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Need recommendations on Cooling Pads

Need recommendations on Cooling Pads

Just got this Neo 16S AI with the 5060 variant and I plan on buying a laptop cooling pad. I don't have a lot of knowledge on cooling pads and I also don't have necessary funds to test different pads myself as I am merely a 2nd year College student. So yeah, I'm looking for recommendations and do please tell me how much temp drop you guys experienced on the products that you recommend. Btw, should I keep the liquid metal or should I opt for PTM 7950?

u/N0oneBUTTme — 13 hours ago
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Acer Predator vs Lenovo Legion

Help me decide in between these two:

Option 1:

ACER PREDATOR HELIOS NEO 16

32GB ram, Rtx 5060, 180Hz IPS display, Ultra 9 275 HX, 1TB SSD

https://www.canadacomputers.com/en/gaming-laptops/273690/acer-predator-helios-neo-16-ultra-9-275hx-rtx-5060-32gb-1tb-win11h-nhqvqaa001.html

Option 2:

LENOVO LEGION PRO 5i

32GB ram, Rtx 5060, 165Hz OLED display, Ultra 9 275 HX, 1TB SSD

https://www.canadacomputers.com/en/gaming-laptops/272686/lenovo-legion-pro-5i-16-intel-ultra-9-275hx-rtx-5060-32gb-1tb-win11h-83f3001fcc.html

I know legion comes with OLED, but ive seen my frnds having issues with legion. And personally ive been using predator (2019 rtx 2060 model) for the last 7 years and it worked like a beast.

Also I personally love the design of Predator over Legion. But recently ive seen so many threads complaining about Neo 16 thermals. And not so many complaints for legion.

So I dont know what to consider. Help me choosing the right choice. Both are currently on Sale for 2199$ CAD (\~ 1550$ USD).

u/Manohar_i9 — 13 hours ago

cpu throttling in idle

Ho comprato questo PC per giocare/lavorare e ho subito notato che la CPU era calda in idle.

poi voglio capire cosa mi sta rubando tutta questa ram senza star eseguendo niente

Non sono il primo a lamentarmi di questo, e voglio sapere da alcuni di voi che sicuramente ne sapete più di me cosa dovrei fare.

BIOS avanzato bloccata.

BIOS v.1.53.

u/MarcusWolf34 — 16 hours ago

I'm in EU (Czechia), which cooling pad should I choose

I have a Helios Neo 16 (73-91XS) with Core 9 Ultra, RTX5060. Here in Czechia, I would say there's a bad situation with cooling pads. Does anyone recommend a cheap but powerful cooling pad that's accessible here in the EU? Thanks!

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u/D4v31x — 13 hours ago

I’m sorry but Acer is garbage

Made a couple posts about how my 3 month old Neo 16s 5070ti laptop was completely unplayable. Hard crashing every hour of gameplay.

Well I sent it off for warranty about a month ago. Got it back today. Motherboard replaced as well as new Liquid Metal.

2 minutes after turning it on cpu jumps to 104c under 9% load and stays there. Fucked around with it for 5 minutes and it stayed at 102-104 under low usage. Turned it off and now im sending it back to the exact same people who failed to repair it (actually made it far worse somehow) in the first place. While being without a pc for another month.…

God I regret buying an Acer. should’ve saved a couple hundred more and bought something reliable.

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u/WeBackInThisBih — 1 day ago
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Recommendations for GPU/CPU repaste (liquid metal or good thermal paste) — Philippines

Hi guys, my Acer Predator Helios Neo 16 (i5-13500HX, RTX 4050) has been overheating badly

CPU hits 100°C within a minute under load and throttles immediately, causing constant crashes (DEVICE_HUNG, DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED) and even BSODs (nvlddmkm.sys driver crash, IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL). Also does anyone ever experienced this?

Was previously brought to a shop for loud fan noise and the issue returned shortly after, so I'm looking to get it properly repasted this time possibly with liquid metal if anyone has experience with that on laptop GPUs, or just a high quality regular paste if that's the safer/recommended route.

Thanks in advance!

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u/Grouchy-Blueberry-69 — 22 hours ago

hesitation to purchase due to the temperatures

I’m unsure about buying the Acer Predator Helios Neo 16 AI (model PHN16-73-91XB)—the one with the Core Ultra 9 275HX and RTX 5070—because I’ve seen posts on Reddit where many people reported serious temperature issues, with temps even hitting close to 105°C. Is this a problem everyone has experienced?

