The Smallest MXM Laptop

Hey lads,

It's been a while since I've been active on this forum but I've been somewhat keeping up with the latest in hardware anyway. Some of the questions that come up a lot when talking to friends of mine about MXM (or more often, explaining what it is) are about portability.

What's the smallest/most 'portable' MXM-compatible laptop?

 

Small laptop and MXM are an oxymoron

I would personally say the old AW M15x would be among the "smallest" but it really is not a small laptop in any way.

 

MXM-A (half-height): HP Zbook 15 G4
MXM-B (full-height): MSI 16L13 P751TM1

 

MSI 16L13: 396mm x 270mm x 40mm
CLEVO P751TM1: 386mm x 262mm x 38mm

 

So this thing then would be the lightest MXM laptop?

EDIT: And if so, what would be the most powerful GPU that could fit in it?

 

GeCube GTX 1050 Ti MXM-A:

http://www.gecube.com/product.php?cid=32&id=79
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ZBook 15 G2 owners have shoehorned MXM-Bs in there, but it is quite some custom work.

 

I'm curious where you got these dimensions. According to the NotebookCheck review, the MSI is 390mm x 266mm x 40mm, which is basically identical to the Clevo, but it's about 1lb lighter.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Eurocom-Tornado-F5-Notebook-Review.189496.0.html

 

The Clevo size I got from Clevo's official docks.

The MSI size right here from @Charles P. Jefferies review on NBR (originally converted the length wrong to cm):

http://www.notebookreview.com/notebookreview/eurocom-tornado-f5-msi-16l13-review/

The Clevo can use up to GTX 1080 (for now) & 9900K (officially) btw...

 

Also our Tornado F5 have up to 9900K compatibility (for now)



Thanks to @dsanke original mod, then S.napi's HT fix and then my ACPI table fix (also present on Dsanke bios)

 

Taping CPU PINs (on a 500 bucks chip) to prevent broken boards/CPUs, loosing features like g-sync, questionable performance and not being able to use any of Intel's current and future ME security updates without bricking the system is maybe something a rare percentage of user stuck with an old system is willing to do, but not really advisable to someone looking to invest into a new system with Plug'n'Play support which they get right out of the box with a P7 or P8-TM-Series model.

 

Ok going in order to reply:
Taping? not problem, there are many other way to burn every MoBos also without mod (from z170M oc formula bios mod back to march, there are no documented burn'd motherBoard).

Lost gsync? Nvidia licensing problem, VS user upgrade path. Every street has its light and dark.

Questionable performance? blah blah here or proof.

Are any know IME exploits working or just vulnerability found? Don't mind, users from big company aren't using this type of product but only locked machine from contractor vendor (Dell,HP etc.) so the adoption/update percentage is also low here.

 

It may have been the best solution for your skill set and situation as you already pre-owned that model.

Looking forward to see the actual performance of the 9900K in there!

I don't know about the MSI return rates, but at least on Clevo models these adventures have already burned a bunch of hardware. User just tend to vanish for RMA instead of posting their failures in public.

Why would anyone in his right mind, who wants to purchase a new system, shed out the money for an old MSI or old Clevo model if they can have a new model with none of the above problems.

It is simply not advisable to the majority of user.

 

http://hwbot.org/submission/3880750_alex_ro_superpi___32m_core_i7_8700k_4min_8sec_47ms

7.34Ghz 8700K LN2 cooling on z270 Asus moBo, 6th place world record (today, 1st place on 12/06/2018)

Also this remeber me an old trick from xeon771 to sk775..

Really strange words, I should only answer in this way



My choice is freedom

 

This is not about desktop hardware with sufficient cooling and Liquid Nitrogen is it?
We tested experimental Mods early this year on all older Clevo P7/P8 DM, DM3 & KM1 and every tester gave me the exact same feedback:

The systems stock cooling, designed for 6700K & 7700K, couldn't even keep the system cool enough with the new chip to hold stock clocks over more than the duration of a few benches (tested with all other throttle than temperature removed from the firmware).
New TM models stock cooling can run a 8700K in the 5Ghz+ all core region all day long without breaking a sweat and even for them doing the same on a 9900K is a challenge.

Testing was done with very advanced user that knew exactly what they where doing. User that don't return a system because it doesn't perform as advertised. User that don't brick it by running simple security updates or put in a new CPU without taping PINs properly.

You and I can do whatever we want with our own hardware.
What I can not have are broken systems being returned to Clevo due to a firmware I made available without thinking about the consequences:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...m-owners-lounge.809621/page-159#post-10795651

 

Lmfao

 

Yeah I wish it was a joke...I guess you won't be surprised that even some reseller are selling the new chips with old boards, to get rid off old over-stock, with neither taping the CPU nor letting customer even know what they are buying into...they think if it boots their job is done.

 

Just like any *good* manufacturer: Dell, HP, Clevo/Sager, Lenovo, Acer, ASSus, MSi, (some other niche brand here)

 

Not that it's entirely related, but this Shuttle mini-PC uses MXM. It's 7.5(L) x 6.5(W) x 1.7(H) inches. Smaller than any laptop that uses MXM, I think. It would be practical to transport from place to place if you had a display where you were going.

Those people must be rocket scientists in training ...if it launches into orbit, it's good. One try is all you get, right? ​

Charles