My laptop heats up a lot when I’m gaming. It makes me think that my “gaming laptop” wasn’t really made for playing games, which is quite ironic.
Considering the fact that there’s no way to modify how air enters and exits, what else could I do?
I already have those stands with 3 coolers underneath. But it seems that this hasn’t helped much. Not to mention that it’s very uncomfortable for gaming. You can’t play with the PC on your lap, it makes too much noise, etc. Not to mention that it doesn’t seem so optimized, because my laptop still gets hot.
It feels like I should open it up and put in a more powerful cooler or create small holes to improve the airflow? Would that be worth it?
I don’t have a Nitro, but I have a Dell G15 and I’ve racked my brain trying to solve this, some things worked for me. If your laptop has an Intel core, in the BIOS there’s an option for Intel Turbo Smart, which basically means the laptop will decide on its own when to use full power, thus increasing heat, just disable it and it doesn’t change anything in performance. Another thing that helps is using auto tuning in the Nvidia driver app, it takes a while to load but it helped me. Doing undervolt on the CPU using ThrottleStop from TechPowerUp helps a lot, but in my specific case, Dell does not allow this on laptops but I think Acer does, check out some videos of your model teaching how it’s quite easy and the worst that happens is the PC shutting down. Changing thermal paste also helps a lot and is usually pretty straightforward too and don’t worry about how many fans your support has, what matters more is if it’s raised, this helps a lot and lastly, you don’t need to make extra holes to increase airflow and if none of this works, I think there might be something wrong with the laptop.
It’s normal for a laptop to get hot, and a gaming laptop even more so; the cooling is quite limited compared to a regular desktop. Pros and cons. And no, I don’t regret it, because at the time I was doing animation and needed a more powerful laptop to take to college, and I can also take it to my girlfriend’s or my friend’s place and play there just fine.