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    Share your R3 temps!

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Tapakidney, Apr 26, 2011.

  1. Tapakidney

    Tapakidney Notebook Evangelist

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    2720QM
    Idle: 50-53c (Seems high!
    Max: 72c

    6970m
    Idle: 55-60c (Also seems high!)
    Max:73-75c (Running Furmark at 800/1100)

    I haven't repasted yet. Any word on if it will make a noticeable difference?

    Side question: Turbo doesn't seem to be utilized when I run Prime95. Is this normal?
     
    Tapakidney, Apr 26, 2011
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  2. reborn2003

    reborn2003 THE CHIEF!

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    Nice Max temps Tapakidney.
    Your right though the idle temps do seem a little high but not too shocking either.

    If you do decide to do a repaste I can recommend using MX-4 or Tuniq TX- 4 thermal paste. They give great idle and max load temps.

    Cheers. :)
     
    reborn2003, Apr 26, 2011
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  3. shadowyani

    shadowyani Notebook Deity

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    The bios fan controller seems to try and hold the temperature in the 70-80c range under load. My fans don't start blasting until the temperatures on both the CPU and GPU go above 72C, and they for sure are maxxed out at 80C on the GPU.

    I'm anticipating that after a re-paste the difference will be modest at best, but not because the paste isn't working, but because the fans simply don't have to work as hard to maintain the same temps.
     
    shadowyani, Apr 26, 2011
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    LVNeptune Notebook Virtuoso

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    If you want to drop the temps about 10-20c (20c on the high end possibly) use HWINFO32 and blast the fans manually :)
     
    LVNeptune, Apr 26, 2011
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    Hmm I wasn't aware it was possible to control the fans on the R3 at all, that could be useful later.

    Not that I'm worried about temperatures or anything, everyone's R3s seem to be operating to thermal spec without a hitch. Always nice to have a quieter machine though.
     
    shadowyani, Apr 26, 2011
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    mark_j Notebook Consultant

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    2630QM
    Idle: 49c
    Max: 72c

    6970m
    Idle: 61c
    Max: 72c
     
    mark_j, Apr 26, 2011
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    w.andi Newbie

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    what software did you use to know the temp ?
     
    w.andi, Apr 30, 2011
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  8. JAD85

    JAD85 Notebook Consultant

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    2720QM
    Idle: 50c
    Max: 57c

    460m
    Idle: 50c
    Max: 61c

    Just finished playing Rift for a good two hours and those are my max temps. Cooling on the R3 is just awesome.
     
    JAD85, Apr 30, 2011
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