http://forum.lowyat.net/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 03:58:17 +0800 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4665541 So I bought an Acer with 8th-gen Core i5 2.3GHz, GTX 1050 4GB, 8GB RAM, and 1TB HDD.<br /><br />Despite the mixed reviews I read online, I must admit that this is a good laptop. The only thing that I found bad is the thermal design. The CPU is seriously throttling in games and sometimes in normal tasks.<br /><br />I have come to two advices that I found online. One is to re-apply thermal paste and maybe can see -10 celcius temperature down and two is to undervolt the CPU voltage.<br /><br />So far, I have tweaked the High performance power profile a little and reduce the CPU management to about 80-90% instead of 100%.<br /><br />The laptop doesn&#39;t heat up as much as before but I sacrifice alot of gameplay smoothness and FPS whatnot.<br /><br />Any idea what I should do next? jefftinus75 The Museum Of Kopitiam Sat, 29 Sep 2018 23:35:24 +0800 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4665540 So I bought an Acer with 8th-gen Core i5 2.3GHz, GTX 1050 4GB, 8GB RAM, and 1TB HDD.<br /><br />Despite the mixed reviews I read online, I must admit that this is a good laptop. The only thing that I found bad is the thermal design. The CPU is seriously throttling in games and sometimes in normal tasks.<br /><br />I have come to two advices that I found online. One is to re-apply thermal paste and maybe can see -10 celcius temperature down and two is to undervolt the CPU voltage.<br /><br />So far, I have tweaked the High performance power profile a little and reduce the CPU management to about 80-90% instead of 100%.<br /><br />The laptop doesn&#39;t heat up as much as before but I sacrifice alot of gameplay smoothness and FPS whatnot.<br /><br />Any idea what I should do next? jefftinus75 Mobile Computing Sat, 29 Sep 2018 23:34:57 +0800