Should i drill holes under my acer nitro 5? Model AN515-45

[Buhidma]

Hello.

recently i bought acer nitro 5 laptop (model AN515-45)

first few days of gaming the temperatures were good i guess. less than 40c on idle and 65c while gaming but it changed drastically after few days it became 60c on idle or 90c while gaming..

to cut the long story short i did the following steps to lower the temperatures: 

 

step 1: update windows and drivers.
step 2: repaste cpu/gpu. i used grizzly thermal kryonaut.
step 3: installed four vacuum coolers one at each vent.
step 4: installed eight 8cm 12v dc fans right underneath the intake in rectangular shape (stacked for more pressure penetrations).
step 5: use the ac to cool down the ambient temperature.
note: the vacuum coolers and the dc fans are not connected to the laptop. i used external power supply (12v 5A).

i know its not the most convenient solution (noise) but at least like this i can play while I'm sure my laptop is not burning up inside...anyway..

i want to reach the lowest possible temperatures while gaming on this laptop..honestly the tempratures right now are decent they never go above 75c in most intense gaming moments otherwise its below 70c.
but still its not enough for me as im sure it could be better. im thinking about "cutting" those plastic lines shaping the rectangular intake using a mini drill (dremel) so it comes out as clean as possible and not even using a non conductive mesh to block the dust since i already took care of that (the dc fans underneath have a dust filter) and the environment where im using the laptop is so clean anyways.
but im not 100% sure about how this would effect the airflow inside the laptop as im not a specialist nor aerodynamics engineer..it could be good or it could be BAD which in this case i can fix it by just buying a new bottom cover..
so before attempting this irreversible action i thought maybe i should hear other people's opinions.

 

Edited September 5, 2021 by Buhidma
added some information

[ki8aras]

so you wanna make a desktop out of a laptop?? why not remove the base all together? or even better yet, hook up some custom water cooling to it

 

laptops these days are made to get hotter so at to extract higher performance out of them, so while you may not like it, if its not thermal throttling its fine

[Buhidma]

14 minutes ago, ki8aras said:

so you wanna make a desktop out of a laptop?? why not remove the base all together? or even better yet, hook up some custom water cooling to it

 

laptops these days are made to get hotter so at to extract higher performance out of them, so while you may not like it, if its not thermal throttling its fine

that wouldnt be so practical..

[Somerandomtechyboi]

Bruh 75c is a good temp, dont worry about it

Most laptops nowadays run around 90c anyways

[Buhidma]

3 minutes ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

Bruh 75c is a good temp, dont worry about it

Most laptops nowadays run around 90c anyways

ok. thank you sir

[genexis_x]

Should have bought a laptop with good cooling instead of going through all these modifications...

[Buhidma]

3 minutes ago, genexis_x said:

Should have bought a laptop with good cooling instead of going through all these modifications...

its the cheapest gaming laptop i could afford 

[svmlegacy]

Laptops are made to take full advantage of the coolers they have. The higher the temperature the more heat they can extract.

 

Do you not trust the CPU/GPU manufacturer in setting reasonable tempurature protection?

[aisle9]

3 minutes ago, Buhidma said:

its the cheapest gaming laptop i could afford 

Well there's your problem.

 

75C is not hot, especially for a laptop. You're fine. Better than fine, actually. Just make sure there's adequate ventilation to those bottom vents and you don't even need the (worthless) suction coolers.

[aisle9]

Just now, svmlegacy said:

Laptops are made to take full advantage of the coolers they have. The higher the temperature the more heat they can extract.

 

Do you not trust the CPU/GPU manufacturer in setting reasonable tempurature protection?

Spoken like a man who's never used a Sager. Back when I flipped PCs, I got my hands on a pair of Sager 15.6" laptops with i7-4810MQ processors. My hopes for an easy fix like bad RAM or a dead drive were quickly dashed when I realized that the boards had literally cooked themselves. Trust me, there are plenty of laptops out there, even from major brands, that are designed badly enough (or well enough?) that they char-broil themselves the day the warranty runs dry.

 

Fortunately for OP, their Acer Loser Nitro Suckface Laptop Edition does not seem to be badly designed at all as far as thermals go.

[Buhidma]

53 minutes ago, svmlegacy said:

Laptops are made to take full advantage of the coolers they have. The higher the temperature the more heat they can extract.

 

Do you not trust the CPU/GPU manufacturer in setting reasonable tempurature protection?

absolutely not. but i do trust that getting money/profit is their main goal.

[Buhidma]

57 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

Well there's your problem.

 

75C is not hot, especially for a laptop. You're fine. Better than fine, actually. Just make sure there's adequate ventilation to those bottom vents and you don't even need the (worthless) suction coolers.

thats good to hear.

as for the worthless suction coolers i make sure they are tightly sealed so at worse case scenario (their noise) they still have some kind of positive effect.

[Buhidma]

56 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

Spoken like a man who's never used a Sager. Back when I flipped PCs, I got my hands on a pair of Sager 15.6" laptops with i7-4810MQ processors. My hopes for an easy fix like bad RAM or a dead drive were quickly dashed when I realized that the boards had literally cooked themselves. Trust me, there are plenty of laptops out there, even from major brands, that are designed badly enough (or well enough?) that they char-broil themselves the day the warranty runs dry.

 

Fortunately for OP, their Acer Loser Nitro Suckface Laptop Edition does not seem to be badly designed at all as far as thermals go.

major companies and manufacturers  actually can produce  much better quality products at a much cheaper price but obviously that is not good for them on the long run.  

[aisle9]

11 minutes ago, Buhidma said:

thats good to hear.

as for the worthless suction coolers i make sure they are tightly sealed so at worse case scenario (their noise) they still have some kind of positive effect.

Linus did a video on this once. Basically, because physics are a thing, they're useless.

[Buhidma]

23 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

Linus did a video on this once. Basically, because physics are a thing, they're useless.

oh i never saw this. would love to see if you have a link?

[Buhidma]

just watched it. the video shows good results. i have 4 of them and they are using only 1 and sometimes there is 10c difference. not bad.