EN| Replaced the original thermal paste on my Acer Predator Helios 300 with Arctic MX-4

Fract41

I bought my Acer Predator Helios 300 laptop less than a year ago, but just recently I noticed that it seemed to start getting hotter (I'm not sure for sure, but most likely the temperatures were definitely different). I read on the Internet that thermal paste in gaming laptops is replaced every six months. And I decided to replace the thermal paste with Arctic MX-4, I changed it only on the video card and processor chips (I decided not to touch the thermal pads).
After I finished, my friend said that I should not have replaced it, saying that the factory thermal paste could not be replaced for a long time and that I was in a hurry with it. After that, like the law of meanness, I found forums and information on the Internet where it is also not recommended to replace the factory thermal paste.

Now I'm puzzled whether I just made it worse, whether the Arctic MX-4 is suitable specifically for my laptop, etc.
And as luck would have it, the processor temperature almost always reaches 90°C in games, and maybe even higher, the GPU usually heats up to 75-80°C, and the system itself is around 90°C. And my laptop can be discharged by several percent while playing games. It's all right? If anyone knows and understands this, please tell me. Maybe I'm just paranoid.

I would be very grateful for any help, thank you!

P.S. I understand my possible guilt here, because I did it, when I was not fully familiar with everything. The screenshot shows the temperature of the components while playing Last of Us Part I. The fans were not turned on at full power, the game did not slow down

JackE

> > the processor temperature almost always reaches 90°C in games, and maybe even higher, the GPU usually heats up to 75-80°C, and the system itself is around 90°C. And my laptop can be discharged by several percent while playing games. It's all right? > >

These are normal temperatures. However, coolboost full fan power should be turned on under very heavy gaming load to keep CPU no higher than 90 *C and GPU no higher 86* C.

It is also normal for battery to discharge under heavy gaming load even though plugged in because both charger and battery must work together to meet power demand. When battery level drops below about 50% charge, battery charging takes precedent over CPU/GPU gaming power demands and throttling and performance may drop. When this happens, it is time to stop gaming and allow battery to charge back up to 100% before starting heavy gaming again.