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    Bit of fun... Lowest Temps!

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by Pete Light, Apr 11, 2017.

  1. Pete Light

    Pete Light Notebook Deity

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    Hey All,

    Just for a laugh why don't we see who can get some seriously low temps out of their stock / re-pasted units.

    Entry Criteria:

    Machine make | Model
    CPU & GPU
    Settings
    Mods
    Ambient room temp
    Core 1/2/3/4 | GPU Min Temps
    Please post HWINFO with relevant info (voltage, temps, clock speeds etc)

    All temps in Celsius

    Here's my entry:
    Alienware 17 R4
    i7 6820HK | GTX1080
    Turbo Disabled, Speedshift-255, Locked to x26 (2.6GHz)
    Repasted with thermal grizzly conductonaut, fujipoly pads, PCH mod, pads on SSDs
    Ambient 20C
    CPU 21/23/23/22 | GPU 27

    [​IMG]

    @Papusan you are excluded for obvious reasons

    @DeeX @iunlock
     
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  2. iunlock

    iunlock 7980XE @ 5.4GHz

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  3. illuMinniti

    illuMinniti Notebook Evangelist

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    Oh wow, 4K RPM is obnoxiously loud, couldn't imagine what 7K sounds like. Is this going from a load back to the "minimum" because if I turn my 15R3 on and then turn on HWinfo and let it idle, I'll get temps in the mid to low 20s lol. My Crucial SSD is even showing 17C as minimum right now. Funnily my room temp is 17C right now as well
     
  4. Pete Light

    Pete Light Notebook Deity

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    Mine was no load at all but fans maxed in hwinfo. Think the fan noise is louder in the 15R3?

    Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk
     
  5. illuMinniti

    illuMinniti Notebook Evangelist

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    Alienware 15 R3
    i7 7700HQ | GTX1070
    Turbo Disabled, Locked to x28 (2.8GHz)
    Repasted with thermal grizzly Kryonaut, fujipoly pads, 0.1mm copper shim on CPU + GPU
    Ambient 17C
    CPU 28/29/29/28 GPU 29

    [​IMG]

    I let the 7000RPM go for 5-10min to get into the 20s haha. I'll have to disable some stuff from startup and check the temps sometime.

    I'm not sure if they are louder, I just very much dislike fan noise. If the fan is 2500+RPM its already too loud to me, that's why my temps are so high in this screenshot. I have mine set to not go above 2300RPM until it hits 85C on GPU or CPU.

    I'll have to use a standalone HWinfo next test so it shows all the voltages, don't feel like redoing mine haha
     
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  6. woodzstack

    woodzstack Alezka Computers , Official Clevo reseller.

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    not bad temps at all. How bad were they stock is the question or rather, when gaming ?
     
  7. illuMinniti

    illuMinniti Notebook Evangelist

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    I deleted all my data from stock, but it was something like 85-90 for the CPU and 80 or so for the GPU when running OCCT and Heaven. But after repaste and GPU undervolt its about 74, 71, 67, 67 gpu: 58, for the same test.
     
  8. MogRules

    MogRules Notebook Deity

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    I didn't screen shot my stock temps but I was around 78c stock under load. It got to over 80 if I tried to OC but I wasn't really interested in OCing right now.
     
  9. Papusan

    Papusan Jokebook's Sucks! Dont waste your $$$ on Filthy

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    HaHa. For better comparison. All should run with max clocks :D 799MHz is more like cheating :p
     
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  10. cope123abc

    cope123abc Notebook Evangelist

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    I would have done this but i just burnt out my Cooler master SF-19 with dual 3000RPM Noctua industrial Fans :( each one was shifting 165CFM... actually like having an aero plane under the laptop... full maxed out and overclocked the system wouldn't go over 60 and that included the CPU + GPU's, Toshiba ssd was in low 40's too under load ! custom cooler is the best for these machines, problem is i don't know how to make a custom cooler for these fans, it burnt out the other 1
     
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  11. Pete Light

    Pete Light Notebook Deity

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    Like I said... Just a bit of fun you BGA hating butt muncher

    Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk
     
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