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    Is there a difference between the AW17R4 1070 and 1080 heatsinks?

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by Jaïr Paalman, Mar 31, 2018.

  1. Jaïr Paalman

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    Title says all.

    Also, if there is in fact a difference, which is better, and would it be possible to swap them for eachother?
     
    Jaïr Paalman, Mar 31, 2018
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    from the picture u posted in another thread, it looks like you are already using GTX 1080 heatsink
     
    alexnvidia, Mar 31, 2018
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    Well, I don't know the difference, but it still runs hot.
     
    Jaïr Paalman, Apr 1, 2018
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    yes, 1080 heatsink have ticker heatpipes... and runs hot because of the thermal paste and 3 screw design, BUT the heatsink dissipation is one of the best on markets.
    you should be really fine if you make a repaste with some thermal grizzly kryonaut
     
    judal57, Apr 1, 2018
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    I think the newer 1070's with 7820hk use the same heatsink as 1080 now.

    This was the case for a friend of mine who bought a 1070 machine this year.
     
    nemoris, Apr 1, 2018
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    nice info. to me that is the best combo braker hahaha
     
    judal57, Apr 2, 2018
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    and did u upgrade ur laptop yet ?? haha.. im still stuck with R2.. making some mysterious deal with dell. lets see what shows up.. and hows ur LM holding up.. its been almost 8 months..
     
    VICKYGAMEBOY, Apr 2, 2018
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    How's your liquid metal paste holding up after all this time, Judal57?
     
    Falkentyne, Apr 2, 2018
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    He repasted recently like 1-2 months ago. He's running at 980M stock clocks on 970M.
     
    Vasudev, Apr 2, 2018
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