Hey everyone, just wanted to share a quick before-and-after of taming this laptop. If you're running these specs in a hot room, you know the struggle.

The Specs: HP Omen Max 16 | Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | RTX 5080 16GB | 64GB RAM

The Problem: Out of the box in summer heat (no AC), this thing was a furnace. Under gaming load, it was literally shutting itself off to prevent melting. Here are the results of repasting with Thermalright TF7 and tweaking the fans (Fans very very important).

🔴 BEFORE (Summer, No AC)

• Idle: CPU 65°C | GPU 60°C
• Gaming (Turbo ON): CPU 100°C | GPU 90°C (Resulted in random system shut-offs)
• Gaming (Turbo OFF): CPU 80-85°C | GPU 85°C (Chassis burning at 50°C)

🟢 AFTER TF7 Repaste (Summer, No AC)

• Idle: CPU 60°C | GPU 55°C
• Gaming (Turbo OFF, Stock Fans): CPU 80-85°C | GPU 85°C (Note: Paste alone didn't drop peak load temps here)
• Gaming (Turbo OFF + Custom Fans): CPU <70°C | GPU <75°C (Custom curve: Fans start at 40% from 50°C)
• Idle (Custom Fans): CPU 50°C | GPU 45°C

❄️ THE FINAL FORM (TF7 + Custom Fan curves + AC Room)

• Idle: CPU 42°C | GPU 34°C
• Gaming Load: CPU <70°C | GPU <70°C

TL;DR: If your Omen is shutting down from summer heat, repasting with TF7 helps base thermals, but the real magic happens when you pair it with Turbo disabled and an aggressive custom fan curve (Unleashed mode, but no unleashed 😂). Dropped my gaming temps from system-crashing 100°C down to a very comfortable sub-70°C. And trust me...hardly any performance issue observed, not even with AI inference. Games running smooth and stutter free!!! Hope this helps!