4930mx

Anyone in this forum running a 4930mx in an AW17? If so, any heat issues? Would an 18 3 pipe HS fit in a 17?

 

During benchmarks the 4930MX in my system can reach 90C - 93C. After a re-paste it was in the mid-high 70's (max). And no, the AW 18's heat sink will not fit.

This could have been asked in the Owner's Lounge.

 

Thanks for the input J.Dre +1

 

just plain wondering (i'm sitting on an alienware 18 with the 4930mx): is your cpu overclocked? if not overclocked, i see temps around yours. but overclocked to a steady holding 4GHz, my temps during i.e. 3dmark11 will rocket up to close to 100 degrees (it's repastet with icd24 and done the right way ;-) ). i hope your answer is, nope, it's not oc'd, otherwise i will feel very desperate ^^ ;-)

 

100C is very hot for an AW 18. Well, for any laptop, but especially the AW 18.

I'm on an AW 17 (re-pasted). When it's overclocked to 4.3GHz, the highest I've seen it get to was 88C~ during benchmarks, and like 85C while gaming. I don't have it overclocked now because it's really not worth doing so, and temperatures rarely get above 80C while gaming. You should definitely re-paste your CPU.

 

hmm, i did repaste it more than once. i'm not sure, but is the fantable problem an issue on the aw17 as well? on the aw18, the fans will kick in really really late, while in the meanwhile the cpu already has a really high temp.

the reason i have it set at a certain speed using intel xtu is because as soon as the cpu will get a high load, it will lock the speed at around 2.4 ghz on all cores and therefore you will notice the performance missing (i noticed it a lot when playing crysis 3 while on default settings compared to a set, locked speed).

 

I'm not sure. You'll have to post in the AW 18 Owner's Lounge. It could be an issue with your fans. 100C is very hot, and that is actually dangerous for your CPU.

 

i was just wondering about the fantable issue, but as i read, it's not present on the aw17 i hope it gets solved soon for aw18 users as well haha thx for your inputs!

 

The on die thermal shut down protection will reduce the clocks, voltage, or both to rein in the cpu temperatures when at or just above the 100C mark. If the cpu can't reduce it's temp by cutting either the voltage and/or it's clock frequency within a couple of cycles it will perform a hard shut down.

It's impossible to damage the cpu due to heat alone as it will automatically shut itself down before heat becomes a real issue. (The actual critical thermal limit is somewhere closer to 115C.)

The only way you can damage your cpu is through overvolting which will result in increased heat, yes, but it won't be the heat that will result in cpu damage - any damage will be due to the increased voltage.

 

That is completely true. He was talking about overclocking, so...good information. But you should still avoid letting your CPU reach those temperatures. That's like redlining a car - while the engine has a rev limiter and will stop the engine from exploding, it still doesn't make redlining it 'good' or 'okay' for the vehicle.

Temperatures above 90C warrant a re-paste. Temperatures above 95C require a re-paste. (At least in my book.) It's such an easy thing to do to improve system stability/performance. It's reckless to allow temperatures to reach that high, especially on a machine of such value.