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    Help with benchmarks

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by jackgarcia7, Nov 19, 2012.

  1. jackgarcia7

    jackgarcia7 Notebook Guru

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    I am starting a huge project in which I will eventually make my R4 water cooled. I need to know all the parameters that I should test pre mod. If you have a how to or suggestions let me know. Good software is appreciated.
     
    jackgarcia7, Nov 19, 2012
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  2. bigtonyman

    bigtonyman Desktop Powa!!!

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    what system do you have and what are you specs? If you can't overclock the CPU I personally don't think it would be worth the effort. :(
     
    bigtonyman, Nov 19, 2012
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    jackgarcia7 Notebook Guru

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    Let me give a little background as to why I am doing this. I do a lot of data parsing, that is the primary reason for my purchase of an alienware. Since I don't do any gaming my GPU is always idle. Unless I decide to watch a video etc. Now for the important stuff my specification are:

    3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3720QM (overclocked to 4.0GHz)
    16GB (4 X 4GB) Dual Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz
    2GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660M
    SSD,etc,etc

    Now for the reasons for water cooling. 1.) I am going to upgrade processor to Core i7-3940XM and would like to overclock quite high. 2.) Someone told me it couldn't be done. So have taken the challenge on. Thoughts?
     
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    homank76 Alienware/Dell Enthusiast

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    homank76, Nov 20, 2012
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    bigtonyman Desktop Powa!!!

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    well your going to need to find a radiator that will fit properly onto the CPU. If you wanna watercool, why not just build a desktop? :(
     
    bigtonyman, Nov 20, 2012
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    mikecacho Notebook Evangelist

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    Down bigtony down boy, lol, jk. I'm all for mods that truly work GL!
     
    mikecacho, Nov 20, 2012
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    jackgarcia7 Notebook Guru

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    Well based on my design I wont need a radiator on the CPU. It will work around the internal copper piping. As for the desktop I took this on as a challenge for a laptop water cooler.

    Lol and thanks.
     
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    ahh well good luck!! sorry for banging on your idea. Just thought why buy a laptop if you can't move it around. :p
     
    bigtonyman, Nov 20, 2012
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    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    That is a legit thinking. We normally use Unigine Heaven for benchmarking and CPU-Z with prime 95 for the CPU.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Nov 21, 2012
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