Question about fan speeds

[Blade]

I have an Acer Nirto 5 with the built in Nitro Sense and I've had it for a little more than a year but I've noticed it's having a harder time keeping the CPU cool without cranking the fans way up. I imagine it's just kind of wearing out, Gaming laptops aren't built to last more than a year or two usually and I've already tried blowing out the fans with CO2. When playing StarField it runs my fans at 2600 to 3400 RPM at all times. I'm afraid to play the game for more than a few minutes if it might damage my laptop further because of those fan speeds. I've also read something about undervolting and a program called ThrottleStop that looked interesting. They're supposed to help keep fan speed down but at those speeds right now, am I safe to play StarField or should I refund it and wait for an Xbox or new gaming PC? I don't need this laptop breaking down before I can afford a new one. I don't have any performance issues at all what-so-ever, just high fan speeds.

[Vyvyvn]

Are the vents on the underside or back/side of your model of laptop?

If on the bottom I'd suggest a cooling stand but those work a little bit with the side-venting ones too. Taking as much work away from the system having to cool down helps even if it's only 5-15%

[Blade]

Originally posted by Vyvyn:

Are the vents on the underside or back/side of your model of laptop?

If on the bottom I'd suggest a cooling stand but those work a little bit with the side-venting ones too. Taking as much work away from the system having to cool down helps even if it's only 5-15%

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I have vents on both the underside, sides AND backside. All of which are at least an inch and a half from the nearest surface so they have plenty of room to breathe.

[~ Fabulous ~]

my desktop run at max all the time and its fine, yeah all 8 of em, sounds like jet engine thou

[EzRyder]

laptops are notorious for heating issues with gaming, as Vyvyn suggests a cooling pad might help some and i too highly suggest one if, as you say, its reving the fans
but ... the fans reving isnt a 'bad' thing necessarily, thats what they are supposed to do and they are 'supposed' to keep temps down by doing so.
maybe grab hwinfo or any other app that can display your temps (cpu, gpu, and motherboard) this would be more accurate than just hearing the fans, for all we really know its just a 20 dollar fan going out and making a racket (its quite common for a fan on its way to burn up to make noise, the sleeve or ball bearings can wear out), so it could be nothing to really worry about as far as heat concerns

[Blade]

Originally posted by EzRyder:

laptops are notorious for heating issues with gaming, as Vyvyn suggests a cooling pad might help some and i too highly suggest one if, as you say, its reving the fans
but ... the fans reving isnt a 'bad' thing necessarily, thats what they are supposed to do and they are 'supposed' to keep temps down by doing so.
maybe grab hwinfo or any other app that can display your temps (cpu, gpu, and motherboard) this would be more accurate than just hearing the fans, for all we really know its just a 20 dollar fan going out and making a racket (its quite common for a fan on its way to burn up to make noise, the sleeve or ball bearings can wear out), so it could be nothing to really worry about as far as heat concerns

That's the thing, my laptop came with a program like that. The fans run between 2600 and 3400 RPM but the max they can run is 5500 and 6600 so they aren't even at max speed when running StarField. The Temp usually stayed around 60-75 Celsius so it may not really be that bad. I've just never heard a laptop sound like that before and wasn't sure if it was going to break it down from multiple hours of StarField per day. Desktops are beasts, but I feel like laptops are fragile. lol

Edit: I have it connected to a 32 inch 4k monitor too though so that might be contributing too.

[EzRyder]

Originally posted by Blade:

Originally posted by EzRyder:

laptops are notorious for heating issues with gaming, as Vyvyn suggests a cooling pad might help some and i too highly suggest one if, as you say, its reving the fans
but ... the fans reving isnt a 'bad' thing necessarily, thats what they are supposed to do and they are 'supposed' to keep temps down by doing so.
maybe grab hwinfo or any other app that can display your temps (cpu, gpu, and motherboard) this would be more accurate than just hearing the fans, for all we really know its just a 20 dollar fan going out and making a racket (its quite common for a fan on its way to burn up to make noise, the sleeve or ball bearings can wear out), so it could be nothing to really worry about as far as heat concerns

That's the thing, my laptop came with a program like that. The fans run between 2600 and 3400 RPM but the max they can run is 5500 and 6600 so they aren't even at max speed when running StarField. The Temp usually stayed around 60-75 Celsius so it may not really be that bad. I've just never heard a laptop sound like that before and wasn't sure if it was going to break it down from multiple hours of StarField per day. Desktops are beasts, but I feel like laptops are fragile. lol

ok my point is
if the fans have changed sound, but the temps havent really changed (playing the same game) - there is a good chance you have a fan going out
IF thats the case ... so long as its making noise it is working, but the day it becomes quite again is when you have to be careful - fans are the One item in a pc with moving parts and they do go bad on occasion
as far as the temps & speeds youve listed, those sound reasonable to me with a big game, not great but well withing acceptable range
both your cpu & gpu can do 80°c plus continuously, with peaks above that

hey im just guessing in the dark here, but some clues i picked up on
" I've noticed it's having a harder time keeping the CPU cool without cranking the fans way up" so the fans got more pronounced (maybe its not the high speed but the diff in sound that you noticed?)

then after you gave the temps and speeds ... it seems the fans are doing the job they should,
my very first thought was dust - laptops suffer from this but you said you blew it out already

[Blade]

Originally posted by EzRyder:

Originally posted by Blade:

That's the thing, my laptop came with a program like that. The fans run between 2600 and 3400 RPM but the max they can run is 5500 and 6600 so they aren't even at max speed when running StarField. The Temp usually stayed around 60-75 Celsius so it may not really be that bad. I've just never heard a laptop sound like that before and wasn't sure if it was going to break it down from multiple hours of StarField per day. Desktops are beasts, but I feel like laptops are fragile. lol

ok my point is
if the fans have changed sound, but the temps havent really changed (playing the same game) - there is a good chance you have a fan going out
IF thats the case ... so long as its making noise it is working, but the day it becomes quite again is when you have to be careful - fans are the One item in a pc with moving parts and they do go bad on occasion
as far as the temps & speeds youve listed, those sound reasonable to me with a big game, not great but well withing acceptable range
both your cpu & gpu can do 80°c plus continuously, with peaks above that

hey im just guessing in the dark here, but some clues i picked up on
" I've noticed it's having a harder time keeping the CPU cool without cranking the fans way up" so the fans got more pronounced (maybe its not the high speed but the diff in sound that you noticed?)

then after you gave the temps and speeds ... it seems the fans are doing the job they should,
my very first thought was dust - laptops suffer from this but you said you blew it out already

Okay, yeah it just gave me a lot of anxiety hearing that and I didn't know enough about computers. I can't afford to have this one break down, if that's normal/reasonable for that type of game and not going to harm my computer then it should be fine I hope. Putting two and two together, I think it was around the time I upgraded my monitor from a 10 year old 32 inch TV to a 32 inch 4K monitor which might be why average fan speeds are higher now during basic jobs.

[sandBlaster334]

My desktop is running the fans at 1100 to 1195 and my GPU is at 60 to 75, 50 in less crowded areas I'm I good?

[tkwoods]

Originally posted by sandBlaster334:

My desktop is running the fans at 1100 to 1195 and my GPU is at 60 to 75, 50 in less crowded areas I'm I good?

Hard to tell. It depends on how the fans are set up. Case fans set up to the motherboard run off cpu temps. not sure if gpu temps can be used for that. In any event 60 to 75C isn't that bad. The gpu should protect itself and throttle back if it gets to hot.

Disclaimer: I'm not any kind of expert.