How well does the built in cooling fan work? I do a lot of gaming and I don't want to have to cut back on graphics quality to keep it from overheating
915876
It works great. It has a gaming mode that puts the fan on high, a little noisy but not distracting.
915877
I do a lot of gaming, all of them at highest resolution, with no problems at all. I have had this system since Christmas.
915878
The built in fan has a "boost" feature that is really useful for maintaining a comfortable temperature while playing games on high settings. However, the fan makes a lot of noise while in boost mode. The fan in its normal state seems suitable for running games on normal settings or on high settings for short periods of time, but after a while, the core temperatures start to rise to uncomfortable ranges. With that said, I haven't really tried to push the temperatures to their limits nor have I experienced any crashes or issues due to overheating.
915879
The fan works well, but te lapto still get warm, but not so much to get overheated
764480
The laptop has a powerful fan and blows all the heat out on the left side, so of course try no to keep it covered when it's on. I was at first worried the heat would affect the power cord that is not too far from the heat source, but the actual power cord is surprisingly cool despite that; it has worked well without an additional cooler but it wouldn't hurt to get one. My room has two fans so just in case I keep them on especially when I game. My gaming performance hasn't been affected at all and I play WoW on the High settings. But if you just surf the internet and use basic stuff it doesn't produce much heat at all. The most heat it uses is if you are playing a big game The laptop has a powerful fan and blows all the heat out on the left side, so of course try no to keep it covered when it's on. I was at first worried the heat would affect the power cord that is not too far from the heat source, but the actual power cord is surprisingly cool despite that; it has worked well without an additional cooler but it wouldn't hurt to get one. My room has two fans so just in case I keep them on especially when I game. My gaming performance hasn't been affected at all and I play WoW on the High settings. But if you just surf the internet and use basic stuff it... » Read More The laptop has a powerful fan and blows all the heat out on the left side, so of course try no to keep it covered when it's on. I was at first worried the heat would affect the power cord that is not too far from the heat source, but the actual power cord is surprisingly cool despite that; it has worked well without an additional cooler but it wouldn't hurt to get one. My room has two fans so just in case I keep them on especially when I game. My gaming performance hasn't been affected at all and I play WoW on the High settings. But if you just surf the internet and use basic stuff it doesn't produce much heat at all. The most heat it uses is if you are playing a big game « Show Less
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I'm about to put a review up, but I've had it for 3 weeks and it does get VERY hot. Much hotter than a 17" I had and hotter than a 15.4" I had. I mean like I didn't know it was safe for it to run this hot, and this is straight out of the box. However, I game for significant periods of time and I haven't had an overheat. Someone in newegg said this thing gets to 64 degrees C with a cooler, and that is accurate. If you buy this for gaming, I would reccomend a cooler (that shoots air to the front of the computer, since that's where the vents are) and u shud be fine. It comes with a free 2 yr accidental dmg warranty (if you register it w/ asus by mailing them a small slip that comes w/ the computer), so send it back if it does overheat.
683737
If you are using it for a serious gaming machine, it may shut down from overheating itself. Otherwise it seemed to cool itself fine.
1774889
Well, I have four fans cooling my system and when gaming I let them spin pretty fast. Don't really care about excessive sound because I'm wearing a headset most of the time. With stock fan/heat sink mine is very cool while idle, and have never seen it above 60C while playing some of the most demanding games. Yes the fan and heat sink could be better but for me it's fine.
67514
Make sure that there is a good airflow. I installed an extra fan in the side of my PC and so far its good. Cases with PSU on the bottom seem to have more issues with overheating if psu is blowing inside
354617
Not sure if it only has one fan. It has a button I push when I want the fan to blow faster when gaming. The air coming out is pretty warm when gaming but I don't know the exact temp. To me it doesn't matter. I really like this laptop and it performs awesome.
701700
I do some instructional screencasts and am occasionally a binge gamer... I've been consistently amazed by the temperature control on my laptop. After a few hours of a very graphics-heavy game it'll get hot, but I don't notice a performance hit and it cools off very quickly when I close the game.
59034
I purchased this case to make a cheap gaming PC as well, I would buy an additional fan for the side panel 80mm I believe is the size... I hope it's the size I bought one but havent installed it yet :) But with the stock cooling fans running an i5 quad core with GEForce GT 730 (cheap card) the temperature is about 35 C which is well within normal temp range.
1264782
Its a pretty solid laptop, and some games you're not gonna run at full resolution like Crysis, BF3, and other infamous intensive games but they still run well. I haven 't had heat issues and once I got the Video drivers sorted out the card overclocks really well as well (which most people don't recommend but my card is overclocked significantly and stays around 70c) For the games you've mentioned though it's plenty. The overall package is pretty awesome and as a pc gamer I'm pretty happy, but at the end of the day its still a laptop.
1557303
I don't use it for gaming, I use it mostly for photography, "Photoshop". It does not overheat for me.
1247015
I have had overheating problems on all three of my Gtx 660 ti cards. I play Skyrim with about 243 mods and my card used to overheat. I have gone to a closed loop water cooler setup using the NZXT G10 bracket. Water cooling worked well, BUT, first, check the air flow inside your computer case. Without knowing what your particular setup is, I will give you some generic ideas. make sure your fans bring in outside air as low as possible and exhaust it as high as possible. Also small cases are great for aesthetics but suck for air flow. Try to get a case with the best airflow you can get. Also remember hot air rises so the floor is the optimum location for your case, if you have carpet, set the case on a piece of thin plywood to keep the carpet fibers from getting sucked into the computer. If you are overclocking anything, cpu, ram, gpu (video card), you are creating unnecessary heat. You can add more case fans depending on your case configuration but one solution that has paid off in spades is I replaced one of my GTX 660 ti cards with a G1 GTX 970 by Gigabyte and that puppy ROCKS and runs cool to boot. The non G1 rendition is slightly cheaper but does not cool as well. Anyway, good luck.
1855958
I have 2 of them in an SLI configuration. In my tower case the cards are very close together with a scant 3/8" between them. I connected the displays to the card with the unhindered airflow and am experienceing zero overheat problems while playing BF4 or any other game with high video demands. I don't even hear the fans.
286215
Heh. Dead silent.Why? the fan is not running! Ever! There is a switch in the back for ECO mode. Unless the power supply gets hot, it does not spin the fan. Since I have a GTX980 with its lower power draw (Haswell o/c to 4.3GHz, air cooled), the power draw has never been enough to make the fan spin that I have ever seen. The fan is on the top so the heat can go into my case through the fan mesh and get sucked out by my case fans. Works well and the top of the power supply is barely warm.
1648019
Screen quality is amazing. Very clear, and quite big for a laptop. I have gamed pretty heavily on it since I bought it a little over a month ago. Runs all games I've played at ultra high graphics settings. As for heat, it puts out quite a bit of heat and at some points you can really hear the fan star to work it's ass off. But it seems like the laptop doesn't get very hot, just pushes extremely hot air out.
204255
Using the computer for everyday work, the fan rarely has a need to even come on, using the graphics heavily, where you use the Nvidia instead of the onboard, or something that is really heavy on processing, then it will. When the fan runs, it is noticeable but not obnoxious.
923615
It won't hurt it but just know that it might throttle a little when under stress, and the game may drop in frame rate, I use MSI afterburner and a custom fan curve that is in no way silent but very cool