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    Where to buy P170SM GPU Heatsink in Europe ?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by uipe, Oct 28, 2014.

  1. uipe

    uipe Newbie

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    First sorry if this isn't the right place to ask.

    I have a P170EM with a 680M and would like to upgrade my heatshink to the SM version as I have read it has better colling.

    I have already contacted a Portuguese store (clevocenter) but they told me that they didn't sell them. Do you guys know of a good european seller that sells them ?

    Also, is the CPU heatsink also better ?
     
    uipe, Oct 28, 2014
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  2. MrDJ

    MrDJ Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    will it even fit, that is the question.
     
    MrDJ, Oct 28, 2014
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  3. Tirenz

    Tirenz Notebook Evangelist

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    I don´t know if it will fit, but you can buy heatsinks at "Golden Star", a Clevo related company:
    Clevo Germany

    Just write them an email, and if they don´t reply, do it again, sometimes they seem to be very busy, but if you are ordering something, you will get it!
    Got more than one heatsink from them...
     
    Tirenz, Oct 28, 2014
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  4. uipe

    uipe Newbie

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    I have read here in this forum people saying they got -5c just buy swapping it and they are saying it will be necessary when upgrading to an 980m (when prema releases the bios ;)).
     
    uipe, Oct 28, 2014
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  5. uipe

    uipe Newbie

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    Thanks will try them.
     
    uipe, Oct 28, 2014
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  6. MrDJ

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    would be interesting to find out as im sure ive read on here that a 980 will not fit in a EM model.
     
    MrDJ, Oct 28, 2014
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  7. Tonrac

    Tonrac Notebook Evangelist

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    P170sm gpu heatsink fit in the p170em, the chassis is almost the same since the p170hm.
    Before i sold my P150hm, i have put a Gtx780m heatsink on my Gtx680m and it drop my temperature.
     
    Tonrac, Oct 29, 2014
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  8. Marecki_clf

    Marecki_clf Homo laptopicus

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    Yup, I have the GTX780M heatsink from P170SM on top of my 7970M in my P170EM. Temperature drop ~8C.
     
    Marecki_clf, Oct 29, 2014
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  9. Meaker@Sager

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    The heatsinks have gotten better and all the cards physically fit, it comes down to bios compatibility.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Oct 31, 2014
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