Cooling upgrade?

billsey said:

Is there any way to force outside air into the gaps between system and walls/desk? If you could point a fan in there to add a little airflow it might tell us if the issue is air flow restriction or poor thermal contact between CPU and cooler.

StevenGen said:

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AtlCanadian said:

xapim said:

AtlCanadian you can try to undervolt it and see how it goes but you probably need to repaste it with kryonaut or similar also if youre overclocking you cpu consider watercooling as it was already mentioned normal cooling fans wont work the cpu fan its on the cpu socket itself you can try to add more case fans but as i said if youre overclocking it will be useless and overclockable cpu would need watercooling to lower the temps down  (especially the intel cpus) i suggest that you take a look at custom builds and prob corsair watercooling solutions

Thank you for this. Re-paste would void warranty, right? Would adding case fans void warranty as well?

I'm trying to find a solution that doesn't void warranty. GPU temp is max 60c when gaming, which is perfect - just need to find a way to keep CPU down.

My desktop is also in a corner, when facing it - left side and back side is against wall (1in-2in max clearance) would this choke the air flow from CPU cooler / vent?

Give your desktop as much crossflow ventilation as possible, putting it into a corner with only 1in-2in max clearance is not good as it needs as much crossflow ventilation and resticting it that way, will add to temps. Re-paste wil not void your warranty and adding case fans will not either. But, you have to be vigilant and re-paste with a good  paste like the Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut Thermal Paste and use the "pea method"  where you put a pea-sized amount of thermal paste on the CPU (in a desktop) and then install the heatsink over it. After this the thermal paste gets evenly spread on the processor with the pressure and temperature. Hope this helps.

StevenGen said:

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AtlCanadian said:

StevenGen said:

AtlCanadian said:

xapim said:

AtlCanadian you can try to undervolt it and see how it goes but you probably need to repaste it with kryonaut or similar also if youre overclocking you cpu consider watercooling as it was already mentioned normal cooling fans wont work the cpu fan its on the cpu socket itself you can try to add more case fans but as i said if youre overclocking it will be useless and overclockable cpu would need watercooling to lower the temps down  (especially the intel cpus) i suggest that you take a look at custom builds and prob corsair watercooling solutions

Thank you for this. Re-paste would void warranty, right? Would adding case fans void warranty as well?

I'm trying to find a solution that doesn't void warranty. GPU temp is max 60c when gaming, which is perfect - just need to find a way to keep CPU down.

My desktop is also in a corner, when facing it - left side and back side is against wall (1in-2in max clearance) would this choke the air flow from CPU cooler / vent?

Give your desktop as much crossflow ventilation as possible, putting it into a corner with only 1in-2in max clearance is not good as it needs as much crossflow ventilation and resticting it that way, will add to temps. Re-paste wil not void your warranty and adding case fans will not either. But, you have to be vigilant and re-paste with a good  paste like the Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut Thermal Paste and use the "pea method"  where you put a pea-sized amount of thermal paste on the CPU (in a desktop) and then install the heatsink over it. After this the thermal paste gets evenly spread on the processor with the pressure and temperature. Hope this helps.

I am nervous about thermal paste. Is there somewhere I can get confirmation it won't void warranty? As for case fans, is Corsair products good? They have a few options and they're fairly priced.

Its OK don't worry just repaste with the "pea method" and everything will be OK don't worry, ask Acer if you don't trust us! If they say NO, then, let Acer do it under warranty? But, they wont use the good paste and you will have the same problems.