*OFFICIAL* Alienware 17 R4 Owner's Lounge

ayy 5ghz

https://valid.x86.fr/nrzfcs

 

@Mr. Fox @Papusan @Phoenix @bloodhawk

 

Nice and LOL 100C xD
First 7820HK to do this i think ? Unless @Johnksss@iBUYPOWER has already taken that off the list?

 

and 1.395V, what kind of wattage your CPU pulling in underload? >100W?

 

trying to beat the 5.1 on hwbot

aw mb have a 95-100w cpu limitation for overclocking

http://hwbot.org/submission/3558634_matose_cpu_frequency_core_i7_7820hk_5087.56_mhz

 

now it makes sense, my MSI gt73vr have CPU power limit at 200W was wondering why AW was at only 100W

 

vrm and vrm cooling is crap

 

You will need to cool it down by a lot for that to happen.

 

It's not on my list. I do not own or have access to a 7820HK at the moment.

 

Can you bench it like that?

 

The 5.1 on Hwbot isn't valid. But your 100C is damn hot

 

nope, 100w cap will limit performance


edit: I validated that with an "out of box" thermal paste job

 

Put AC cooling under it and maybe that will be OK. 7700K doesn't need 100W for 5.0GHz, but both of mine only need like 1.260V for 5.0GHz. It peaks around 97W. At 5.2GHz it peaks out in the neighborhood of 126W with 1.320V.

 

on ts I had to set it to 1.4v static

 

Is it on stock paste or metal paste with Arctic/Fujipoly Thermal pads?
Try WinPE based ISO available on the internet, it is slimmest and bloatware-free windows. OC's more on WinPE, it is worth a check.

 

fully stock

 

practical question. let's try to imagine that I bought a computer and I want to replace hard drive or ssd. especially if original configuration has raid 0 2*256 and I want to install 2*512. what is the right sequence for the backup and restore of the whole system on the new ssds starting from the first boot.

 

I'm not sure about disk backup on RAID, though you can try macrium reflect free or paid version to make a clone/image of both disk. You have to remember this includes your unique volume ID, after cloning simply click restore button and be sure to copy the exact partitions to new SSDs and automatically all your parity bit will be restored in correct order. You can ask Phoenix about this.

 

Oh nice! Better than AW at stock. After metal treatment, that temps will be under 80C.

 

r8 my setup




@Mr. Fox @Papusan @Phoenix @bloodhawk @D2 Ultima

 

I'd love that setup in alienware. I'm guessing this 17 r4, correct? What are the temps like?

 

haven't repasted yet


but honestly, alienware should just sell a bare motherboard setup


I don't use this as a laptop

 

right. I saw it approximately like this. I already used macrium with a great success. but it was single ssd to ssd copy. not without problems - original ssd was slightly bigger than target ssd. but finally I did it. would be interesting to know is there any specific problems/tricks in the case of raid. and also again - what should be the correct sequence of actions starting from the moment when you clicked the power button first time. when you should start making copies and how.

 

I freeze when I see this nasty TRIPOD design. Same as going out in the coldest winter here home without clothes Intended for thin and slim. Right After Azor's textbook. I'm sure a Hell lots of the Aw owners hate this HS design!! And how many RMA has been done because of this ****y? 10-20 or 30%? And how many Aw owners have overheating problems with throttling in the end and expect it to work like this? And yooo bruh love this setup? You have a very good sense of humor

 

saving money on 1 screw has costed dell lots of money

kind of serves them right eh

 

Expect everything all over again with next refresh. Not the first Dellbook with TRIPOD HS design. In the end they will save money on the "missing" 1 screw And the outsourced Tech team Dell use, ain't very expensive for Dell. They know where they can cut costs.

 

Recently purchased an AW 17 R4 GTX1070, 6700hq, 120hz, gsync," geek-squad certified excellent open-box" from Best Buy for almost $1,300 (sale $1,194). The laptop sometime mute itself (no sound) even though it doesn't say muted whenever I load a game or youtube video. I have to click the mute button and unmute it to get it back working. Also, the back light keyboard was a little buggy (for example the backlight keyboard once turned on dim/didn't light through the whole keyboard and it one time reverted everything back to the default blue color when i configured everything to a different color). Playing games like FFXIV and Payday 2 causes the laptop to spike up to about 170s-180s F degree for the cpu while my gpu get about 160s. Came with a battery wear level of 5% (94.94WH now). Should I be worry or for this price for the laptop, I shouldn't worry much about it?

