It's weird how they managed to nail the 980m GPU temps but faltered with the CPU.
The temps on their own aren't disastrous at all - just need to see how much the CPU throttles down. For example, I'd much rather CPU clockspeeds/temps like this (GS60) than this (X7 Pro)
The key for me would be to see how badly the CPU throttles compared to a GS60 w/970m - and how much it affects gaming performance. I wonder how much an IC Diamond re pasting would delay the throttle?
Cakefish, you are my only hope.
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Wanted to buy this beast today. OC UK don't ship to my country. who else sells p35x v3 cf1 that you know of?
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But will Broadwell be to Haswell what Maxwell is to Kepler in terms of temperature ?ericc191 likes this. -
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It's the same screw as on the P35W v2. Need to find screwdriver that fits it!
Edit: also, isn't it the integrated FIVR that causes the heat? That won't be fixed until Skylake from what I've heard.
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Cakefish, did you see my earlier question about the CPU performance? I see a few people that are curious about the CPU performance. Can you monitor CPU frequency when gaming & benchmarking to see what kind of turbo the CPU can maintain. I ask this for a couple of reasons really: the physics scores didn't look that great, and the CPU temperatures are quite high. It's all about what frequency the CPU can maintain when you're gaming & benchmarking. And how does it stack up against performance from other 4860HQ's?
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Cakefish can you do a BF4 benchmark?
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Just contacted XMG about an ETA on the P35X. Will hear from them soon.
@Cakefish: Procrastination or not, I nailed the exam today. I now have seas of time to read your review. My body is ready!maxheap, RMXO, Kaozm and 1 other person like this. -
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Just pre-ordered CF2 on Scan through finance. Too bad I can't buy the CF1 on Overclockers coz I can't find that damn finance button!
Scan's stock is overdue since 03rd Nov. And OCUK has ETA of 14th Nov. Fingers crossed.
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@Cakefish: Try disabling Turboboost and attempt some of the benchmarks again to see the FPS and temperature difference. Normally, CPU shouldn't affect GPU-heavy games. To do this, change the "Maximum Processing Power" in your current Battery Options Advance Settings profile. Once set, try the tests again to see how much the two drop.
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I have noticed that overclocking the GPU (played around with it briefly last night) brings about power throttling (180W PSU). I will see if undervolting and disabling turbo boost of the CPU will help in this regard.
Half hour left in my lecture (you can tell I'm really paying attention!).
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I've seen it, I'll check when I get back from my lecture.
The laptop had 3% wear level in hwmonitor when first booted up. It then very quickly went up to 4%. It didn't change thereafter. Should I be worried? What is the best way to take care of the battery?
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On a totally separate side note, jesus Robbo, how does one overclock the refresh rate of an LCD monitor?
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Refunds through AP and transfers to your bank takes forever if the amount is over a certain amount. Which sucks if you're waiting for those funds to buy something else.
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Wear level gets calibrated when you fully discharge & recharge your battery, so it's not like you've been wearing your battery out, it's just calibrating. The best way to preserve long term life in Li-on batteries is to not fully discharge them, and not to keep them at their 100% charged level, and also don't keep them hot. Heat & high charge level (typically the environment when used plugged in on AC adapter) will decrease the life of the battery. If you can bothered keep the battery at about 40-60% charge level, if you can turn off battery charging in the BIOS (like you can in the M17xR3). Also, use your battery every month or so rather than just using it on AC adapter all the time.
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So if manufacturer supplies just 180 watt PSU with a notebook, they will program notebook's circuitry to suck only 180 watts before starting throttling. If you get let's say 200 watt PSU, notebook would then still throttle at 180 watts.
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Will the 4710 provide cooler cpu temps?
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^^ Not likely they have the same 47W TDP. Btw I don't get why people are so worried about CPU temps, 90C is acceptable inside a thin form factor, you won't get any better than that (unless like Aorus, you down clock the CPU at 70C which is crazy )
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I'm now torn between the p35x cf1 and the GS60 3k, I'm hoping today's benchmarks will sway it. Really like the keyboard gs60, but the GPU on the p35x is better and its temps are good. If cpu doesn't throttle too badly and stays in low 90 or below I will go for the gigabyte.
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Either way, will be able to run plenty of virtual machines and FM 2015 should run well
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Not that I don't like FM (I love FM franchise since its early days of CM), but you can run FM on a potato sack, no need for a high end graphics card
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How do I pull the cable out? Without damaging it?
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Very true. I do enjoy fps too and will be nice to go back to keyboard and mouse again after gaming only on Xbox for the last 4 or 5 years.
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Can the power draw be monitored some way?
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Can you take the picture a bit from a distance as well too bro? I am not understanding if its the backplate or a fan (or something wildly different )?
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The white bit needs to be disconnected from the back bit:
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The white bit is the connector, you'll need to cut thr red tape (stripe on the white), then use a pair of tweezers or small flat head screwdriver to wedge-and-pry the connector.
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How the heck Do you cut something that is flush to the white bit?
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You cannot remove the white connector, pull the black bit gently. DO NOT PULL THE WIRE!
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SORRY I was mistaken. I thought the white bit is the socket and connector, turns out the white bit is the socket, and the black bit is the connector. So pinch the black bit and wiggle it out (I would't pull the cable since you never know how fragile they are).
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I always use a flat head screwdriver to remove this sort of pins. Just put it under the head and gently lift it.
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Finally, it came off. Good lord, that was difficult. Felt like I was going to break it
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Here's hi res photo of the P35 V2.
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