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    CPU Temp reaching 93 C°

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by chrusti, Mar 26, 2015.

  1. chrusti

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    Hey guys I have noticed that my CPU often reaches up to 93C° during games like BF4.
    Is this normal?

    Cheers

    Chrusti
     
    chrusti, Mar 26, 2015
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    nope, please tear down your laptop and apply some Liquid Ultra or if that's too scary, then GELID Extreme Thermal Compound
     
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    when was the last time you cleaned the fans and vents out with compressed air?
    have seen reports of upto 10c lowered after a clean.

    next step will be above and repaste cpu and gpu.
     
    MrDJ, Mar 26, 2015
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    Clean the fans.. That will itself drop temps by 5C.. Can't believe the amount of dust these fans suck into the machine..
     
    TomJGX, Mar 27, 2015
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    Don't forget the heatsink :)
     
    Papusan, Mar 28, 2015
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    I meant the heatsink lol.. Just clean out that whole area with some absurd amounts of compressed air lol
     
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    My Liquid Ultra actually came with everything, 2 brushes for applying the Liquid Ultra, a cleaning cloth which has 70% alochol and a hard rubbing sponge to remove stubborn residues of previous paste which I didn't use since I didn't wanna scratch the living heck out of my CPU :D
     
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    HaHa ... Some forget it. I was not thinking of you TomJGX when I said this .. HaHa :p
     
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    Hi guys thanks for the answers! I read somewhere that the heatsinks might have a leak. What is that supposed to mean?
    anyways i just ordered some artic mx4 paste.
    cheers
     
    chrusti, Mar 29, 2015
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    Cancel the order for MX4 paste now!! That paste will pump out within 1 day on Alienwares!! Get Gelid GC Extreme or IC Diamond!! Cancel it ASAP! MX-4 is absolute junk!
     
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    Thx for your reply! I will make sure to buy one of those!
     
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    For 3720qm not really required... If you are upgrading to 3920/3940XM then definetly get it...

    Edit: It's 8.79.. That's really cheap.. Go get it!!!
     
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    I also found a used 3940 for about 200usd. Is that a reasonable price? Cheers
     
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    Go get it !!! now.......... :D This is an Extreme.. Run Run Run and buy... :D
     
    Papusan, Mar 30, 2015
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    Yep, very reasonable. Look on Ebay, they run about $450-$550 for a good one.
     
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    Buy it now!!! That's a great price!!!
     
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    I dont know what's the seller was thinking but that heatsink isn't for CPU cooling, its a M18X Nvidia GPU heatsink. See for yourself, google " Heatsink AT0FM0030F0" description, the seller is misspeling his product there.
     
    Tulius, Mar 30, 2015
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