*OFFICIAL* Alienware M18x Benchmark Thread

Guys! Wish I could start a new thread about 2-piped HS + non-extreme CPU!

I've just put the 2630QM back with a 2-piped HS and the max temps in Prime95 are 68C! Room 29C - INSANE!

 

Nice! That's impressive. How's prime95 compared to wprime 1024 in stress testing? I've never used prime95 oddly enough.

So anyone looking to lower cpu temps is better off just getting a dual pipe heatsink. Much more efficient than a simple repaste.

What's the price tag on a dual pipe?

Nice find.

 

Wprime is about the same in heating up the CPU but it reaches the peak temp faster than Prime95.

The 2-piped HS is 20$ in the US.

 

Also just achieved my best yet on 3DMark06: 22554

Spoiler

 

BTW, the most important conclusion is that our 4-piped HS project has good reason to continue. If the dual HS manages to lower temps by ~10C, we can expect another 5-10C off from the 2920XM load temps when OC'ed with the 4-piped one.

I will forward the findings to our thermal app. engineer tomorrow.

 

@Fox - Nice scores!

@Aikimox, Dual pipe is much more effective than a repaste. If Im diassembling the system, and from what i gather its not as easy as an R2, Im growing in a dual. Just so much more effective. Well of course Id repaste while in there.

 

Thanks, DR650SE - I'm happy with them. No heat issues, even with the factory paste job on the CPU and GPUs.

Do you have an M18x on the way, or just thinking about it? Disassembly is not as simple as the R2... it's not extremely difficult, but a lot more screws of varying sizes and a little more patience and care is needed to not break the bezel surrounding the keyboard.

 

Not sure what ill end up with. Still waiting on the box to arrive from Dell so i can ship it back to Dell. I know both gpu's are dead, as well as the motherboard. So well see if the offer a replacement in the form of an M18x or just another R2. Im kinda hoping for the M18x although i will seriously miss the 16:10 and RGB. If they offer a replacement, i May try and push for nvidia cards. Guess it all depends on if they have any R2 systems left.

 

oh...they have some left im sure...lol

 

Well (OT a bit but....) Just installed my C300 on port 0 and CDM shows Sata III speeds - as I am an SSD noob, how does that look to you guys?

 

Lol. I have no doubt.

 

Indubitably. So far, I'm seeing a stable 10C-12C drop in load temps between the single and dual piped HS (same paste ICD-24)

 

now that's what i want to hear!

ill be ording up the 4 banger when you get that to market...

provided i still have this...lol

 

You should make better heat pipes for the R2 lol

 

Looks to be right on the money for a C300. Enjoy!

 

If you promise not to upgrade to the M18x and help investing into prototyping it - it will be done!

 

Nice! Well see what Dell decides when they get my R2. That would be great. Ill throw down some TDP

 

how much we talking

 

Roughly ~3-5k to develop properly. Just for reference, you pay thermal application engineers 250$/hr. I'd like to make things right and not just glue 4 pipes, that's why it's expensive. The idea is to rebuild the HS from scratch given the available dimensions and maximize the heat transfer rates at peak load (80-100W, 70-90C). In addition, each heatsink would probably cost much more than the 2-piped one.

 

hummm...maybe you better let my copper cutting man cut for you guys since he already spent the 3 to 5 k on the machines to do it.

 

Wow that's a lot of cash. I need a better job lol.

 

yeah...me too...haha

 

The most part of the budget is not cutting the copper but the actual design.

 

Ok this is F*ing PIssing ME OFF !!!!

Twice in a row I completed 900/1175 OC'd 3dMark Vantage runs and Both F*ing times when I click on Show results Vantage LOCKS UP ....

Last time nothing happened at all, this time after about 3 mins a "a something script is causing the computer to run slowly would you like to abort this script" error came on ... G !@!?!?!? !

I am SO god damned pissed off !

