M860ETU + QX9300 = heat issues?

Anyone have this pair currently? I'm wondering how the battery life is and what kind of temperatures you have.

Thanks!

 

Here's a thread about the M860TU and Qx9200. It should provide you an idea as what to expect when putting a quad core in the M860ETU chassis.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=364578

 

I have the same problem too, noone can give the answer for QX9300 on NP8662, I am stuck too on QX9200 because noone sell it, now come down to Q9100, that is the only my choice

 

Did you even bother reading through the thread k9hydr4 was kind enough to link to for your benefit?

 

Yes I did sometimes ago, the problem is that Kaltmond has never told us where to buy that QX9200 or Q9200, I do really want to buy that Q9200 but noone sell it, so my choices come down to QX9300 (afraid of heat issues unless someone has really tested it and proven that it is acceptable)and Q9100 ( a bit too slow)

 

Q9100 a bit too slow? C'mon man. Isn't that like 2.2 GHZ on four cores? What's the problem?

 

Yea, considering to what I have now, P9600, especially lots of programs and features still on dual core platform, the only reason that I want to buy quad core is for future proof.

 

Well, if you are going for future proof....considering that, a 2.2 ghz quad core would be better than a p9600 in the future. And right now, what are you doing that would make that vital difference between 2.2ghz 2 cores vs 2.66 ghz 2 cores?

Sometimes the biggest of the batch isn't the most logical or preferential choice.

 

You want future proof get a desktop. Look at those poor alienware souls who paid $4k for their m15x a year ago, a <$2k laptop these days can easily beat them.

 

Lots of office works (real time and heavy datas on financial programs), need portable and reliable machine, sometimes online games to kill my stress (such as; Warcraft, RTS, Command and Conquer, etc)

 

2.2 ghz with 2 cores would be sufficient for that. I know people doing the same thing on 1.8 and 2.0 ghz core 2 duo cpus with no problems.

Remember, core 2 duo is a beast by itself. Its 60% improved over core duo and miles ahead of anything pentium.

 

I have M860TU with QX9300. No heat problems at all. Fan gets a bit loud when when running heavy processes (like vlookup 200k records vs 200k)

I'm trying to find out what the acceptable max temps are. Highest i've pushed them thus far = approx 70 c. AVG 48 c

fyi - to compensate for anticipated heat probems i got a ssd instead.. etc. see my specs below. Ordered from AVA

CLEVO, M860TU/NB9E/UM Core 2 Notebook Barebone, Intel® PM45, 15.4" TFT WUXGA Matt, DVD±RW SM, BT, FPR, PCIe x16 MXM-IV/III Discrete Graphics
INTEL, Core™ 2 Extreme QX9300 Quad-Core 2.53GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 12MB (2 x 6MB) L2 Cache, 45nm, 45W, OEM
INNOVATION COOLING, Diamond 7 Carat Thermal Compound
VIDEO, NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 260M 1GB GDDR3 Mobile Graphics Card for M860TU
KINGSTON, 4GB (2 x 2GB) PC3-8500 DDR3 1066MHz SDRAM SODIMM, CL7, Non-ECC
INTEL, 4GB Intel® Turbo Memory, Internal PCIe Mini Card (Compatible with Windows Vista Only)

 

You revived an old thread

But it's always good to hear more info about the Qx9300 in the M860TU.
I plan on getting a Q9200 when my P9600 won't be enough for my school work or my games.

Oh by the way, when you say the highest you've pushed it so far, what do you mean? It should stabilize at a max temp after let's say 4 primes or something, and that's pretty much the max you can push it. Unless you're talking about an OC.