Heat in Nitro 5 - AN515-54 while gaming

nevermore10

Hi!

I have a Nitro 5 AN515-54 with i7-9750H and a GC GeForce GTX1650 with 4GB memory. While playing "heavy" games, such as the new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, the CPU temp can rise up to a max of 95c even with Coolboost on. I hear the fans but they are clearly not on max even when the temp reaches these levels. Is 95c acceptable or should I simply keep the fans maxed during such "heavy" games? The game runs smoothly, by the way. 

Thanks! 

Jack22

@nevermore10
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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andylb

nevermore10 said:

andylb said:

nevermore10 said:

Thank you. I have to say that I'm a little "scared" when dealing with software that I won't be able to understand or control. I'm an occassional gamer and my understanding in such matters is very basic (overclocking and the like...) if it exists at all. I'll check out the temp spikes and make sure that it doesn't really spike up for too long. Otherwise, I'd prefer to simply not play "heavy" games. 

The Throttlestop profiles were designed by one of our top gaming members and they are tried and tested so go ahead with confidence

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Well I took my chances and tried it and it actually gave me a max of 84-86c, which is, I guess, a very noticeable improvement! Thanks! 

One more question: should I run Throttlestop only during gaming or all the time? Will shutting it off when I'm not playing do any sort of harm? 

Great that you got a decent decrease so kindly click YES because I answered your question.
Throttling back does not harm anything on your computer and if your games run well throttled then so will less demanding programs so you can leave it on with no problems

Jack22

@nevermore10
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.

Click on 'Yes' if the comment answers your question!

andylb

nevermore10 said:

Hi!

I have a Nitro 5 AN515-54 with i7-9750H and a GC GeForce GTX1650 with 4GB memory. While playing "heavy" games, such as the new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, the CPU temp can rise up to a max of 95c even with Coolboost on. I hear the fans but they are clearly not on max even when the temp reaches these levels. Is 95c acceptable or should I simply keep the fans maxed during such "heavy" games? The game runs smoothly, by the way. 

Thanks! 

@nevermore10 I respectfully, have to disagree with my colleague so No 95 deg c is not acceptable. Although the Nitro 5 series is designed to run hot, consistent temperatures over 90 deg are not good, the ideal gaming temperature is 85 deg c or less with the occasional spike above 90. Your best bet is to Undervolt using Throttlestop, follow the simple guide in the link below. You can expect a 10 to 15 degree drop in temps when applied

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https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/577183/throttlestop-undervolt-profiles-pre-made/p1?new=1

nevermore10

Thank you. I have to say that I'm a little "scared" when dealing with software that I won't be able to understand or control. I'm an occassional gamer and my understanding in such matters is very basic (overclocking and the like...) if it exists at all. I'll check out the temp spikes and make sure that it doesn't really spike up for too long. Otherwise, I'd prefer to simply not play "heavy" games. 

andylb

nevermore10 said:

Thank you. I have to say that I'm a little "scared" when dealing with software that I won't be able to understand or control. I'm an occassional gamer and my understanding in such matters is very basic (overclocking and the like...) if it exists at all. I'll check out the temp spikes and make sure that it doesn't really spike up for too long. Otherwise, I'd prefer to simply not play "heavy" games. 

The Throttlestop profiles were designed by one of our top gaming members and they are tried and tested so go ahead with confidence

Please click YES if I have answered your question

Mainerunr

JNHH said:

Thank you. I have to say that I'm a little "scared" when dealing with software that I won't be able to understand or control. I'm an occassional gamer and my understanding in such matters is very basic (overclocking and the like...) if it exists at all. I'll check out the temp spikes and make sure that it doesn't really spike up for too long. Otherwise, I'd prefer to simply not play "heavy" games. 

𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐂𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 +𝟏 𝟖,,𝟓.𝟓 𝟒.𝟖.𝟓 - 𝟎𝟒..𝟎𝟕

I noticed that temps in my Nitro7 were high when gaming (and it was nothing major for games) so I looked into Throttlestop, played around with it a bit and have it running at a -0.125v undervolt (it seemed stable at -0.150v but not at -0.160v so I backed it off a bit).  It actually benchmarks slightly faster and temps stay below 90 now.

The idea that the Nitro series was 'engineered' to withstand higher temperatures is, to me, incorrect.  The thermal limit on the CPU is still 100C.  The Nitro series was 'engineered' to be inexpensive.  If it was engineered without the price points in mind, it would have a better cooling system (although, to be fair, every review of a 9750H laptop that I have seen says it runs hot so apparently nobody has a great cooling solution for these).

nevermore10

andylb said:

nevermore10 said:

Thank you. I have to say that I'm a little "scared" when dealing with software that I won't be able to understand or control. I'm an occassional gamer and my understanding in such matters is very basic (overclocking and the like...) if it exists at all. I'll check out the temp spikes and make sure that it doesn't really spike up for too long. Otherwise, I'd prefer to simply not play "heavy" games. 

The Throttlestop profiles were designed by one of our top gaming members and they are tried and tested so go ahead with confidence

Please click YES if I have answered your question

Well I took my chances and tried it and it actually gave me a max of 84-86c, which is, I guess, a very noticeable improvement! Thanks! 

One more question: should I run Throttlestop only during gaming or all the time? Will shutting it off when I'm not playing do any sort of harm? 

andylb

nevermore10 said:

andylb said:

nevermore10 said:

Thank you. I have to say that I'm a little "scared" when dealing with software that I won't be able to understand or control. I'm an occassional gamer and my understanding in such matters is very basic (overclocking and the like...) if it exists at all. I'll check out the temp spikes and make sure that it doesn't really spike up for too long. Otherwise, I'd prefer to simply not play "heavy" games. 

The Throttlestop profiles were designed by one of our top gaming members and they are tried and tested so go ahead with confidence

Please click YES if I have answered your question

Well I took my chances and tried it and it actually gave me a max of 84-86c, which is, I guess, a very noticeable improvement! Thanks! 

One more question: should I run Throttlestop only during gaming or all the time? Will shutting it off when I'm not playing do any sort of harm? 

Great that you got a decent decrease so kindly click YES because I answered your question.
Throttling back does not harm anything on your computer and if your games run well throttled then so will less demanding programs so you can leave it on with no problems

MartinRo

nevermore10 said:

andylb said:

nevermore10 said:

Thank you. I have to say that I'm a little "scared" when dealing with software that I won't be able to understand or control. I'm an occassional gamer and my understanding in such matters is very basic (overclocking and the like...) if it exists at all. I'll check out the temp spikes and make sure that it doesn't really spike up for too long. Otherwise, I'd prefer to simply not play "heavy" games. 

The Throttlestop profiles were designed by one of our top gaming members and they are tried and tested so go ahead with confidence

Please click YES if I have answered your question

Well I took my chances and tried it and it actually gave me a max of 84-86c, which is, I guess, a very noticeable improvement! Thanks! 

One more question: should I run Throttlestop only during gaming or all the time? Will shutting it off when I'm not playing do any sort of harm? 

I have throttlestop on "autostart" so it starts always when I start the computer. 
In theory, you can close it right after it startet (and applied the undervolting) as the undervolting settings will stay till the computer is powered off/rebooted. This is no active thing, throttlestop does every second or what ever but a change in the system settings /cpu settings, that will stay permanent till next power off/reboot. (you can simply verify this by shutting down throttlestop and then start HWMon and look at the voltage settings of your cpu. You still will see the -125mV there).