M17X R4 with GTX1070

I finally finished set up for GTX1070 to M17X R4 3D(120hz)
still doing some stress testing and actual gaming testing.
I think current setting's temperature and clocks are stable enough to announced to show you guys.

It needs few customizing to make GTX1070 fits to M17X R4

1. 3D panel
2. Heatsink custom
3. Driver mod


This is GTX1070 I have. It's full size MXM version with 8GB VRAM
Red lines are chips that cause uneven matched for my custom heatsink. I will explain this later.





This is full customize heatsink for GTX1070. It is 5rows of heat pipes for better cooling
It's fully CNC milled from solid copper.


Major difference from original heatsink is a bumb which locate at top-middle side.



This is a picture of I cut off both side of bumps for fitting heatsink without trouble as I showed on first picture.

After all this effort, custom heatsink match and sits on GTX1070 well and cools well.



This is FS result of GTX1070 / i7-3940XM.

I will post more pictures and information.
If got any questions, feel free to ask me.



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This is GPU-Z from GTX1070




Result of 3Dmark Stress test shows it works full and fine.

I attached vBios file those who needs it.
https://mega.nz/#!mJAiATAJ!BLnD4DrA9VGQy184I7w5uj9T2s4YXd9plIuL9U3miss

 

Is the the Eurocom 1070 Card?

Some other members and me installed a MSI 1070 on our M17xR4's, at the cost of a few more mods.

Here is the thread: http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/1070-gtx-in-an-m17x-r4.813593/page-12#post-10698681

@etienne51 @Schurke: Fyi, might be helpful.

 

Nice work.

 

Nice work Seedless, did you have to change the vbios on the card for it to post with the 120hz screen? If not could I ask which version of vbios came on your card? And could you upload a copy?

Thanks,

Javers

 

I bought from GeCube factory.

 

I didn't mod any of vBios on this card. I upload my vbios on my post.
Thanks

 

Wow that custom HS is like brand new, Better than what you get on Dell Aftermarket parts. I wish we could get access to such resources for the Alienware 17 R1 for fitting this type of MXM3.0b. Great work again, First you did that P5000M then this. Seems like you have a lot of contacts & access to the manufacturing facilities.

 

@Ashtrix the same chap does make those 5 pipe heatsinks for the Aw17 R1

https://www.ebay.com/itm/5-Heats-fo...661856?hash=item3aca91e3e0:g:4T0AAOSw07VafDPA

Javers

 

Much appreciated, I'm struggling to get mine work with 120hz screen but its a Eurocomm card not a GeCube. Think there must be some differences between the boards.

Javers

 

No difference, Eurocom card is really a GeCube card......

@SeeDLesS how much the cost direct from Gecube?

 

I bought around 800USD when It first came out to market. price might get lower in present

 

No, sadly. I gained around 1 more degree by applying a slightly thinner layer of thermal paste, but that's it. Looking between the heatsink and the GPU, the heatsink seems to be perfectly flat as far as I can tell... Weird.

 

Wrong thread . I guess this pm was intended for me .

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Oh... sorry. I have no idea how I managed to do that. Yeah you're right.

 

Ive had my 1070 MXM for nearly a hear... how are you guys getting it to work. For cryin oout loud I fried my bios and desoldered it back to life just trying toto get this depressingly Taunting msi card in. Does anyone here feel like shooting me a PM and giving me a rundown on how to do this the correct way?

 

they are not using the same card though as you, this thread was a guy with a regular sized 1070, what we call a EURO 1070 or gecube some call it. You have a 1070 from Vortex, with a odd vbios on it. Which has been taken care of of course. Technically speaking your setup in the end should be superior too.

 

guys the pictures in the initial post are gone. can anyone remember what scores he managed to get in firestrike?

i want to upgrade my m17x r4 with a 1070 and i am looking for the working options. the msi one is the best known to work although it needs some extra mods to the chasis and the mxm connector and heatsink...

i am looking for maybe some other 1070 with more normal mxm design that might work?

 

what about the eurocom ones? with normal form factor. do they still only work with 60hz displays? havent they fixed this with a bios yet?

 

Mine got 12.5k

Edit: redid thermal pads and first run was 12.8k

 

thats what handale also gets with his zotac 1070. maybe you also have a zotac inside

 

Probably right, didn't try any CPU oc and just ran as-is. I did send a note to ebay seller to confirm.

 

if we are very very lucky maybe the seller used a new dell design we have been talking about
this one: https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Nvidia...h=item2cdd7c974f:g:VgYAAOSwNo9b0ulz:rk:1:pf:0

if thats the case then maybe you are the only one we know that uses it and thats good because we will know that this new dell also works in our R4s

 

I think it does have that back row of Caps populated since I recall adding thick heat transfer stuff.

 

please ask your seller . maybe even send him the ebay link asking if thats it.
it would help us a lot if we knew that this card also works in our systems

 

I opened up the laptop and took pics for you last night. I needed to adjust some thermal pads anyways, got 12.8k firestrike on first run after.

 

GUYS !! help here!! :-D this looks like the new black pcb dell one!!

 

well.... seeing it again its not the new dell one... hmmm... anyone have any idea wich one it is ?

@2CPU please inform us if the seller tells you wich card it is and where he got it from?


here is the dell

 

My own card in post #25, looks like zotac 1070 to me. Seller said they do not recall.

Check Handale30 pic of his 1070:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/attachments/screenshot_20181019-045610_gallery-jpg.165061/

So I guess buy an older zbox and take out the card. Or like me find someone that already did the R4 swap for you and sell your original R4.

Edited since some cannot follow logic.

 

well i already have the R4 and a zotac box goes for 1000 euros i think...

@2CPU what bios does it have ?

 

I can take a look tonight via HWInfo I believe.

 

It seems an asrock deskmini gpu
no Dell or Alienware models with a mxm geforce gpu atm

 

Nope

 

@2CPU gpu looks identical to my 1070 Zotac chip for chip. it must be the zotac, (remember that to use the zotac we flash a different vbios so you will never see Zotac info anywhere.) mine just says "subvendor DELL" on gpu info. The other one in the pics I have no idea where its from but looks as it fits perfectly the 100w oem heatsink.

hope it helps

 

this is a zotac card


this is not a zotac card

it seems having the same layout of this asrock card but different color for the PCB and more vram because in photo there is a gtx1060from a deskmini.

This card is produced by Aetina

 

Yes Correct, I edited to explained myself better. I thought 2CPU didnt know what was in his R4, and he most def has the Zotac as it is identical to mine, the other one on ebay is NOT.

 

Yeah I did not say the Dell one.(In your quote I am not replying to #27 post but actually my own post #25) Check the pic again and who posted.

 

The Dell one cannot be as good. A lot less inductors and smaller even.

 

so anyone care to sell a zotac 1070 :-D

 

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