Lenovo Legion Go - Improve Thermals & more FPS !! (testing and guide) 

Why would disable that?

@@in-xm1py To lower the temperature of the CPU and to extend the battery life of the Rog Ally when gaming. In most games there is no lose of performance by disabling CPU boost, so it's best to disable it.

@@iidjkg is it that significant difference though? I dunno man. But cpu does rise in temp really fast for productivity related workloads for sure.

@@iidjkg What about disabling SMT [AMD name for Hyperthreading] in the bios, and get just 8 pure cores, that will be less power usage and less heat, while keeping 8 real cores, it will be equal to SD Threads, but still twice faster since SD has 4 cores and 8t and here you'll have 8C/8T In theory the CPU should boost higher and gpu should boost higher since you'll free up some resources that get used for SMT

Info: CPU boost AND hyperthread can be disabled for better thermals and battery life and minimal impact on games. Those two features are important for multimedia editing, office, intensive web browsing.

My 2280 mod doesn’t get hot. But it’s worth slapping a thermal pad in yours

I have some leftover sodimm heatsinks I'm going to stick onto the heat pipes to see if it spreads heat out better and helps thermals

I like this idea

This 7950 absolutely did improve thermals. Not groundbreaking as the go already runs cool, but it does make a difference. I’m currently testing 7950 on other devices and am seeing similar results I also ordered some from ebuy7, so I can compare the Amazon stuff to theirs.

The results are in the video

PTM isn't far behind liquid metal and is miles ahead of any traditional paste.

Die SSD wird zu heiß und schaltet dann ab (Bluescreen) Hatte ich auch schon. Ich habe ein 60x60mm Lüfter oben an den Lüftungsschlitzen angebracht der die Luft aus dem Gehäuse zieht. An dem Scharnier vom Kickstand entfernt man die schwarze dünne Plastikabdeckung, dort strömt dann kalte Luft ins Gehäuse und kühlt die SSD die direkt darunter liegt. Man muss nur immer den Kickstand ausklappen damit die Öffnung frei ist. Wenn man den oberen USB 4 Port nimmt wird das Go dort ebenfalls sehr heiß, man merkt es wenn man das Display dort berührt. Am unteren USB4 Port ist das Problem das die SSD zu heiß wird, aber die kann man mit dem Umbau effizient kühlen. Habe mit egpu max. 70-75grad SSD Temperatur. Ohne eGPU 60-65Grad. Ohne den Lüfter hatte die SSD mit eGPU 82Grad und mehr.

@@matthias99442 thanks! I tried to understand what you are saying. You are saying to create a hol at the backplate where the kickstand is. It sounds logical, I'll try it. Thank you

@@faiqkarim1654 You have to unscrew the cover from the Go. The cover has hinges for the stand. There are 2 thin plastic covers on the kickstand that can be removed, then you have an opening right next to the SSD (a kickstand is right above the SSD). What's still missing is airflow along the SSD, this doesn't have to be particularly big or much, but it prevents the SSD from overheating if you use an eGPU on the lower USB 4 port. To do this, I attached a fan at the top of the ventilation slots that sucks the air out of the case and at the same time cold air flows in at the bottom and cools the SSD. But you need a fan that allows the air to circulate in the case. Air at the top sucks out and cold air flows in at the bottom.

Technically you should. I do it all the time, basically daily in laptops, but don’t be me

I am gonna try going to micro center and buying one there but might the 2tb one for 800

You can most likely do this without voiding the warranty assuming you don’t break anything. But that would depend on your country.

It’s a dbrand skin. I have a video applying it Check out @dbrand

It’s a dbrand skin

The Reddit user i mentioned found that it performed worse than new PTM

@TechGuyBeau surprising! I used it on my Switch and fan stays very low

AS5 hasn’t been a top paste for awhile now.

That’s risky, especially in handheld you are going to be moving around a lot

You can but I’m too scared

Let us know. I’m too scared

@@TechGuyBeau will do, I've ordered the stuff, should have an update in a few days.

@@TechGuyBeau okay so it's been on for 24 hours now, no difference in speed really, pretty much in line with your repasted numbers, however, the biggest difference is the fan noise, maxing it out now is so much quieter, even at low speeds now this thing spits out a lot of heat, so if noise is a big factor for you, then it's definitely worth doing in my opinion.

@@OnlyAnOpinion20nice, yeah reducing fan noise is a big upgrade. One day I’ll take the plunge and try it

@@TechGuyBeau I’m a bit gutted to be honest, I was expecting some kind of performance boost, I wish Lenovo would allow us to open the taps a little, we have a 65w PSU, at least let us go to 45w, I know it’s out of spec, but the chassis is clearly capable of handling more, even without the repaste, hopefully we get some software tailored to the Z1 soon from a 3rd party, as I honestly think this thing with the memory it has will fly at 45w.

Too scared

Yeah I learned about that too late thanks. I’m gonna use that method when I do my deck

@@TechGuyBeau same here did this to my notebook and then i see linus video and when i did to my deck and ally was easy

You don't. it runs cool already, especially compared to the ROG Ally. this is just a little experiment ;)

You don't need any of this. As he said above, it already gets better thermals than the ROG. This is just a guide to optimize it even further. If you're not a tinkerer, this guide is not for you.

To turn off cpu boost will tht be inside the windows settings? Also will te hyperthread option to turn off be inside the bios settings?

explain, in detail, specifically why 👇

I was thinking about following him because of his good job, after your nonsense comment, I immediately subscribed him.

@@TechGuyBeauif he is worried about following you, then it means you’re doing a good job 😂 I immediately subscribed you.

Subscribed out of spite as well