Is It Safe To Upgrade My Refurbished HP ENVY dv7-7333cl's Cooling Fan?

EdhellenBrannon

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Hello there! Ever since I bought this laptop over a year ago, I've noticed that the cooling fan is just not right for the CPU and other parts. In fact, my laptop has overheated countless times while playing low-end games like Lord of the Rings Online. The machine gets hot, especially the left hand side near the vent. I'm guessing either it's not working or it is insufficient.
To my understanding, this model has a defect and over the many forums and online articles, I have yet to find an answer. Cleaning out the vent with air does not work nor does updating the BIOS since it's already up to date.
My warranty is over so I might as well try to improve the laptop. Looking at my specs here and here, which cooling fan should I buy. Is it even POSSIBLE to improve the cooling fan for this model? Also, I don't mind getting a new motherboard, CPU, Graphics Card ...etc. I kinda wanna pimp out this laptop.
Thanks!
 
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Upgrading laptop RAM and drives are usually pretty straight-forward affairs. Upgrading CPUs and GPUs usually requires replacing the motherboard which can be not so simple.

For your overheating situation, before you replace the fan, you may want to try replacing the thermal paste on your heatsink. Factory paste jobs normally suck, which results in higher than necessary temps at your CPU and GPU.

Try downloading a monitoring program like HWMonitor and posting your actual temps at idle and under load.

volcanoscout

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Upgrading laptop RAM and drives are usually pretty straight-forward affairs. Upgrading CPUs and GPUs usually requires replacing the motherboard which can be not so simple.

For your overheating situation, before you replace the fan, you may want to try replacing the thermal paste on your heatsink. Factory paste jobs normally suck, which results in higher than necessary temps at your CPU and GPU.

Try downloading a monitoring program like HWMonitor and posting your actual temps at idle and under load.
 
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