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    3940XM in a Y500

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by irishfighter930, Nov 11, 2013.

  1. irishfighter930

    irishfighter930 Newbie

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    Has anyone done this upgrade possibly? Im heavily thinking about upgrading my 3630QM to a 3940XM. Just trying to find out if the board supports the 55w of the 3940 and if thrre any major heating problems.

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  2. Jobine

    Jobine Notebook Prophet

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    The board supports it. In fact, you can even put a 4930MX inside a Y510p if you want too.

    But there are a few reasons why you wouldn't wanna do this:
    - XM chims are insanely expensive
    - XM chips are made for overclockers only. The Y500 does not have much thermal headroom, so major heating problems might occur.
     
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    irishfighter930 Newbie

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    Is there anything I can do about the heating issues other than using as5 and a cooling pad?

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    octiceps Nimrod

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    Nope. Many of us have already done that and still get overheating CPU's, especially the Haswell owners. Subpar cooling design is subpar cooling design, nothing you can do about it short of modding the whole thing.

    Swapping in the XM chip when the laptop can barely handle the 3630QM is just asking for heat issues, if I haven't made the point abundantly clear in your thread on the other forum. Anyway, what do you do that needs the extra CPU horsepower? I'd imagine you'd get more benefit from spending that money on a bigger SSD.
     
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    Jobine Notebook Prophet

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    You are right, however if he installs the CPU himself, he will be able to repaste his laptop, possibly giving him better temps on the XM.
     
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    irishfighter930 Newbie

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    My laptop handles the 3630QM without any issues. But I do 3D rendering and animation video editing and play a lot of games. Sure maybe I dont need it but I got the laptop for a pretty good deal and if I can put this cpu in without overheating it while using it for what I do I wouldnt mind paying for it. I also already have a msata ssd with a 1tb seagate hybrid sshd.

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    Are you sure your 3630QM is running at full Turbo Boost speed? It won't be unless you use ThrottleStop, and that has a big affect on temperatures.