Alienware 17 R5 (Heatsink)

Hello Guys!

I'm working with Cicichen in order to have this Heatsink (NO WATER-COOLER) for the Alienware 17 R5 (8950HK+GTX1080).

Who would be interesting on getting it?

I will let him know at the end of the week.

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Thanks!

 

Looks good.. Know try to make one for area-51m and you have a client!

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if you can make it for alienware 17 r4 i would probably buy it.....depends if it does better temps.cheers

 

I belive both HS are kind the same just one of the CPU arms is different, but it is possible to make it compatible as you can see on ebay you can find the R5 adapter for R4.

 

Interesting. Do you have some link as I couldn't find anything?

 

I'm interested, any idea what is the price will be, and what about the thermal pads thickness? and what should the cooling that we expect from it?

 

Sorry for my late reply!

Cicichen asked me some more days, he still working on the CNC Drawings.

Looks like the HS will be around 200USD since is all copper.

 

I need more information about the design, do you have some other pictures? is anyone already test it? $200 is expensive but let's see the final price when he finish it.

 

Can one be made for the m15 r1? I'd be interested in getting such a heat sink

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I can ask him to make it, do you have a reference picture?

 

How can I order this heatsink, is anyone already install it, I need to know if there is any good results after using it.

 

Still designing it.

Should be ready for next week.
I will keep you updated.

Regards!

 

Yes, please update me ,

 

Me too please!

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200 is pretty steep, but I'd potentially be interested depending on cost and performance increases. I love this laptop other than the struggle with heat.

 

I'm the same, the heat is such a pain, handle all that stress is difficult for both CPU & GPU.

Hope to have the design soon so I can try it.

Regards!

 

200$? i Buy one right now i'm so tired of my core temps gap....

 

FWIW, I would definitely be interested (for 17R4 7820HK+GTX1080)... Hopefully it would be possible to mill out screw holes for both 17R4 and 17R5 layouts, assuming they're different?).

It would be great if the heatsink on this machine was capable of, you know, sinking the heat from both chips (180W + 45W TDP for that processor/gpu combo). I know that running both chips at 100% is unusual, but some games definitely get close....

edit: typo

 

I myself am also interested in ordering one if it helps

 

Hi guys, I could be interested for my 17 R4 (6820hk+gtx1080). I'm from Italy so all depends on the price and the shipment. Thank you!

 

Good news guys!

The HS has been completed.

He make the listing at the incredible price of $118USD only 10 availables.


https://www.ebay.com/itm/254278942529

Note is for the R5.

 

What's special about this heatsink? Looks like the same one.

 

All Cooper and bigger, there is no like this one.

 

Any results with this already?

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I Will perform testing next week but I expect a considerable improvement over the current one.

 

Has it been tested to see what the thermals are like?

I went ahead and just bought it anyways I figured what the heck I got my R5 as a display model at Best Buy for 600 bucks 1080 so figured I just take a chance

Thank you for taking the time to get this built

 

Will looking forward for your tests.

 

I hope for an R4 version in the future, but thanks for this heatsink and the amazing job done!

 

You could buy the heatsink, and drill a hole yourself. Just make sure the Thread of the screw is not interfering with the copper of the heatsink, so it will only be tightened on the mobo itself, not in the heatsink.
The only major difference between the R4 and R5 heatsinks are the position of the top screw located on the CPU side.

 

Hi, really? The only difference between the two heatsinks is that hole? Interesting... I think I need to do some searches before, but thanks for the information!

edit. I looked at some pics and yes, the only difference is the upper hole that is more central in the R4 and a bit on the right on the R5. The problem is that I think that I can't drill a new hole in this heatsink because the hole that I need could not be on the copper plate, but a little more over (higher). I probably need to do some measurements because, maybe, in the R5 the hole is not only more on the right but also in an higher position...

edit2. Basically I need to know if the new hole (see the attachment) should be in the blue spot (A) position or in the red (B) spot position, because in the second case there's no copper to drill...

 

If i'm not mistaken, there where people that made some kinda adapter for the heatsink so it realligns the CPU arm again to the Middle. It was an adapter for people that wanted to use an R5 heatsink, on an R4 AW.
Imma try google and see what i can come up with.

 

Thanks, I will do some searches too!

 

So I'm interested, but I'm struggling to see how this will improve things. The heatpipes look to be the same size. Is it just a matter of the larger copper plate providing better contact?

 

I can see they provide new thermal pads... But is there any instruction to know where to place the pads? Also the original heatsink had 3 diffrent thickness pads. I will buy one for sure if we can get a 8% improvement.

Thanks

 

It also looks like (in the pictures at least) that the surface of the heatsink is super rough still from machining, so if someone gets this, I would be prepared to polish/sand it down a bit to get a better surface before mounting.

 

How do you polish it or sand it?
Any tutorial or recomenation including tools and material?

 

It's called lapping and is a fairly easy process.
I always go to @Mr. Fox YouTube channel as he is the most reliable source for anything regarding tuning up a pc. So here's the link: this video will teach you all the good bits for the best results.

 

I did not find any solutions. So I still hope for an r4 version.

 

@Striker1234 something new about thermals or general testing of this heatsink?

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I have not receive the HS yet.

I will let you know.

Regards!

 

I paid for expedited shipping so i should receive mine by the end of the week.

I also contacted professional polisher to lap and polish the copper plate like a mirror. 40$ CAD. I Will get best result has possible.

 

Perfect!!!

I just receive mine but I have tons of work, thanks for keeping us posted!
And please take photos of the polish procedure!!!

 

There you go!

Pending the benchmarks, but normally the computer was on 85c°-98c° on regular loads by using the Performance Profile, with the new HS is under 65 to 75, for me is just perfect, well there are only to improvements that CICICHEN can do to the Heatsink and I have already send it to him.

Please let me know what benchs do you want me to perform.

I have had a lot of insane work in my current job, even weekends, but I will take the time to do it.

https://imgur.com/user/ricardorangelvalle

Regards!

 

Humm ok but you have more detail like what paste you used and what frequency you run your processor?

With the OEM HS @ 4 Ghz -0.140 mv in heavy gaming i'm around 79c in balance mode and liquid metal.

I will receive my Cicichen HS today! I Will have picture and screen shot before and after during stress test.

 

I would really appreciate if you can do that!

I can help you with the Thermal Pad layout:

 

Any word on Alienware m15 heat sink? If he can construct with vapor chamber that'd be amazing too

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Its my next question

That was my next question! With this new HS you need only 1 thickness of thermal pads?

 

No, you can see the picture I attached in my previous post,

I use Fujipoly and Grizzle Thermal Pad.

 

3mm thickness pad wow... how you did to determine all those thermal pad layout?