I've had my AW 15 R3 for about two weeks now and overall I'm very happy with it. It's everything I hoped it would be.
However, as others have reported, temperatures were higher that I'd have liked and higher than reviews suggested.
Most of the time while gaming (WoW mostly) it would be in +80c, which for a fairly low spec game in comparison to others is a little excessive and matches what other users were seeing.
OCCT wouldn't run for longer then 1-2 minutes before stopping due to hitting 85c.
As other people had seem major improvements in temps after repasting I decided to give it a go myself.
Just in case any of you are wondering, here are the photos of what state it was in when I took it apart.
Before - Look at the state of those thermal pads!
All cleaned up
I used GC-Extreme for the replacement paste and so far it's working very well. I was tempted to use something like Liquid Metal, but if I'm honest, I'm scared to blob on something vital and cause a short.
I've not done a huge amount of testing since repasting, but so far I can say that fans kick in far lass then before (hardly at all in some games) and temps are 5-10c lower. The core differential has narrowed, but not vanished.
Since the repaste OCCT now runs as long as I tell it to. I took a screenshot after 10 mins were temps peaked at 80c, but sits at 60-65c most of the time.
You shouldn't have to do this on any laptop and certainly not a premium one.
However, for those of us brave enough (or daft enough...) to do these things, it shows that the hardware is actually pretty solid, just let down by crappy paste (and already discussed on numerous threads).
However, as others have reported, temperatures were higher that I'd have liked and higher than reviews suggested.
Most of the time while gaming (WoW mostly) it would be in +80c, which for a fairly low spec game in comparison to others is a little excessive and matches what other users were seeing.
OCCT wouldn't run for longer then 1-2 minutes before stopping due to hitting 85c.
As other people had seem major improvements in temps after repasting I decided to give it a go myself.
Just in case any of you are wondering, here are the photos of what state it was in when I took it apart.
Before - Look at the state of those thermal pads!
All cleaned up
I used GC-Extreme for the replacement paste and so far it's working very well. I was tempted to use something like Liquid Metal, but if I'm honest, I'm scared to blob on something vital and cause a short.
I've not done a huge amount of testing since repasting, but so far I can say that fans kick in far lass then before (hardly at all in some games) and temps are 5-10c lower. The core differential has narrowed, but not vanished.
Since the repaste OCCT now runs as long as I tell it to. I took a screenshot after 10 mins were temps peaked at 80c, but sits at 60-65c most of the time.
You shouldn't have to do this on any laptop and certainly not a premium one.
However, for those of us brave enough (or daft enough...) to do these things, it shows that the hardware is actually pretty solid, just let down by crappy paste (and already discussed on numerous threads).
