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    Alienware M17x R4 Custom Cooling Stand

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by jackgarcia7, Nov 15, 2012.

  1. jackgarcia7

    jackgarcia7 Notebook Guru

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    Well I recently got into overclocking and was looking into good laptop stands. After a few weeks of research I realized that there weren't many good laptop stand for this laptop. especially because of the hot spots being as high as they are. I took matters into my own hands and built my own. I had an old targus chill mat xc laying around and decided to take purchase some 120mm and make them fit the stand. I bought 2 cooler master 120mm fans (not a big fan of the blue leds but they were on sale). The dba's are around 19 and the air flow is 60cfm. To power the new fans i bought a 2x12 volt ac adapter to power the fans. Then used the old fans that came with the stand and built a suction fan that is pointed directly at the cpu vent. After all this the total cost was under 20 dollars since I already had a stand. As for the temps, my laptop used to run idle at 50-52 on extreme settings level 3. Now after change thermal paste to artic 5 and adding the laptop stand I idle at 35. If any has any question about the stand let me know.
     

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    jpnankervis Notebook Enthusiast

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    Sell me one. How much ?

     
    jpnankervis, Nov 25, 2012
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    jackgarcia7 Notebook Guru

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    Buy these items and I will show you how to make it.

    1. 2x12 volt ac adapter
    2. 2 120mm fans
    3. Line wrap, black tubing for loose wires (optional)
    4. Old laptop stand
     
    jackgarcia7, Nov 25, 2012
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