acer nitro 5 Acer Nitro 5 (Works better with Cooling fan?)

[John S]

Hi,

 

To all owners of Acer Nitro 5 Laptops or maybe those who are familiar with its cooling. I'm asking about how good or bad would it be to use a cooling fan right under the laptop? I also tried putting a piece of tissue at the bottom of the laptop and this made me sure that it pushes the airflow towards the exhaust (found at the back of the laptop - back of the laptop while you facing the screen) that is why I would like to know if pushing the laptop's fan with a cooling pad would help (not ruin its design to release hot air). Please enlighten me. Thanks! 

 

PS: I'm using a Laptop Cooling Pad (dual fans) as a platform for the Acer Nitro 5 laptop. Maybe if you really are familiar with airflows and stuff, pls help. Also, the exhaust of this laptop is in front, right side below the monitor panel.

 

Pls help, thanks!

[genexis_x]

Nitro 5 has mediocre CPU cooling. I suggest you to undervolt the CPU and do a repaste (Acer has bad thermal paste job)

 

Choosing the right cooling pad can be a little tricky, you need to experiment that

[Diadra]

i am using this setup for it. gonna post the temps later when i log them, but so far its sufficent enough not to thermal throttle and i havent overclocked or undervolt the cpu or gpu.

[RayKnack]

On 5/6/2018 at 7:06 AM, GeneXiS_X said:

Nitro 5 has mediocre CPU cooling. I suggest you to undervolt the CPU and do a repaste (Acer has bad thermal paste job)

 

Hey man! I have the same laptop, CPU's gettin up to 96 degrees! And I'm running the game I want to play @55fps on medium/low settings. I was thinking of undervolting the CPU ( and repasting ) , but wouldnt that drop the fps by a couple? would it be a smart idea to undervolt the CPU, and overclock the GPU? my gpu temps are fine so it could handle it, so I dont see any reason my logic is off. Just looking for another opinion, Ive searched everywhere and noone talks about undervolting the cpu AND OC'ing the gpu

[genexis_x]

Just now, RayKnack said:

but wouldnt that drop the fps by a couple?

I dunno why you would think it will but it will not

Just now, RayKnack said:

would it be a smart idea to undervolt the CPU, and overclock the GPU?

You can do it, but I suggest OC GPU using voltage frequency curve

1 minute ago, RayKnack said:

Ive searched everywhere and noone talks about undervolting the cpu AND OC'ing the gpu

There are many guides actually (see my sig below), I might be doing my own guide too so stay tuned

[ahuckphin]

The laptops fan is strong enough. Most fans in cooling pads aren't as strong as the fan in laptops. So cooling pads are unnecessary in my opinion.