P03 630 temps really high my questions are is it possible to add a heatsink to both of my m2 drives.

so i was testing the temps on my pc and every seems kinda high. i tested cyberpunk 2077 with everything maxed out and ray tracing - psycho. its probably the most extreme scenario for testing but still temps are too high. CPU had a max of 91c but that was probably a spike. if i use cinebench my max temp is 88c and the average 83c. i already changed the cooler to a coolermaster h412r and i still believe my temps are too high. GPU at 88c is high and the solid state at 72c which is probably the highest. the case fans i had them at auto on the predator app and using gaming mode didn't do anything for the temps, fans stayed at the same speed in both modes. so my questions are is it possible to add a heatsink to both of my m2 drives, and will changing my cooler to a Noctua NH-U9S do anything worth spending 70 dollars on top of what i already spent? i would appreciate some help

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chugzilla

well, from all my experience there is a HUGE difference between auto and gaming mode, auto puts the fans at their lowest rpms and gaming at the highest, so something must be wrong, the 3000 series cases really limit what the user can do, if you can afford it get another case and put everything in there, no way to really cool the 3000 series properly, i have a 5000 and i replaced the stock cooler with a Noctua NH-U12A and added 2 fans on the top as exhaust that alone dropped my temps 20C, then i did other enhancements to were now on max settings when i game my CPU is at 32C and my GPU 48C, so yeah think about a new case, you can get a really good one for that 70 dollars, because i don't think the Noctua cooler you mentioned will do any better in your 3000 case than what you bought already, and i know you guys can mount 1 fan on the top, but still that may not even help like a new case would.

jl98

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1216486#Comment_1216486

i see, that's unfortunate i cant install more fans, my full load temps don't go higher than 83c so its probably fine for some years. any idea if i can add a heatsink to my ssd and if a heatsink would help, the ssd is the only one that is really high on temps

GotBanned

I believe that you have a bad contact between the cooler and IHS.

Remove the cooler and reapply thermal paste. After reapplying paste and reinstalling the cooler, remove the cooler again and see if you have a good contact or not. If the paste is evenly spread on the IHS repaste again and run some benches.

Your idling temp should stay around 30C - 35C (depending on your ambient temp) while sitting on the desktop doing absolutely nothing. But when going full blast even closer to 80C would not surprise me as these little boxes can get pretty hot.

Oh, and are you using glass or metal side panel? Does removing the panel altogether lower the temps at all?

chugzilla

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1216491#Comment_1216491

yes, you can, the stock acer ssd comes with a heatsink pad underneath it, well mine does, so maybe yours does also, but do what got banned says re paste the whole thing and see if that helps, then get back to us tc n gl.

billsey

~90C peak is really pretty good, very close to normal. Peaks show up when the fan speed controllers hit the thresholds for a new speed and often bump up a few degrees above the actual running temperature. I certainly wouldn't be worried about your numbers. There are things you can do, if you haven't already, to help keep them lower, and the biggest is a cooling upgrade with the Noctua setup.

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