 

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/20433496

way to 20k

 

close

http://www.3dmark.com/fs/12857509

fastest 7820hk/single 1080 notebook on fs, soon on other benchmarks maybe


beat a 7820HK and a 1080Ti on AGA

 

Good work. BTW, all I can see is you and @iunlock are topping the charts. Did you buy a limited edition laptop which is rarely available?

 

I can't say that!


but 5ghz on a bench!

@iunlock @Papusan @bloodhawk @Phoenix

http://www.3dmark.com/fs/12857727

for some reason it says 2.9ghz since I quickswapped the cpu profile too late

for reference here's on 4.9

http://www.3dmark.com/fs/12857568



validation 5.1ghz (working on 5.2)

https://valid.x86.fr/wbcxci

 

Both physics are low for 4.9/5.0 but a improvement vs lower clocks.
@4,9 should be more like 15800 in FS physics. Or a bit lower, but not down to 15640. Seen throttling?

 

probably bad ram

I also need to tweak voltages so that bench doesn't draw over 100w on cpu

 

Cutting corners lead to big losses... All for a measly few cents of material at most?

The current variants got lucky with riding on the wave of luck due to it being fixable, but with work..



::iunlock::

 

Haha 1080ti getting beat lol... Good stuff...

3DMark needs to exclude the GA benches from the mix of actual 7820HK / 1080.

They have it in the 1050 mobile category too...

So annoying to see GA 1080 scores in a 1050 bracket.

You've lucked out on the silicon. That's golden...

There needs to be an in chassis class and an out of chassis class. That'd be practical.

My silicon in-chassis so far allows 4.7GHz stable...

Curious what it'll do outside of its skin... For benches sake.... Eh why not. .

.


::iunlock::

 

Dell isn't worried for losses But worried for component costs... Maybe use a few screws less aka a brand new TWOPOD will help on the cost issue

 

broke 20K


http://www.3dmark.com/fs/12858359

finally got CPU 5ghz stable for bench

 

Hooraahhhh... LHz FTW... Bagged it!

::iunlock::

 

1080Ti ?

http://www.3dmark.com/fs/12264485

 

compared to a 1080Ti on AGA x4 pci



close, will chase later

 

Ah ... gotcha.

 

wondering if I should pick up a strix 1080ti

 

Im beating the **** out of the Strix using my FE + my own modded vBIOS, you can even use the XOC vBIOS but the card will need to be under water just to be safe.

 

own modded bios?

can adjust vmem and vpll?

edit: strix open box is gone, now is msi gamingX


strix xoc bios work on gamingX?

 

Nope. But with the TDP unlocked and depending on if you got a good chip, you can easily do 2100mhz.
Using XOC and 1.2v i can bench at 2200mhz + .
For day to day use XOC is kinda overkill.
I know it can be flashed on most EVGA cards, dunno about MSI.

 

That's a K series desktop chip. Different class. Overall it's a given.

Update:

Dohh just saw the replies lol... I'm on my phone right now...

::iunlock::

 

Hello everyone, noob here.

I noticed some fps drops in Battlegrounds and decided to look at the temps, this is the first time I'd bothered to check what they were reaching.

Idle:


After half an hour of Battlegrounds:


Laptop is as it came from factory, no BIOS updates. Purchased in 2016. Is the BIOS update advised, should I bother?

I don't appear to be suffering from the temp differential in the CPU cores? I can see there are a number of things people can do to improve things (bent arms, voltage tweaks) but wanted to check that the only thing I needed to do was carry out the repasting / thermal padding as per:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...5r3-disassembly-repaste-guide-results.797373/

Is there a chance the repasting will introduce the temp differential issue if I don't have it already?

How important is it that I use the liquid metal and not a well reviewed thermal paste? Since I've moved to South America (no Amazon! Only the real Amazon) it's not going to be easy to find here. I walked into a shop today and showed a picture of thermal paste / this grizzly stuff and they tried to sell my a H100i.

 

Bios update will cripple performance to avoid overheating

Yes, because stock past is very very thick. Temp diff is low and global temps are high. But if the past is thinner, the core temp diff may increase as global temps decrease.

Liquid metal can be thicker on one side of the CPU and still be a good thermal bridge. Thermal past don't, its thickness must the same all over the CPU.

 

when your halfassed cb15 run becomes #1



http://hwbot.org/submission/3575576...__r15_core_i7_7820hk_1028_cb?recalculate=true