What are Acer Predator Helios 300 G3-571 CPU ‘Normal’ Temperatures?

Anky1978
Anky1978 Member Posts: 1 New User
edited November 2023 in 2020 Archives

Hi all,

My Predator is running high temperatures on its i7-7700HQ. After attempting some fixes (described below), I get the following results:

  • Startup: Will peak at around 55°C, but settles down to 39-40°C and will stay there at idle.
  • Gaming: Will push out to around 70-80°C, but spikes out to 95°C+ when alt-tabbing, then hovers around 85-90°C when back in game (this applies to moderate-intensity games such as Bioshock 2 Remastered).
  • Stress Test: Intel PDT runs at low 90°C’s, but will spike out to 97°C during the test.
  • Cooldown: Eventually settles down back to 50°C, but won’t cool further over 10+ minutes.

I’ve pursued this through multiple forums, and so far the only remedies I can find have had limited effectiveness. So far, that’s essentially applying a -123.0mV offset on ThrottleStop, and re-applying thermal paste (which I’ve done three times to practice good coverage). Other little things I’ve done have been playing with / uninstalling PredatorSense, and the same goes for Intel XTU. Still, nothing seems to ‘beat the heat’ as it were. 

Note also that the GPU is consistently running good temperatures. By contrast, the same tests on my ancient Asus ROG G751-JT running an i7-4710HQ is still going strong without ever peaking beyond 80°C.

Any suggestions, or is this normal for the rather hot [notebook] Kaby Lake processors?

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