In my Gen 1, I found that the graphics processor and cpu couldn't sustain even a medium usage because of cooling. Diagnostics showed near constant throttling. Is this one any better?
This seems to be a bit of a trend with Lenovo. My gen 1 T14s (Ryzen 7 4750u) has a similar issue with heat, I can offer one suggestion, replace the thermal paste. I did it a week after I got mine as well as smoothing the oddly rough surface of the heatsink. Got a 5c drop, still throttles but less quickly.
In addition to replacing the thermal paste, I was able to lower the temperature of my X1 Extreme Gen 2 to about 40-60 degrees most of the day by:
i) Undervolting by installing Throttlestop, and setting it to launch on startup with Windows’s Task Scheduler [0]
ii) Removing the back panel, holding the fans in place with a paperclip, and blowing the dust out of the fans with an air compressor
I also installed Thinkpad Fan Controller (tpfancontrol) [1] to make the laptop run quieter. After implementing these, the laptop finally ‘just works.’ None of the above was intuitive, though, and I did not expect to find and try these solutions before purchasing the laptop.
Kinda saddened by the fact that tpfancontrol is still a must have in 2021. I believe it became mandatory for me when I upgraded my old W520 from win7 to 10, as the newer OS didn't properly manage fan speeds (the minimum speed was way too high, the maximum speed was never triggered).
I haven't used windows on that laptop in years (and it doesn't get much use anymore, although it still works flawlessly!), reckoned they'd have fixed this by now.
