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Ok, finally arrived today and I just installed. However, temps aren't really that much different than before (2 pipe with IC Diamond). I get temps in the high 80s © in a room that is in the mid 70s (F) when running wPrime. I only used the Dell paste (it looked ok). Is there some sort of cure time with it? Did I install it wrong, and now need to redo it with paste? I know it is probably fine for day to day and gaming, but I was hoping to start overclocking my 2920XM beyond the Level 3 setting ...
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Well, 9 days later I am still waiting on my heat sink to arrive. Has been delayed twice, and a third time is looking likely since it hasn't shipped and has an EDD of 9/28. According to the reps, they are "out of stock", but yet somehow still manage to ship new M18X R2s . . . I have re-pasted my current heat sink, and that fixed my issues at least. Is this something the Alienware reps on the board can help with, or are they mostly for pre-ordering help? Also seems like the only one on ebay now is $90 - I should have done that from the start it seems.
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You're welcome. You have to check out Cheap Ass Gamer - Cheap Video Game Shopping, Video Game Sales and Video Game Deals: CAG if you haven't already . . . lots of deals, and the reps from some sites (Amazon, GMG, but not Steam) post there regularly too.
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I've been thinking about this too. Was only so-so on the first, and am reading to see what changes have been made. fyi, you can get another 20% off at GMG until Tuesday with this code GMG20-AWDF9-Q1PEY.
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I just ordered one. I realized today that I have been hitting in the high 90s on 3dMark11 and Vantage (using only overclock level 3) and throttling back. Rather than just repaste, I saw this note and decided to give it a try. You have to get the right rep, as the first one I got practically refused to sell it to me since I had an R1. She kept insisting on selling me the dual pipe, and then eventually the single pipe from the R2. Thanks for the info, and after I get it in later this week I'll let you know how it went.
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Ok, I gave this a shot, and in general it worked very well. I have been using the MSI FD vbios with a pretty mild OC (I forget the specifics, but the 3dmark11 was 6834). With this vbios (without the fake boost) it went to 7132. I tried overclocking further (up to 1000/1150), but keeps crashing out of 3dmark11. I am running the 306.02 drivers. For now this will do, I will try a few more things over the weekend. I am fairly new to this - is 1000/1150 higher than this voltage can support?
Thanks for the guide and info! +rep!
Alienware M18x-R1 Triple (3) Pipe CPU Cooler Upgrade
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Wow, great call! This is from a similar wprime run, up to about 72% complete. I guess Dell defaults it that high for overclockers? I haven't re-pasted yet, and probably won't bother now until I really need to. Thanks!