Predator Helios 300 PH317-51 - Throttlestop settings aren't helping with reducing temps.

Soupyy_ said:

Recently I decided to watch Hotel-Heroes Undervolt guide for the Acer Predator Helios 300 and apparently the settings aren't helping. It's as if the settings haven't done anything or even applied when it's clear that I did change them. My temperatures go up to 96 degrees Celsius. I also get Blue screens when playing Battlefield 4 and i'm assuming that it has something to do with the temperatures. I also have a laptop cooling pad and it does not help. My drivers are updated and I have updated to the latest BIOS. I've noticed all of this since I started to get bad framerate on Battlefront 2 2017 back in February. 

My Acer Predator Helios 300 model: PH317-51

Windows 10 1809 I presume... TS can do only so much given how Intel updated the drivers on lines on how windows 10 pushes towards performance. Follow the first link in my signature - below are my temps.

Without TS: CPU - 80-95 (don't recall GPU)
Windows 7: with TS and MSI - 60-70 - spikes to 75
Windows 10 1809 with same TS and MSI as on windows 7 - 65-75 with spikes to 80-82

Windows 10 1809 with TS and MSI as above but tweaked power plan to reduce performance slightly (not much cos i barely notice much difference)
                -  temps now are 60-70 with spikes to 75

Try them out. Create a power plan out of existing "balanced" and apply the power plan settings in it.

Plotted graph on MSI Afterburner playing Ghost Recon Wildlands for you at 60 fps vsync (well, my monitor supports only 60 fps, so all my games are at that).


My power plan processor performance settings:

Soupyy_ said:

@sri369 I don't think I have Windows v1809. How do I check? And What do you exactly want me to do and what do I install? Sorry if I don't understand i'm very tired from trying to fix my temperatures.

1. Win + R. Open up the run command with the Win + R key combo.
2. Launch winver. Simply type in winver into the run command text box and hit OK. That is it. You should now see a dialog screen revealing the OS build and registration information.

I'll try to make life easier for you. I am attaching my power plan to this post; download and import it.
To import, open command prompt as administrator and type the below command:
powercfg -import <file name from the zip>
This will create a new power plan; set windows to use it. This way you won't mess up your plans.

Also, set your power profile for max battery life - trust me, this won't impact performance much unless you were running a server. This mode helps windows not run its otherwise background tasks like store and such.

Also disable store apps auto update, disable search, sysmain and such. Also you can disable windows update (you can manually turn it on once a month or two and install any updates).
On mine i have feature updates deferred for 360 days and security updates for 30 days.

I also removed pretty much all apps from store.

Coming to windows task manager, I do not see a need why I need all the info it shows on windows 10 version of task bar; plus its heavy too. So I installed a windows 7 version of task bar.
https://winaero.com/blog/get-classic-old-task-manager-in-windows-10/

See my battery life screenshot on battery mode - this is kinda exaggerated, but i get about 4-5 hours at about 40% brightness at low to medium tasks. Fans kinda never turn on when I am off power on battery :-) You can see my temperature, don't you, at 39 degree centigrade. It stays under 50C, typically at about 38C - 43C (room temperature at 75 F).

Soupyy_ said:

@sri369
I have windows Version 1803. Can I still do what you told me to do? Also will this make a big difference in my tempatures? I get up to 96 degrees on Battlefront 2. Should I also uninstall throttlestop so my settings on there do not impact your settings.

It should. No harm in giving it a try.