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    920xm temps

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Sir_Gawain, Mar 21, 2011.

  1. Sir_Gawain

    Sir_Gawain Notebook Consultant

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    Just installed my 920 and so far im very happy with it :D
    Im a little shocked to see me temps running so low. After a few rounds on SC2 (ultra settings) my max temp is only 66 degrees Celsius via cpuid hwmonitor. I used Artic Silver 5 and applied a thin line about half the length of the CPU. Oh and I already had 5% OC in my moded BIOS so Im assuming thats still in effect now. Just seems a little low to me, any feedback would be appreciated!
     
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    ttnuagmada Notebook Evangelist

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    You need to download Throttlestop. You can do some SERIOUS overclocking with it.
     
    ttnuagmada, Mar 21, 2011
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  3. Sir_Gawain

    Sir_Gawain Notebook Consultant

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    Ya ive been reading a bit on throttlestop. Can any 920 owners walk me threw how to best optimize my processor with TS (or point me in the direction of a good thread)?
     
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    Sir_Gawain, Mar 21, 2011
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    faiz23 Macbook FTW

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    Quick and Easy overclock would be to change multipliers to 25x and set tdp/tdc to 90/75. All this is done in TS where you can change power and multipliers
     
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    tdc dont so sqwat for me... leave it at the stock 62 and just change the tdp
     
    (((STEREO))), Mar 21, 2011
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    How do you set mulitpliers to 25x? I only see it going up to 15.0 and then turbo after that...
     
    Sir_Gawain, Mar 21, 2011
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    read the guide,very important!
    HINT: press the UNLK button.
     
    katalin_2003, Mar 21, 2011
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    Sir_Gawain Notebook Consultant

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    I havnt played with TS much yet but my temps seem to be good under load (65-70's).
    What a difference the 920 makes, my FPS in all games has gone up (especially Crysis!) and overall, things just seem smother. Im very impressed. The 920 is well worth it to any who are contemplating the upgrade.
     
    Sir_Gawain, Mar 22, 2011
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