Aorus X7 dt v6 power supply insufficient?

Has a Nvidia 1080 graphics card. I believe the laptop comes with a 230W power brick and when I'm gaming the battery still drains (about 20% an hour) even when plugged in. Am I correct in assuming that the power supply is just insufficient to keep up with power usage? Is there a solution to this? I don't believe that there are more powerful laptop power adapters available.

 

That does seem low. 230W is the same as my P650RS with a 1070.

Clevos sport a 330W with a 1080.

 

I believe I saw (and don't quote me on this because I can't remember the source) that under load the DT uses ~250W. You could try finding a 330W battery with the same power connector as the Aorus, I believe.

 

Yep the DT has a 230w adapter. @Entionz you're right. It uses more than 250w under load but somehow the battery doesn't drain. Hopefully Aorus will take note of the issue. If not, finding an aftermarket power brick is your only choice

Edit: Strange that your battery is draining. On review sites theirs doesn't
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Yeah its too low. I really dont get why they went with a 250watt psu. But i am not sure if it supports a 330watt psu. Most of those have a different plug. Also the power delivery inside have to be made for it. Too thin wiring can be a problem in those cases.

 

There's a adp-330ab from delta
that's being used on the alienware m18
the connector is the same
same voltage. higher amp and watt
The review mentioned.it can peak at 250 or even 270 watts.
I never experienced a battery drain issue.. or maybe I just didnt notice it.
Regardless, even on the 230 watt power supply I could use afterburner to overclock more than 100 for gpu and 100 for memory clock.
And it ran firestrike fine.

I'm using the 330 watt power supply now, been using it for 2 weeks.
I pushed the overclocking a bit more. gpu temps aren't a issue, mind you that I did a thernal repaste.
I can get benchmarks that rival/exceeds the review benchmarks.
Without overclocking with afterburner, with just the OC Gauge. I couldn't match the review benchmarks, was more in line with the reviews done on YouTube by resellers saying it was marginally better than the 1070.

 

The next step from 230W is 330W and its too big and heavy.

330W = 1330g.
230W = 900g.

The weird thing is that according to Notebookcheck the Aorus X7 v6 PSU is 776g and the Aorus X7 v6 DT is 900g even though they are both rated at 230W.
Which makes me think that probably the DT's PSU can deliver a a bit more than 230W.

 

weight is not translatable in amount of power. THey could be just as well using 2 brands. For example Chicony and Delta.

 

I have the v6 and it came with the Delta PSU.

As for the DT it has the Delta PSU as well by looking at the NBC review.

 

Same ingenious idea as Dellienware's engineers put with the flimy 180w and Gtx980m for the first AW Echo models.
Maybe Razer's 250w brick have the same connector and can be used. In worst case have Aorus engineers put on a power cap in firmware similar Dellienware with the AW18 models. Aka forget use of stronger psu.

 

The razer uses a proprietary connector for the RBP. Aorus/gigabyte use the same as the msi stealth and ghost series. But the 330watt of msi uses a different connector i think?

 

If I remember correctly is MSI's 330w connector same as Clevo. Nothing will fit without a mod on Aorus. But no one know if Aorus engineers have put a power cap in firmware or MB. If so you are screwed

 

The adp 330 I bought fits perfectly fine.
You can look up your adp230 online and see the measurements for the plug and make sure the 330 watt you order is the same size, voltage, and polarity.
I found two models on taobao that fits.
I'm using one made for Dell.

Different reviews have stated power draw can go up to 250 and even exceed 270 watts.

 

Can you give us a part number or something?

 

Dell y90rr
Adp330ab d

 

I have a 330 watt 4 pin delta brick that won't fit. Do you know how I would mod a 4 pin to a barrel connector? I would love to do this!

 

Do we know for a fact that the GTX1080 in the DT is capped, or at least performing below what it should? Or just that it somehow miraculously enough seem to work as it should even though it shouldn't?

 

Having seen similar mod before. But @t456 can probably give you a few advices.

 

I think the 230W are sufficient:



The 1080 can handle +150mhz in the first run and the 6820KH is oced to 4.0-4.3 Ghz.

I am fine with this result.

Best regards

phila

 

Quoting myself here, as I have to revoke my statement. The 230W will not limit you, when you use the stock clocks. But if you want to go for some serious OCing, you will face issues.

With OC and untervolt on the GPU (1900mhz at 925mV) and OC on Core and Cache (4.1Ghz allcore at +30mV each) I am constantly reaching 230W.

I think tose settings are fine for such a thin notebok, but if you want to go all in, you will need more power.

Best regards

phila

 

3dmark is hardly putting full load on all components. its impossible that under absolute full load 230watt is enough.

 

230W psu is barely enough for single 1070 setup. This with a fully locked down former low entry 6700hq BGA. And Gigabyte P57X v6 with exactly same hardware is up to 230w in max power consumtion.

 

ALso not forget a powersupply is slowly losing capacity over the years. Capacitors do not keep their level of performance over time. 2 years later and you still see the battery draining while using it under load.