Over the last year I've had my hands on a variety of notebooks. Many of them were pretty good, but I personally would avoid others. During my testing, there were two problems with most devices that really annoyed me: the high onestemperatures and operating noise.
Hot and loud are out and still the rule
Almost every notebook has to struggle with at least one of these, either it's quiet or it's cool. In extreme cases it isneither one nor the other. I have already addressed this problem several times.
Basically, there isn't a lot of space in a notebook case; it should be as compact as possible so that you can use it on the go. Of course, this also means that there is little room for cooling. Ultimately, a notebook's cooling system consists of a few heat pipes, usually two fans and several flat heat sinks, which are oftensmaller than a matchboxare.
It becomes clear that waste heat of 200 or more watts cannot be dissipated quite as easily as in a full-sized desktop PC. Many manufacturers have recognized the problem and are now using itLiquid metalinstead of normal thermal paste to optimize your cooling solutions. In addition, of course, the maximum temperature limit specified by the CPU manufacturer is fully utilized, which is legitimate.
Slimming craze for notebooks
That's on the one hand, on the other hand you can have a trend for a long timethin and powerful notebooksobserve. It is clear that this will continue this year.will be thinner than 1.5 centimeters in the upcoming revision. Inside, a high-end CPU and an RTX 5090 laptop should still work with the full TGP of 155 watts.
To be fair, of course, the Blade 16 is round at its thinnest point1.49 centimeters thickis, in the rear area, where the cooling is located, it will be a little more expansive. Nevertheless, I am very curious to see how the manufacturer manages the temperatures and noise levels.
I'm pretty sure Razer put a lot of work into the cooling and can present a solid result in the end. But the Blade 16 is also a premium product that comes with a corresponding price tag.
However, the new Razer notebook will certainly not be the only particularly thin gaming laptop in 2025, and the cheaper the model is sold, the easier the cooling will be in the end. And the simpler the cooling, the fewer reserves there are, which ultimately results in high temperatures and/or high noise levels.
Solutions?
Unfortunately, there aren't really many options for improving cooling at the moment. For some of its models, XMG takes the approach that the device can be operated in stationary operation with external water cooling. Definitely a valid solution, but not everyone wants to have an additional radiator on their desk or carry it around with them.
Predominantly in high-priced devicesused. These work somewhat more effectively than heat pipes, but are also significantly more expensive. What is needed would be more and larger heat sinks inside the device. However, more fans would then have to be installed to cool them. You see, it's complicated.
A dream would be a closed and fully integrated water cooling system in the device, but this is not really technically feasible. In addition, this means that a laptop gains significant weight. And even if it were possible, the cooling performance would probably simply evaporate due to the small heat sinks.
The hardware could be the key
The only way to have a cool and quiet notebook would be to install components with less power loss. This is also done on many devices, and the chip manufacturers officially give the manufacturers the opportunity to do this.
For example, an RTX 4070m can be combined with a TGP between 35 to 115 wattsfreely configure. Unfortunately, this is of little use if the quality of the cooling system is reduced at the same time.
The only remaining option is to use specially selected chips, which can still deliver full performance with significantly less power. So classic undervolting. This is where the price becomes a problem again. If the notebook manufacturers make the selection themselves, this obviously involves a lot of effort.
And if chip giants like AMD, Intel or Nvidia take over this, they will of course be rewarded handsomely for the extra work. Of course, the buyer is then allowed to pay the higher prices in the end.
As sobering as the realization is, we will probably all have to live with high temperatures, hot surfaces and more or less noisy fans.
Do the temperatures and noise levels of your notebook bother you or are you okay with it? I look forward to your comments.
