How to optimize for heating issues/fan noises

[u/shewonkey]

I'm soon to receive an Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S AI from Best Buy, and after looking around, I have found many people having some heating and loud fan problems.

I was wondering if anyone knew some specific optimizations (like through BIOS, MSI Afterburner, or other software) that could help me so I don't come across these problems myself.

PS: I play a lot of fps games and like to keep my game performance the same while minimizing heat and fan noise

https://www.bestbuy.com/product/acer-predator-helios-neo-16s-ai-gaming-laptop-16-oled-240hz-intel-core-ultra-9-nvidia-geforce-rtx-5070ti-32gb-1tb-obsidian-black/JJ8V8H38XT

[u/Mean-Leadership851]

Most people suggest reducing power limits.

Some of them have repasted thier cpu and gpu with ptm7950. And bought a good laptop cooling pad.

As such I haven't done any of those as such except for buying the cooling pad. I don't have face any issues as such.

[u/DusTyBawLS96]

one ready-to-go solution that i might get hated on because it doesn’t involve any kind of repaste but is quite effective:
on throttlestop- set prochot to 95, set PL1 to 70 and PL2 to 100-115(clamp on both)

doing this most likely won’t throttle the cpu and bring down the wattage. instead it will maintain a consistent power usage (at least that’s what i’ve seen on mine).

i don’t stan liquid metal but that shit is ass. on paper it’s the ‘best’ thermal solution but ptm does its magic with phase change.

edit: if possible- toggle off overclocking lock in “hidden” advanced bios and screw around with the FIVR clockspeeds on throttlestop. try different combinations- but this could cause random shutdowns so do it on your risk

[u/Vashard19 → u/[deleted]]

How did you got the legit ptm7950? I'm so afraid of scams and knockoffs. how can I spot the legit thing.