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    M15x bios flash half shutdown

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by xspecialforces, Jul 20, 2014.

  1. xspecialforces

    xspecialforces Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks, gotmilk, can anyone advice which ones better 3630qm or 920xm processors for the m15x??
     
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    King of Interns Simply a laptop enthusiast

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    920/40XM is the max M15x is compatible with. 3630qm Is ivy bridge. M15x will not accept sandy/ivy/haswell chips.

    If you overclock the 920xm to 4ghz though you will outperform the 3630qm hands down :thumbsup: (a joke)
     
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    xspecialforces Notebook Enthusiast

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    Can i overclock the 620m i7 2.66-3.33mhz, turbo boost is locked in HWinfo64 info in CPU boost. Many of you lot got the 920xm, will buy that early next month!!, will need assistance in that overclocking stuff i aint done yet, this is just the beginning lol
     
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    King of Interns Simply a laptop enthusiast

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    920xm is the best cpu. 940xm trumps it by a tiny bit but it is very expensive!

    You could raise the speed of the BCLK by a few mhz. However this increases stress to all the components in the computer; ram,HDD,gpu everything that runs of the pci interface.
    Not recommended to gain a few hundred MHz at best. The 920xm has a completely unlocked multi. You can change it independent of the BCLK. This means you only stress the CPU more the higher you clock it not the system.
     
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    Thanks king! I got watchdogs running perfect on high settings, that arctic silver 5 really dropped the temps! I had standard pastes on there changed them completely now, also because i had a shim i forgot to add the paste to connect it to heatsink, that was a problem in heating on 90c, im getting the x bracket in soon then will remove the shims try without em. See how it goes. Watchdogs hits 75c max, skyrim 60c, looking good so far. Thanks for all the advice. Nice one guys.
     
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    920xm then for sure! Will get that in next month! Perfecto! Thanks again.
     
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