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    A18 with M14x R2 fan upgrade?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by Mobius 1, May 12, 2016.

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    As the title says, is it possible? My 980M gets stupid hot even at 1.062v.

    I will also improve temps by sealing the gap between fan and heatsink.
     
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    the 980ms that I have never get hot , most it gets to is 70 Celsius ... and idles at around 56 - 60 celsius . I use Artic Silver 5 , locally sold at radio shack.
     
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    Kryonaut here it reaches 80c when running witcher 3 and division (+145/140).

    Firestrike +50mv (+225/180) max temp 85 (165w)
     
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    same here.... running 1.062V +120/120 each... getting near 79-80 degC with fresh paste and pads. argh...I don't like this heat. What sorcery are you using Rengsey??
     
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    Liquid metal thermal paste maybe?


    I also sealed the gap between fan -> fins, doesn't seem to help much.

    I have some conductonaut (73w/mk) coming in next week.
     
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    feel free to try....I tried liquid metal paste without much success....I don't know how Rengsey keeps his temps so low
     
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    LM paste on GPU doesn't help much? :| That's disappointing to hear.



    I can sustain under 83c for short bursts of time though
    +50mv (+225/180)
    http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/11992911


    Witcher 3 crashes 5-10 mins in if fans is not cranked manually to max speed.
     
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    You know what guys. Maybe also my laptop cooler mod that I made help with temps , in addition to the Artic Silver 5 that I am using. In addition to that it has Clevio Bios. So maybe the Bios that you guys are using are generating that extra heat. * shrug shoulders * .....

    Right now , for example. I am using Crossfire R9 m290x in my AW 18. It idles at 49 - 50 Celsius with no laptop cooler turn on.

    10 minutes later after turning on the laptop cooler .....

    Now it idles at 34 - 35 Celsius. Yes , it's not a typo. It's idling at that Celsius ......

    the temps drop is also the same for the 980ms.

    Here take a look of the laptop cooler mod I did.

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...olers-for-18-alienware-laptops.593626/page-47
     
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    r9 m290x is also a very cool chip,cooler than the 780M, 880M, and 980M....also weaker haha

    THAT'S CHEATING

    :p
     
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    Yes , I'm just using it for temps comparison with or without cooler .... The cooler helps make a different in temperatures drop.
     
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    980M P8 state idle 40c
    4700mq -80mv idle 1.2ghz 50-55c


    so these kind of temps are somewhat the norm for 980M?
     
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