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When I want to really grind down temps, they routinely give me another 5-15C (depending on how sensitive you are to fan noise) in gaming. This works particularly well on the Omen line, given their back fans are both outtakes.
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These are different from normal laptop cooling pads (the big plastic ones with big fans in them you set underneath your laptop) in that they aren't shoving air in the PC but outtaking it. But if you want to beat down those temps even further, I think these OPOLAR laptop fans are a godsend.
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Bring in some more fan power - The two steps above can EASILY net you a 15-25C decrease, and I'd recommend doing those before anything else (given thermal paste is free if you have some extra tubes laying around to under $8). You can drop it even lower on the fly if you're not doing any real crazy intensive tasks. I've had zero issues with -0.155 to -0.16 offsets, but it's a highly YMMV sort of thing. And for anyone wondering, this does not have any performance impact on your machine whatsoever, it's not a "downclock" it's simply giving your CPU slightly less voltage to work with (making it run much cooler). This super easy fix dropped my temperatures another 5-10C. It's as easy as downloading Intel's Extreme Tuning Utility and clicking on one slider, that's it. Undervolt your CPU - I've had great luck undervolting my CPU on this Omen and getting way better temperatures from it. Just a word of warning, it's well worth the effort, but you have to be careful. I had to gently file down the side of 3 screws to make one side flat, then tap them loose with a small hammer. They look like a standard phillips, and for all intents and purposes they are, but the fuckers are mounted INSANELY tightly and are frustratingly between a size 0 and 00 screwdriver (one is slightly too small, one is slightly too large). A word of warning on doing this: HP uses some kind of fucking insane screws on their internal heatsink mountings. Highly recommend using Arctic MX-4 if you're considering this option (the 2019 edition comes with a cute little paste spreader if you don't have one already). JUST repasting the CPU brought it down 10C. Repasting the CPU and GPU - Prior to replacing the horrifically bad thermal paste on this thing, my idling CPU temperatures never dipped below 70-75C (yikes), games were almost out of question, they were always pinned at 99C with horrific thermal throttling. If you're curious what I did, here it is in order of (imo) most effective to least effective changes: 
I regularly idle between 45-50C, and I no longer get thermal throttling while gaming, almost never get past 85-90C while gaming, even lower if I have my fans on (detail below). If you're up for it, you can have the best of all worlds (cooling, performance, and price). Honestly I would not consider buying unless you're willing to shell out a bit more in upgrades (anywhere from $8-$75ish depending which suggestions you choose to pick up) and apply a little bit of elbow grease (and literally some thermal grease). Even with G-Sync on my model I was getting terrible throttling and screen tearing due to the CPU throttling up and down. When I got this thing, I was blown away by the price to specs ratio, but it was a stuttery gaming mess. Typing this on an Omen 17t right now, and I have to say I completely agree.
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