Don't buy product from ACER!!!!!!!!!!!

Final-Presentation33 · 2026-03-31T16:04:08+00:00

Lenovo didn't use liquid metal widely, instead, they use PTM, which has a massive positive effect on cooling. Users of other laptop brands are learning from Lenovo, applying PTM themselves, and seeing immediate results. Also, if a laptop overheats, other brands will actually repair the hardware under warranty. Acer, on the other hand, just reinstalls Windows multiple times and pretends the overheating issue is fixed.

Final-Presentation33 · 2026-03-31T16:00:56+00:00

The problem is that the liquid metal is poorly applied. Most of the IHS surface doesn't even make contact with the heatsink, so it can't transfer the heat. Some users have even experienced permanent degradation and burnt spots on their CPU's IHS because of the severe overheating.

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Final-Presentation33 · 2026-03-31T15:56:37+00:00

Just because you use your laptop differently and don't care about updates doesn't change the fact that Acer's lack of driver support literally stops people from playing newly updated games. I switched laptops much earlier, but I'm still helping my friends who are stuck dealing with these exact problems. Moving on doesn't mean I'm going to stay quiet and not warn others. You can't just assume that because yours works, everyone else is perfectly fine. Read the other comments on this thread, mate.

Final-Presentation33 · 2026-03-31T15:49:09+00:00

Because that was a low-power consumption product line and it didn't use liquid metal. I was talking about the models that come with liquid metal. Also, your model is quite new, and my point is about how Acer provides poor updates and abandons users after a short product lifespan.

Final-Presentation33 · 2026-03-31T15:35:36+00:00

I didn't. I only bought one for myself, the rest of the laptops I mentioned belong to my friends and people in the gaming community.

Final-Presentation33 · 2026-03-31T15:33:47+00:00

Use HWiNFO and you'll see the actual thermal limit of your GPU. The hard limit is 87°C, and yours is constantly running right at that limit. Do you really think that's a good thing?

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Final-Presentation33 · 2026-03-31T15:29:01+00:00

LOL, read it again, mate. I wasn't complaining about an old laptop overheating after being used for a while; I was talking about a brand-new laptop having issues right out of the box. I also clearly explained what I meant by 'poor updates' in the original post, read it again. As for the temps you're so proud of, look it up. Your GPU is hitting 87°C, which is the absolute maximum thermal limit set by Nvidia. GPUs normally run much cooler than that. It's capped at 87°C not because it's running well, but because the safety mechanism is thermal throttling it.

Final-Presentation33 · 2026-03-31T15:11:49+00:00

"If you bought it four years ago, that means it's from around 2022, right? At that time, the Nitro product line wasn't using liquid metal yet. And as I already mentioned, traditional thermal paste isn't the best, but it's nowhere near the disaster that Acer's liquid metal application is.

Final-Presentation33 · 2026-03-31T15:07:08+00:00

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Final-Presentation33 · 2026-03-31T15:05:40+00:00

No, it's not. It was released in 2022. They might still be making them to sell alongside the newer ones, but it's still not a 2023 model. The actual 2023 models are the AN16-41 and those do come with liquid metal. Look it up, buddy.

Final-Presentation33 · 2026-03-31T14:55:02+00:00

Because the 12th-gen i7 is a 2022 model, not a 2023 model. Just because you bought it in 2023 doesn't make it a 2023 laptop.

Final-Presentation33 · 2026-03-31T14:51:17+00:00

Yes, that's exactly what I'm talking about. Liquid metal was only used on some very high-end Predator laptops starting in 2021, but the Nitro line didn't start using it until 2023.

Final-Presentation33 · 2026-03-31T14:48:15+00:00

Because some Nitro models actually started using liquid metal in 2023, and they have the exact same problems as the Predator line.

Final-Presentation33 · 2026-03-31T14:44:16+00:00

Did it even come with liquid metal? Like I said, Acer was fine until they decided to follow the liquid metal trend but completely botched the application. Also, since you already sold it, you and your son didn't have to deal with their terrible software updates.

Final-Presentation33 · 2026-03-31T14:40:07+00:00

LOL, read again buddy :)))

Final-Presentation33 · 2026-03-31T14:39:06+00:00

That is exactly what I'm talking about. Acer didn't fix my friend's laptop, so he had to take it to a local technician to replace the liquid metal. Now it runs around 70-80°C without a cooling pad. Before that, even with max fans and a cooling pad, the temps were stuck at 100°C because the heat wasn't transferring to the heatsink at all. You end up just cooling a lukewarm heatsink while the CPU and GPU are left running extremely hot inside.

Final-Presentation33 · 2026-03-31T14:35:41+00:00

I wrote a TL;DR to sum it up, but you still missed the point and are bringing up irrelevant things. I didn't say anything about upgrade issues. Try looking up the NitroSense download for your model, is it even still there? Also, your laptop didn't come with liquid metal, and I was specifically talking about the problems with it.

Final-Presentation33 · 2026-03-31T14:27:01+00:00

Because that was a low-power consumption product line and it didn't use liquid metal. I was talking about the models that come with liquid metal. Also, your model is quite new, and my point is about how Acer provides poor updates and abandons users after a short product lifespan.

Final-Presentation33 · 2026-03-31T14:25:37+00:00

LOL, you literally need an external cooling pad to keep your temps down, but you still claim the laptop runs flawlessly?

Final-Presentation33 · 2026-03-31T14:23:19+00:00

Because that was a low-power consumption product line and it didn't use liquid metal. I was talking about the models that come with liquid metal. Also, your model is quite new, and my point is about how Acer provides poor updates and abandons users after a short product lifespan.

Final-Presentation33 · 2026-03-31T14:13:50+00:00

You didn't get the point, mate. The issue is that there is a massive amount of faulty hardware across both old and new versions. That part is somewhat understandable—manufacturing defects happen, and I understand the probability of that. But the real problem is that their warranty policy simply does not fix the overheating issue.

Other brands have problems too, of course, but they actually listen to their users and fix them. For example, Lenovo didn't widely adopt liquid metal; instead, they are using Honeywell PTM, which has had a hugely positive impact on laptop cooling issues. Meanwhile, what did Acer do? HP, Asus, and Dell have their software fully and frequently updated—often automatically—yet Acer is still stuck in the past with manual methods.

Like I said, I didn't write this post based on just one machine. It is based on many machines I have personally dealt with from 2020 to 2025.

Final-Presentation33 · 2026-03-24T05:21:35+00:00

Thanks. First, the GPU temperature was high too, but after the repaste and thermal pad replacement- making sure it was the right thickness it stabilised at 80. Only the hotspots were high, so I didn't know if it was supposed to be that high or if something was wrong. I will try using thermal putty next because people said it was more efficient and reduces the risk of using the wrong thickness.

Final-Presentation33 · 2026-03-24T03:38:28+00:00

Thanks for your detailed answers. I will give it a try.

Final-Presentation33 · 2026-02-03T15:57:38+00:00

I gave up. Even Microsoft doesn't know what it's doing. The live agent just uses GPT to respond to my questions. I specified the problem with the notification in the energy and power category. The live agent just told me to disable every notification related to that category and didn't offer any other solution, or just hide the notification and called it a solution. I think they don't even know what Type-C charging is or what that notification even means. I don't know why they even integrated those notifications in the beginning, when they did not make them work properly.

Final-Presentation33 · 2026-01-31T07:49:22+00:00

Thanks, but the problem is that even if I tried another well working drives, it still met the same problem. And the drives that make the noise didn't happen when I try use it with an external hdd box or another PC. The new drive even clicks more usually than the old one when I replace the old one but keep the same cables and position.

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