Will there be a quiet mode setting for PredatorSense on the 2019 Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-52?

mikeandikes

I know many people on the forums have been saying that the fans are too loud on idle, and that they run at around 1740 RPM for the CPU and 2160 RPM for the GPU with CoolBoost off. There's this very audible whine to the CPU fan and a little on the GPU fan. The specs for my Helios 300 is a i7-9750h CPU along with a GTX 1660 Ti, My model number is PH315-52. I also have heard that people on these forums reply with "its a gaming laptop its not meant to be quiet its meant to be loud". Many people want to have a quiet laptop for light or no loads on the CPU for doing video calls, web browsing, YouTube, Netflix, etc. I have previously saw that the older white edition version of the 2018 Helios 300 has a "Quiet" option on PredatorSense. Also, the Nitro 5 on idle is very quiet considering my brother has it. Since Acer released the new 2020 Acer Predator Helios 300 not to long ago and I saw a few videos of the fans on idle that they are under 1800 RPM for both the CPU and GPU. Why doesn't acer have a BIOS fan update for the 2019 version?  
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Handler

Any updates on this? I would love to have a silent mode for this laptop because I use it for both work and gaming.

mikeandikes

Yeah me to. I use NotebookFan control right now and set up my own fan curb for it to be quiet.

mikeandikes

But it would be great to have a dedicated silent mode for the Helios 300. 

MiniMakerMM

mikeandikes said:

Yeah me to. I use NotebookFan control right now and set up my own fan curb for it to be quiet.

I couldn’t seem to get notebookfan to work, what am I supposed to do? I have a predator triton 300 with rtx 2060 and i7 9750h

xapim

@MiniMakerMM im afraid theres nothing you or anyone can do the fan curves are set by acer  engineers in the bios and controlled by PS via the default profiles that cant be changed as its proprietary software so not goint to happen acer will not be changing any pre set fan curves for any models as far as im aware and as you can see this is about the 2019 H300 that had a really aggressive fan curve which they have fixed in the next year's models after all the 2019 model was a brand new redesigned model which had the fans/heatpipes separated for the first time  on the H300 models the 2017/18 had shared heatpipes and both fans attached together in the same place this move was a great improvement cooling wise

Ares9323

I bought a Helios 300 last week and I was really considering selling it, just because of the fan noise (I often work while my girlfriend sleeps, and it was like having a jet on the desk..).

I work with Unreal Engine, and only opening it was making the fans go crazy, I'm really glad I found a solution!

You just have to limit your CPU to 90%, I was getting an average temp of more than 95°C, now with this settings only it stays below 60! And with the fan set to the minimum I can barely hear it!