Recoil 17"Liquid Cooling Unit

[cp_rosser]

Hey all!

I recently received my Recoil 17" with LCS. It's a joy to use when to compared to my old laptop. My query is in regard to the cooling fan within the external LCS.

- I have followed all instructions and set up the unit and when under load I can hear the water pump running and water moving through the loop
- I have updated the firmware (although this seems to not install correctly as the prompt appears each time I reboot)
- I have the control centre installed but haven't tried reinstalling this yet
- I ran the 3DMark Timespy bench test (results attached below)
- The temps on the machine are as follows when under load

GPU maxed out at 73 deg C
CPU maxed out at 93 deg C

Are these temps typical? Could it be that they are not getting hot enough to prompt the fan to kick in? When I touch the pipes coming from the LCS they are both very hot as you'd expect, but I'd also expect one to feel cooler than the other.

If the unit is faulty then I'll ask for a replacement but wanted to try and bottom out technical bits here first.

Thank you!

 

[Tron1982]

Hi, as i don't have all the information about your laptop and cpu, i can't answer to all your questions, but :
-the cpu temps is really good (the intel CPI can go to more than 100°C)
-I'm not sure about the gpu temps, but it look not so bad

I don't think that this is a faulty unit, but you may want to wait for more return from other member of the forum

 

[cp_rosser]

Thank you for your reply, specs below for completeness.

Chassis & Display
Recoil Series: 17" Matte QHD 240Hz sRGB 100% LED Widescreen (2560x1600)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i9 24 Core Processor 13900HX (5.4GHz Turbo)
Memory (RAM)
64GB Corsair 4800MHz SODIMM DDR5 (2 x 32GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 4090 - 16.0GB GDDR6 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.1
Liquid Series® Laptop Cooling
PCS Liquid Series® Laptop Cooler
1st M.2 SSD Drive
512GB SOLIDIGM P44 PRO GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 7000MB/sR, 4700MB/sW)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SOLIDIGM P41+ GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 4125MB/sR, 3325MB/sW)
Memory Card Reader
Integrated SD Memory Card Reader
AC Adaptor
1 x 330W AC Adaptor
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Battery
Recoil Series Integrated 99WH Lithium Ion Battery
Thermal Paste
LIQUID METAL PERFORMANCE COOLING
Sound Card
Nahimic by SteelSeries 2 Channel HD Audio
Wireless Network Card
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6E AX211 (2.4 Gbps) + BT 5.3
USB/Thunderbolt Options
1 x THUNDERBOLT 4 PORT + 3 x USB 3.2 PORTS
Keyboard Language
RECOIL 17 SERIES RGB BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD
Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00003]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10/11 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Microsoft® Edge
Keyboard & Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam
INTEGRATED 1MP HD WEBCAM
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 3 to 5 working days
Welcome Book
PCSpecialist Welcome Book - United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland
Price: £0.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/recoil-VII-17/7dR6j4DjWp/

 

[DarkPaladin]

Although I don't know the typical performance of laptop liquid coolers, my immediate reaction is those temperatures are pretty good considering the power of your CPU + GPU. I may be wrong here, but most GPU's have a throttle limit (unless manually changed) of 83c, with laptop CPU's having a throttle limit of 100c. A GPU temperature of 73c under a stress test seems very good, with a CPU temperature of 93c being a little hot but enough to reach a thermal throttle.

As long as you aren't thermal throttling and you're achieving the advertised clock speeds of the components, I wouldn't worry about it. However, you'd be more than welcome to contact PCSpecialist and ask if those temperatures are the norm for those components.