General questions about the M11X

I just have a few questions that you guys could help me out with. Whats the average safe temperature that the laptop should be at when gaming, because when I game the GPU sits at around 50-60 degrees and the CPU sits at around 30-40, Are these safe temperatures? I also have a question about the over-clocking feature. I over-clocked mine once and I checked the temperature and it didn't go up by much, but i was just wondering, besides the risk of over heating, is there any other factors that could damage the CPU or anything? ( I'm using the over-clocking feature in the BIOS, no third party software). Thats about it for now thanks.

 

Those temps are fine. If it starts going over 85*C then I'd be concerned. Nothing to worry about with the BIOS overclocking. Some members had poor chips that became unstable, but in that even you can call dell and they should replace it. Most people keep theirs overclocked. You got nothing to worry about.

 

the m11x has an amazing cooling system. I played Left 4 dead 2 for like 4 hours and i could still put it on my lap. My 15 inch Macbook pro would burn my legs.

 

the cooling system i agree, is amazing - even works on your lap, where you'd expect a laptop to be.

how alienware's m11x can do what larger laptops seem to struggle with in such a small body just beggars belief sometimes.

 

While I do agree that it stays fairly cool even on the lap. Where my m11x starts to heat up is to the left of the touchpad. Specially when I'm playing games. It does cool off after a while, well if I leave it to idle or browse the web. Not too sure if that's normal since right underneath the left side of the touchpad is where the cpu and gpu are. Even with a cooling fan, that side just loves to get toasty, I don't know maybe it's just mine lol.

 

I'm pretty sure thats the RAM heating up. Happens to all of them and it's perfectly normal. Plus it helps in the winter

 

LOL, suppose your right, but I'm relieved that my unit isn't defective, though the temps tend to stay really cool.

 

Yeah the right side is where you'll find the two RAM modules. It's really odd how much they heat up while gaming. I wish AW made the little pinhole vents a little less pinhole lol.

On second thought, the M15x doesn't even have any vents for the HDD or RAM...LOL...I smell modding...

 

Your body is (or should be) in the range of lower 30ies C. Maybe that helps!

Actually even 85 C I wouldn't be worried for the GPU; depends how stable it is at that temperature. Not that you will reach it anyway.

For comparison feel free to check out temps on Sony Z:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/not...-vs-sony-vaio-z-i5-comparison-benchmarks.html

 

Yea, I've never seen the M11x go up to 85*C, but if it does, it won't cause damage, but it would cause me to question why. Just because it's abnormal.