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    Let's see your cooling mods

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by UPGI2AYDD, Mar 3, 2015.

  1. UPGI2AYDD

    UPGI2AYDD Notebook Consultant

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    Jeeze... Thinking about temps and seeing a few mods being done, curious if anyone else has done any and what they're results are? Thinking about doing something myself, just not as "permanent" as I still treat this system as the day I bought it fresh on release day.

    I'm averaging 48-75 C on my Core i7 and 38-81 C on my 7970 with Arctic Silver and just a plain ass cooling pad.

    So interested to see what's out there for mods... :p
     
    UPGI2AYDD, Mar 3, 2015
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  2. fatboyslimerr

    fatboyslimerr Alienware M15x Fanatic

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    My King of Interns style cooling mod using the usb-powered fans from a Cooler Master U3 notebook cooler.
    As well as some ultra low profile RAM heatsinks from ModDIY.

    [​IMG]
     
    fatboyslimerr, Mar 4, 2015
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    clevo-extreme Company Representative

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    Crazy holy mf...

    CEG-hardcorecustom -
    your UPGRADE base for Clevo & Alienware notebooks - for NBR & Techinferno users always something special ;)
     
    clevo-extreme, Mar 4, 2015
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    mike26668 Notebook Consultant

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    mike26668, May 18, 2015
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    King of Interns Simply a laptop enthusiast

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    King of Interns, May 19, 2015
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    That's an epic mod! Thanks for sharing haha.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, May 19, 2015
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  7. mike26668

    mike26668 Notebook Consultant

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    Wen youre here we can fix that

    By the way an update for you on how it is now.
    image.jpg
    image.jpg image.jpg
     
    mike26668, May 19, 2015
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    King of Interns, May 20, 2015
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  9. fatboyslimerr

    fatboyslimerr Alienware M15x Fanatic

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    Even without Directx 12, apparently Witcher 3 and GTA V both favour more than 4 cores and aren't particularly fussed about speed or IPC. Should be fine in terms of CPU performance for awhile :)
    Still waiting for those pics you promised King
     
    fatboyslimerr, May 20, 2015
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  10. King of Interns

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    Oh noooo! I forgot!
     
    King of Interns, May 20, 2015
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