

It's a bit more of an involved question.

My AORUS is quiet with the fans set at 35% (I can game on the sofa with headphones on while the Doris watches TV) gaming at 90fps in bf1/fc4/fc primal.

loxocemus · 24 Feb 2017 at 21:54

they are no doubt beautiful machines but their also outside my budget

hornetstinger · 24 Feb 2017 at 22:03

I thought I saw a watercooler laptop a bit ago.

MiSJAH · 24 Feb 2017 at 22:34

hornetstinger said:
I thought I saw a watercooler laptop a bit ago.

This thing?

This outside of most people's budget

loxocemus · 24 Feb 2017 at 22:35

very um, portable

MiSJAH · 24 Feb 2017 at 22:39

It comes with it's own suitcase!!!!

loxocemus · 24 Feb 2017 at 22:41

im not really in the market for luggage at the moment, a laptop yes, luggage no.

Doug2507 · 25 Feb 2017 at 00:39

loxocemus said:
i honestly think that kind of modding is beyond me (and my future warranty )

Repaste/undervolt doesn't affect Dell warranty, they only thing they don't cover is LM.

philstanbridge · 25 Feb 2017 at 17:11

I don't consider my MSI GT73VR Titan loud in the slightest, especially running in comfort mode. It's actually remarkably quiet.

MrFunex · 25 Feb 2017 at 17:55

Are these laptops able to run without the fan running during general light use - a bit of web browsing, that sort of thing?

JimboJet · 25 Feb 2017 at 21:42

A lot of them I would say yes. Especially if you are able to use switchable graphics to the onboard gpu such as intel HD530 or whatever. Will depend to some extent on the surface you are using it though. Eg on lap may obscure intake fans and outlet vents etc.

My m14x r2 is quiet when browsing and not intrusive in any way even with fans spinning at low speed. I suspect a lot of the current laptops will be the same. Gaming ofc is another story.

Kyrne · 26 Feb 2017 at 09:10

My MSI GS60 is quiet while on the web / general use - any form ofvgaming though and the thing sounds like a 747, haha. I guess thats the price you pay for ultra thin laptops.

philstanbridge · 26 Feb 2017 at 13:08

Mine is virtually silent when in 'desktop' mode. It doesn't need to kick in until you start stressing the cpu/gpu.