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    CPU, Thermal balance and overclock issues...

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Jus71n, Feb 12, 2012.

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    Jus71n Notebook Consultant

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    Morning guys,

    Couple of issues with my R2, Been doing some upgrades lately (see sig) and while I've got used to striping-rebuilding my alienware I've been trying to sort 1 problem in particular thats been bugging me, The CPU temps, there so unbalanced? cores 0-2 are all about the same, but core 3 is always about 10 degrees cooler? followed a repaste guide on here (used MX-4) but still the same? any ideas? (I've tried DR650's advice on adjusting the heatsink screw tensions whist running prime) no joy. Also there is a small thermal pad on the heatsink, its still the original one but is that worth upgrading?

    Also as a side note, I use throttlestop to run my 940xm @ 25x multiplier, but I noticed during my prime run it was throttling down to 22-23x, thats power right? my current settings TDP=95 TDC=80..... what is safe, and what settings are you guys using to get best results?

    Thanks
     
    Jus71n, Feb 12, 2012
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