 

If only my wife would let me go back to Iraq to work on a contract again. Though id prefer Afghanistan. Pays better over there. Id pay your guys to build an entire system with a lot of copper lol

 

yeah i know. why you think i said 3 to 5k... he is already making dice/ln2/water blocks and some other stuff. cant just get to cutting and hope for the best...lol

next time that happens...just tell it no and your results should still show. (unless you have something else going on)

 

It could be your HWiNFO software causing that. I was having several issues with 3DMark11 and Vantage as well as hanging during system shutdown. All of that started with HWiNFO and ended when I uninstalled it. It could also be your clocks are too high and you're just getting lucky with timing on finishing the bench before it crashes. Settings of 900/1175 would lock up my system tighter than a drum.

 

So, can I send him the 2-piped HS with instructions on modifications?



On a side note, I made another discovery! - 2630QM+ 2-piped HS = the CPU fan is NOT SPINNING during normal office mode. Passive cooling, lol!

 

If its a clock issue drop the clocks before letting it show the results.

 

ill hit him up and see if he has the time.

 

P8197 , with my 6990.

AMD Radeon HD 6970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2920XM Processor,Alienware M18xR1 score: P8197 3DMarks

 

Awesome, thanks!

Meanwhile, trying to beat the battery life record (browsing with Wi-Fi). My best result was 5hrs 24min.

 

Hey guys, Its a Winfo issue ... erg. The program allows me to run the fans hard enough to run a 900/1200 vantage but it locks up.

I ran at 865/1175 with HWinfo on and the same thing happened.
Ran the same clocks without HWinfo. No problem.

And yes it also lock during shutdown if I have run HWinFO ...

Also my Vantage Scores have dropped with 11.8 Beta drivers from Dell Stock ... kind of disappointed.

 

While part of me is very sad for you, also sort of relieved to hear that there's nothing unusual going on with my system. Sounds like identical behavior. Glad we could find a quick answer... that's always a good thing. If running the fans that hard is the only thing between those high clocks and a lockup, your system will probably last longer if you back down just a tad. Scoring a few extra points isn't worth bricking your Alien.

However you want to say it... SICK, BAD, KILLER... whatever, that just awesome. Congrats on the score, man! I was not prepared for being hit with the level of jealousy reading that precipitated. I don't know if I actually turned green with envy, but probably did.

 

Indeed Fox, and I tried to rep you but apparently I have done that too often lately

 

Thankie

Shaden , try 11.6 because I'm using that for benching.

 

Like they say, buddy... "it's the thought that counts"

 

what were you browsing, only dark and grey pages of text, lol.

 

Off topic - Watching himself due to screen's reflection? JKJK

 

Actually, I have 18 tabs open in Chrome right now. Been browsing like that for the past 1hr 50min and still have 3hr 13min remaining. Won't beat the record but will surely get 5hrs

In addition, no tweaking was done this time. If you turn off Bluetooth, LAN, WirelessHD, etc and kill most useless processes, 5:30-6hrs can be reached

My screen is anti-glare

 

AMD Radeon HD 6970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2630QM Processor,Alienware M18xR1 score: P7655 3DMarks

Check it ... with my 2630 ...
Graphics score of 8740 !!!!

 

wowzies! now that's some benching!

 

Hey, that's not off-topic. This is the benchmark thread... you are just benchmarking battery life. Right?

 

Yes, I will use BatteryEater next time with some minor tweaks. This time around it looks to be a modest 5hrs.

 

LOL battery benching takes too damn long ... I just write papers on it and happen to battery test at the same time.

Sitting on the dock, drinking beer

 

That's why I like it! Cheers!

 

What the heck?? There actually is such a thing as that!? - Battery Eater (notebook benchmark tool) - and I was just being silly.

 

I will give some benching a try again. Got some 6990s in here now and hopefully they can OC worth half a dam unlike the 6970s they replaced. Now that I have an idea of what to short for thanks to you guys

 

Of course there is, lol. Will see how precise are the tests compared to my real life results.

 

Nice scook. Looking forward to seeing your benches. 6990s huh? Hopefully they clock better than your last set of cards.