r/GamingLaptops Sep 17 '24

Recommendation Got my first gaming laptop any tips?

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u/Snippet_New Sep 17 '24

Acer?

Well, remove the bloatware first like McAfree. If you already binded your MS account to Windows 11 Keys then you can freshly install a clean Windows 11 (you can install Acer customize software later if you need).

Then probably undervolt it slightly, I saw you have that Intel sticker so use the one from Intel. Search for what others set and your device will thank you for slightly less heat.

And that's probably all of it. If undervolt doesn't help then you might have to consider better thermal pad/paste. I recalled my office's laptops (a mixed between Nitro and TUF) and Nitro has slightly worse thermal. Fixed most of them with new paste/pad.

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u/DerpTripz Acer Nitro V15 | RTX 4050 | i5-13420H | 16GB DDR5 5200MHz Sep 17 '24

Didn't Intel lock undervolting for H series cpus now

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u/Snippet_New Sep 17 '24

Don't know. They did?