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    Dell XPS 15 (9550) - Max CPU Speed & Temp?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by ahfei, Dec 15, 2015.

  1. ahfei

    ahfei Notebook Enthusiast

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    Does yours reached maximum turbo speed?
    Whats the temp like?
    I havent receive mine so very curious if there is any throttle for i7 one
     
    ahfei, Dec 15, 2015
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  2. dimsdale

    dimsdale Notebook Guru

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    The turbo speed depends on the number of core that are active. You can set the max for active cores in bios. Default is all 4. For all four cores active, max CPU is 3.1 GHz. And it will hit that speed readily on AC. On battery, max CPU is 2.6 GHz and that can't be gotten around.

    Haven't noticed temps, but under heavy load you will get the fans spinning up. Fan noise is noticeable, but not unreasonable for load. People are more concerned about fans spinning up under zero load.
     
    dimsdale, Dec 15, 2015
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    Quix Omega Notebook Evangelist

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    My experience is basically identical to dimsdale's. I'm pretty happy with it. I've been monitoring the temperatures and they're pretty low, 60s and 70s while gaming. The GPU is mostly under 80 at the same time.
     
    Quix Omega, Dec 17, 2015
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    R3v4n Notebook Consultant

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    I've seen mine hit 90C+ a couple times while playing Swtor which is a little bit concerning.
     
    R3v4n, Dec 17, 2015
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  5. ahfei

    ahfei Notebook Enthusiast

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    Glad to see that there is no throttle for CPU (I dont play game so GPU doesnt matter to me, if possible, I want to remove it to make the laptop lighter. I read somewhere 6700HQ does not even reach its TDP of 45W...around 35W only
     
    ahfei, Dec 17, 2015
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  6. Quix Omega

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    If you don't play games it will be great, mine will run at peak 4 core boost without the fans even running at full speed. The GPU in this thing is half the thermal load.
     
    Quix Omega, Dec 18, 2015
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