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    Clevo 120W charger on 180W machine?

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by michealscott, Jul 17, 2018.

  1. michealscott

    michealscott Notebook Geek

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    I got a Clevo with an i7 6820HK and 970M 3GB and I was wondering if I could use my 120w charger and play games with my laptop. Similar MSI and ASUS models with 970Ms and i7 6820HKs also have 120w chargers.
     
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  2. Danishblunt

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    I wouldn't recomment it. You'll be stressing the PSU out constantly and it would frankly be scary. You can try and downgrade to a 150W PSU if you run stock GPU and undervolted 6820HK, otherwise if you OCed anything, 180W no less.

    I assume you want to have 120W because it's a smaller brick.
     
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    michealscott Notebook Geek

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    Yes my my i7 is undervolted by -144 mV. Why do similar models from MSI and ASUS have 120w bricks?
     
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    becayse they don't. I don't know where you got that info from. There is no way in hell that MSI or Asus have 120W bricks for 6820HK + 970M models.

    The CPU is around 45W on non turbo and the GPU is stock at 75W. The rest of the system also needs a couple of watts, so there is no way 120W will ever be sufficient.
     
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    180w seems to little for that config IMO
     
    Mastermind5200, Jul 17, 2018
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