performance decrease Gaming performance degraded

[BeastMaster30300]

Hello, I own a Acer Predator PH315-54 and for the past 2 months I have been getting low FPS and high temps(around 95 on the GPU and 70 on CPU after around 30 mins of playing raft) on games which used to run smoothly before.

 

Things i have tried 

• Internally cleaning everything
• Resintalling the games and steam 
• Checked if anything else is runnning in the background
• Prayed to Zeus

Things I have not tried yet because I want to explore other options first 

• Factory resetting my pc
• Getting the thermal paste changed ( I really dont wanna go for this option)

I ran a daignostics of my laptop and the result and specs of the laptop are below and a more detailed result is at - https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/67947896 - 

 

UserBenchmarks: Game 31%, Desk 64%, Work 28%
CPU: Intel Core i7-11800H - 58.5%
GPU: Intel UHD Graphics - 6.9%
GPU: Nvidia RTX 3060 (Laptop) - 53.8%
SSD: Nvme Micron_3400_MTFDKBA512TFH 512GB - 248.8%
HDD: Seagate ST1000LM049-2GH172 1TB - 59.6%
RAM: Hynix HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN 2x8GB - 44.5%
MBD: Acer Predator PH315-54

 

Please let me know if you think I can try something else.

Thank you 

[bal7]

1 minute ago, BeastMaster30300 said:

Hello, I own a Acer Predator PH315-54 and for the past 2 months I have been getting low FPS and high temps(around 95 on the GPU and 70 on CPU after around 30 mins of playing raft) on games which used to run smoothly before.

 

Things i have tried 

• Internally cleaning everything
• Resintalling the games and steam 
• Checked if anything else is runnning in the background
• Prayed to Zeus

Things I have not tried yet because I want to explore other options first 

• Factory resetting my pc
• Getting the thermal paste changed ( I really dont wanna go for this option)

I ran a daignostics of my laptop and the result and specs of the laptop are below and a more detailed result is at - https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/67947896 - 

 

UserBenchmarks: Game 31%, Desk 64%, Work 28%
CPU: Intel Core i7-11800H - 58.5%
GPU: Intel UHD Graphics - 6.9%
GPU: Nvidia RTX 3060 (Laptop) - 53.8%
SSD: Nvme Micron_3400_MTFDKBA512TFH 512GB - 248.8%
HDD: Seagate ST1000LM049-2GH172 1TB - 59.6%
RAM: Hynix HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN 2x8GB - 44.5%
MBD: Acer Predator PH315-54

 

Please let me know if you think I can try something else.

Thank you 

you can use hwinfo32 to monitor if your hardware is throttling because of high temps, it may be mainly the case

[BeastMaster30300]

1 minute ago, bal723 said:

you can use hwinfo32 to monitor if your hardware is throttling because of high temps, it may be mainly the case

Okay, I'll do that

[bal7]

Just now, BeastMaster30300 said:

Okay, I'll do that

if its thermal throttiling, then changing thermal paste is the only way to go (also you could change to liquid metal but i dont think you want to risk it that much for little gains)

[jaslion]

Have you redone thermal paste?

 

It is at the age where this can be needed.

[BeastMaster30300]

4 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Have you redone thermal paste?

 

It is at the age where this can be needed.

Nope, never redid thermal paste. I got my laptop around 2 years ago.

[BeastMaster30300]

23 minutes ago, bal723 said:

if its thermal throttiling, then changing thermal paste is the only way to go (also you could change to liquid metal but i dont think you want to risk it that much for little gains)

 

 

I was afraid of this. 

[thekingofmonks]

34 minutes ago, BeastMaster30300 said:

Getting the thermal paste changed ( I really dont wanna go for this option)

Why not?

[BeastMaster30300]

3 minutes ago, thekingofmonks said:

Why not?

I am not confident with applying thermal paste on my own and shops around me charge $90-150 for this (in Montreal).

TBH i want to try applying thermal paste by myself but if something goes wrong then i'm gonna have to buy a new laptop. 

[bal7]

10 minutes ago, BeastMaster30300 said:

I am not confident with applying thermal paste on my own and shops around me charge $90-150 for this (in Montreal).

TBH i want to try applying thermal paste by myself but if something goes wrong then i'm gonna have to buy a new laptop. 

thermal paste wont kill your laptop, its non conductive, unlike liquid metal

[bal7]

any updates?

[BeastMaster30300]

45 minutes ago, bal723 said:

thermal paste wont kill your laptop, its non conductive, unlike liquid metal

I mean if something breaks or similar. 

I'm gonna try to change the thermal paste, I have been looking at video on how to do it and it doesnt look that complicated. 

 

[bal7]

9 minutes ago, BeastMaster30300 said:

I mean if something breaks or similar. 

I'm gonna try to change the thermal paste, I have been looking at video on how to do it and it doesnt look that complicated. 

 

it indeed isnt

[BeastMaster30300]

On 5/25/2024 at 5:23 AM, bal723 said:

any updates?

I got a https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B002CQU14A?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details, gonna try to re-apply myself. Wish me luck 

[Cringe_Master245]

2 hours ago, BeastMaster30300 said:

I got a https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B002CQU14A?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details, gonna try to re-apply myself. Wish me luck 

I've done this once before, so my best advice is to 1, Make sure the thermal paste covers the CPU and GPU die COMPLETELY and that you don't press down on either of the die and 2, make sure you remove the heatsink assembly by unscrewing and re-screwing the screws in the right order (there should be numbers somewhere on the heatsink/mobo). Also try not to dent the heat pipe (so don't squeeze/grab on the pipes if you don't have to) as I did. GL on your repasted journey!

[RanchTheHay005]

On 5/25/2024 at 1:29 PM, bal723 said:

if its thermal throttiling, then changing thermal paste is the only way to go (also you could change to liquid metal but i dont think you want to risk it that much for little gains)

It's extremely risky - Asus, even with their heatsinks specifically designed to handle liquid metal - faces leakage and metal burning on the die

 

I really don't think liquid metal is the way for laptops - unless it's extremely controlled

[BeastMaster30300]

Changed it guys, the results are amazing. 

Before - https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/67947896

After - https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/68238384

 

 

Also, i dont think dried up paste was the only issue