is that normal for the acer nitro 5 overheat?

awxiang

i brought a acer nitro 5 with 8gb ram,128gb ssd,intel i5 8th,gtx 1050 4gd5 and build in cool boost .but when i play game like fornite the temperature will go until 98 degree which make me nervous about this.is it normal or should i went back to the official acer store to check?
*the device is just used at the 1st day

Jack22

@awxiang
Predator and Nitro products are engineered to withstand higher operating temperatures than traditional notebooks. These systems include features that help with cooling and heat dispersion. The CPU and GPU are designed to handle temperature spikes in excess of 98 degrees Celsius without causing damage to the components. It is common for PC temperatures to spike temporarily during heavy gaming or graphic usage. If the system encounters excessive temperatures that could damage the hardware, it will automatically shut down to protect the components from becoming damaged.

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Jack22

@awxiang
Predator and Nitro products are engineered to withstand higher operating temperatures than traditional notebooks. These systems include features that help with cooling and heat dispersion. The CPU and GPU are designed to handle temperature spikes in excess of 98 degrees Celsius without causing damage to the components. It is common for PC temperatures to spike temporarily during heavy gaming or graphic usage. If the system encounters excessive temperatures that could damage the hardware, it will automatically shut down to protect the components from becoming damaged.

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ven98

It isn't normal for the CPU to reach 98C. This is the thermal limit that the CPU will ever reach, but that means in order to maintain this 98C instead of going higher, the CPU has to slow itself down(this is called throttling).

It is true that 98C won't damage the CPU or any other components as @Jack22 said, but to make sure that the CPU maintains a longer life(higher heat will shorten its life even if it is by a bit) and best performance, the temperature shouldn't be higher than 85C on average.

To reduce the temperature you can try undervolting the CPU. Undervolting won't damage it in any way and it doesn't reduce performance. You can find many videos explaing how to undervolt the CPU with 3rd party software like ''ThrottleStop''.

If undervolting doesn't drop the temps under 85C average(temperature spikes of 90C+ are normal), I suggest you to contact Acer support and have the laptop repasted by them, because high temperatures usually are caused by poorly applied thermal paste.

You can re-apply the termal paste yourself if you are confident disassembling the laptop, but will void warranty(doesn't apply if you are in the US). You can use high quality thermal paste like thermal grizzly kryonaut or artctic MX-4.