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    Cooling of a m17x r4

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by senshin, Feb 3, 2013.

  1. senshin

    senshin Notebook Evangelist

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    Hello,

    Would help making a hole in the backcover @ the place where the cpu suppose to be for better cooling?

    I have seen since i bought a coolerpad the gpu temps went down from 52 to 39, what's pretty big, and i geuss that's becuase of the hole under the GPU.
    Looks like it there is heat trapped inside the housing of the m17x, I think can take off some more degrees for the cpu by making something and i think it's easy.

    Somebody already tried this?


    Sjoerd
     
    senshin, Feb 3, 2013
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  2. radji

    radji Farewell, Solenya...

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    Yes, there was one user who cut holes in the bottom of their R4 and added RAM heatsinks to try and remove more heat. It ended up not helping. But that doesn't mean you won't be successful. It's your Alienware and you can do what you want with it.
     
    radji, Feb 3, 2013
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  3. DDDenniZZZ

    DDDenniZZZ Notebook Deity

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    Can always try cleaning the vents etc too. For me generally speaking the CPU is warmer than the GPU on my m17x with a GTX 680m.
     
    DDDenniZZZ, Feb 4, 2013
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  4. Alienware-Luis_Pardo

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    I don't think it's going to make much of a difference.

    How high is your CPU getting anyway? Judging by your GPU temps I can't imagine the CPU getting higher than 70.
     
    Alienware-Luis_Pardo, Feb 4, 2013
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  5. senshin

    senshin Notebook Evangelist

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    Under max stress my cpu peaks @ 78 degrees but this is in the 55watt mode for 56 sec.
    It will always get stable @ around 73-76. And idles on 45-50.


    GPU = stress 67/68 Degrees and idle 53 without coolerpad
    With coolerpad 38 Degrees what's huge.
    My Heatsinks are clean.
     
    senshin, Feb 4, 2013
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  6. bigtonyman

    bigtonyman Desktop Powa!!!

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    sounds like great temps to me! :)
     
    bigtonyman, Feb 4, 2013
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