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u/V77Lurker — 1 day ago

green pixel hue on oled screen

i just got my new acer predatore helios 16s ai today and i was watching some youtube and i turned down the brightness to find a like amount of green and pink pixel on my screen. i don't know if its normal for oled panels neither do i know if its going to get worse. here are the tests i ran on it: reset graphics drivers (no fix), restarted (no fix), entered bios to see if windows issue (nope hardware), i connected it to a external ips monitor with no green pixels. (not gpu failure.) the only thing i can think of is either the display cable got loose or its a panel defect. i want to send this to acer to see what they say but im starting college soon which ia why i bought this laptop. model number is PHN16S-71-98RF which i bought from best buy

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u/theflyinghobo101 — 24 hours ago

Just joined the family!

Bought PHN16-73-91XS for 1475€ with RTX5060 and Core 9 Ultra 275HX, currently running Fedora.

I'm so happy with it so far. Anybody got any tips or things that I should be aware of? Thanks!

u/D4v31x — 1 day ago
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Screen glitch (Acer predator Helios 300)

Had a new lcd ribbon probably around 2 years ago, idk how and when this started but it started with small screen shakes then into this. I rarely move my laptop and open/close the lid since it’s in a fixed setup. How do I fix this?

u/Proof-Fly9686 — 1 day ago

Laptop lights won't turn on and will not power on

Shut my laptop off while I took a shower and ran some errands came back to login to do some work and now it will not turn on no lights come on either besides the orange charging light but it was fully charged throughout the night. What can I do to fix it? Broke college student so cant afford a new laptop

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help brand new laptop bricked

i bought the new helios neo 14, left it on last night to install some games on steam and when i woke up the fans had been blaring on max all night and all the rgb has been flashing rainbow i guess that’s how its preset, either way the screen doesnt turn on, none of the keys are responding to anything so i cant boot it opening and closing doesnt do anything , what can i do? i dont really want to take it back to store because i literally just finished setting everything up . is this a common problem? i’m currently trying to let the battery drain but i should have to be doing all this on a brand new £2000 laptop…

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u/Royal-Quality-7087 — 2 days ago
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“Attention Required” on SSD in predator sense and laptop don’t boot on first boot

I am getting attention required warning on predator sense in phn 16-72 , My SSD health is 99% and its working fine.

From the last 1 month my laptop don’t start on first boot(fans and rgb works) but after hard power off its boots on second try is it due to my ssd or some other issue, I have tried everything but my laptop only opens on second boot.
This is happening from last 1 month but after opening on second boot it works perfectly, I can play games without any lags and freeze.
Has anyone else faced this issue or help me to solve this problem.
Steps I have taken till now-
Bios updated to 1.18(latest)
Fast startup disabled
Changed RAM slots
Battery working fine
Drivers are all updated.

u/MapAshamed134 — 2 days ago

Predator sense keeps breaking after multiple reinstalls

I have a predator Helios ph315-52 laptop. My predator sense stopped working a few days ago. The logo would appear and then nothing would happen. Since then I have uninstalled and reinstalled PS multiple times from a method I found on a reddit post(using BCUninstaller) and each time it would work for 2 days before breaking again. I have to keep reinstalling it and it's really frustrating. Does anyone know why it's happening and how can I fix it

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u/throwawaybarbies1 — 3 days ago
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Is it worth it?

Ive recently purchased a brand new acer predator helios neo 16 for 2199$ CAD. It comes with Ultra9 275hx, 32gb ram, 1tb ssd, 8gb vram rtx 5060. Do you guys think its a good deal. Or should ive waited for a better price?

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u/Manohar_i9 — 3 days ago

Should I buy acer predator helios neo 16

I'm looking to buy this laptop as my first gaming laptop. I'm getting this for around 1100ish usd in ma country. Its specs are i9 13900hx 16gb ram 512ssd rtx 4060. I was wondering if this is worth to buy and I want to know if there's any possible problems w it. I'm still a student js wanna do sum vedio editing coding and games at side.

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u/Infinite-Lawyer-5938 — 3 days ago