M14x Mod?

Hey,
well I was wondering if anyone has tried the copper shim mod with the m14x yet?

I have had my r1 for about 9 months now and after a few paste jobs and a notebook cooler I want to get my damn temps down.

These are the types of shims i'm referring to: Laptop GPU CPU Heatsink Copper Shim Pccooler RHS-03 | eBay

I installed about a dozen of those in my g51jx and it greatly helped with the heat dissipation I was getting about 10 degrees less on my max temps.

There also seems to be a small second fan connector above the battery connector on the R1 has anyone tried installing another fan?

 

Im planning this mod but am still waiting for more parts from China. Delivery takes now about 1 month already...

So far i got 7 w/mk Pads for chips / V-converters etc. , long and short 5m low profile heatsinks and liquid metal.

The problem with an additional fan would be that theres no space even for the smallest fan without cutting holes into the chassis for proper airflow.

Did you mod the fan case of you Asus too so fresh air can cool the additional heatsinks down?

Ill post the process and results as soon as i can.

 

What do you mean by liquid metal? My g51 had a poor thermal design and the air would have to draw from around the internals in order to get to the fan. Which actually ended up helping a lot once I put those shims in. There wasn't any other fan headers on the g51.

Pretty weird that they just left another fan header on the board, I am actually thinking of simply removing the ram cover and inserting a fan diagonally. I am just not sure if there is any clearance for the fan to move air. Will have to check next time I open it up.

An extra Fan would be great mod since everything is already there you have the fan header, and another grill vent on the bottom panel all you need is a new small fan and some decent double sided tape.

 

You could install the fan where the ram normally is.

Just buy a single 8gb chip and install it, having only one chip will give you the space needed to install the extra fan.

Me and a friend on here have been cooking up some cooling mods, getting it all designed and parts ordered.

Edit:

Looking a bit more into it, it seems that the cpu is right there next to the ram (on the r2) So, if we were to get a extra fan right in there, we could install a extra heatpipe coming right off the stock heatsink. Then route it to the new fans exit...

Or, I guess you could just seal the new fan up so it sucks cool air in, then it exhausts out any little cracks or holes in the acutal laptop case.

 

I will use Coollaboratory Liquid Ultra for the CPU since its the best TIM performance and handling wise. Other liquid metal pastes are more liquid and have slightly better performance but are kind of risky.

This idea makes not much sense even the place looks good for another fan. But without a heatpipe attached to the fan which is connected to the CPU heatspreader it wont do any efficent performance.

A better idea would be to cut a hole exactly where the CPU is located (below the power cable insertion) and position this fan directly on top of the heatpipe. But im not so comfortable cutting holes into the chassis as long as i have a warranty lol.

The place im talking about is perfect for those new ultra thin 5mm fans.

 

Actually there is a space for the venting and right beside the ram if you look diagonal you can see the CPU and its heat pipes if you add in the shims you should be able to effectively cool it.

I guess we will see if is works out.

 

I actually went through about 10 broken laptops looking for a heatpipe setup to run back into the optical area and out some vent holes I considered putting in the cover. mainly I noticed how much area I have left over by swapping the dvd for a ssd. I used the board from the caddy everybody who drive swaps on here has. with the rest of the enclosure gone and the ssd slid over all the way there is easily enough room. a couple dremel cuts could make a path for the heat pipe to line up right next to the stock, but going the other direction. it would have to be a smaller fan and probably able to pull power from a cheap pci-e card.

but enough about what crazy ideas I come up with after the meds kick in . I just did my R2 a few days ago with Antec Formula 7 Nano-diamond and some supposedly 11w/mk (BS rating ,I know) thermal pads. I lapped the copper with 2000 grit and then hit it on a buffing wheel to a perfect mirror. no crazy modding on the R2, but im very pleased with the results.
i didnt really log any temps before on the R2, but when i did the same to my R1 it seriously cut my peak over 20c.
I hope the 7w/mk pads stuff you got ist Phoybia brand, they dont have crap for adhesion or compressability. good luck !

 

LOL thanks ill make sure to replace my pads too. There is an actual fan header right above the battery connector so that's what really made me wonder if I could manage to fit another fan in there lol.

 

I didnt know there are working 11 w/mk pads around. I thought the ones from Phobya (very expensive) i got with 7 w/mk are the best there are.

Gratz on your mod with the R1!

And about additional heatpipes. There are flexible aluminium heatpipes which can be used but they are way too expensive in my opinion. For 20cm long 0,3cm strong pipe i would have to pay about 60 dollar which is just crazy in my opinion. But im sure they would work in such a small chassis where you have to use it over different edges.