chase11111

Hi All I am new to the forum and want to say a big thanks to @Prema . I would have sold my laptop would it not have been for Prema and his amazing work on the prema mod bios so here is the story. Around 3 years ago I bought a a Clevo W370st ( Mecer here in South Africa ). I was over the moon gaming at above 50fps and loving my new laptop. Around a year and a half after I bought the laptop I was shocked to see how quickly graphics cards were becoming outdated these days. I started to game less and less till my second problem hit me. My fan began making horrible noises and speeding up to abnormal speeds. I ordered a new 1 online and quickly replaced it when 2 months later it began again. I had cleaned out the fan housing and checked it sealed properly but the fan would speed up and begin making a noise when becoming unbalanced, I was at the point of selling the laptop and going back to desktop when I came across Prema mod. I found it by accident when trying to flash my bios to get my laptop to boot up quicker. I was so happy now my fan does not spin out of control anymore and it led me to TechInferno where I discovered the eGPU setup and now the proud owner of an EXP GDC Beast and eagerly awaiting my GTX 970 to begin benchmarking. Thank you Tech inferno for saving all those out there who decided a gaming laptop would not be outdated quickly and showing us that just about everything can be upgraded and kept current. Not planning on letting my baby go any time soon.

Thanks for the help. the picture is becoming clearer and I am more eager than ever to purchase my new GPU. There is one thing I am unsure of, when you refer to overclocking ram, what is the base memory speed for your ram. Is it 1600Mhz ram overclocked to 2133Mhz or did you just buy 2133Mhz ram such as kingston hyper x. The word overclocking is throwing me off abit. If you did overclock the ram from 1600Mhz to 2133Mhz would it not be better just to buy 2133Mhz ram for heating purposes. Never really overclocked before and getting a bit confused I am sorry. As for the rest of the info shot man your a star. I will definately post some benchmarks once my system is up and running and do some comparisons.

Good day Thanks a lot for the info. I signed up a profile just so I could ask you a couple questions. I am new to the forum so sorry to the admins should I be doing something incorrectly. I have a Clevo w370st which is very similar to your setup, Also running prema mod bios and I have purchased a EXP GDC Beast. I am currently saving for a new graphics card. Preferably something like this http://www.comx.co.za/GV-N970IXOC-4GD-GIGABYTE-nVidia-GeForce-GTX-970-4096MB-Buy-p-110799.php. I want a mini ITX version to make a small case to store the power supply and GPU as well as maybe a charging station. Question 1: I tested my Beast with an old 300w power supply and a gtx 220gt gpu that I had from an old desktop and got shocking results. Like 5fps on old nvidia benchmark software. What kind of issues did you run into when setting everything up? I did not disable my gtx 765m. Please post a screenshot of where in the prema mod bios to disable. Question 2: Is it possible to run all 3 GPUs simultaneously to have optimus through intel HD, Physics on dGPU and graphics processing on eGPU. I saw a thread about it somewhere but is it possible on your setup specifically? Question 3: How do you run overclocked ram (out the box or modded)?. I have 8gb 1600mhz but I am thinking of upgrading to 16Gb 2133Mhz ram. Is this possible cause according to the spec of the laptop it is capped at 1600Mhz. Question 4: Have you tested any 3d gaming on your setup. I have a 3d dlp projector which I purchased recently and was dissapointed to find out 3d gaming was not possible 3dtv play due to optimus. This is a Major flaw on Nvidias side as it should be plug and play. I assume having the projector or my 3d monitor connected directly to the gpu would mean that all the functions on the nvidia control panel become available including being able to activate 3d. Please post a screen shot of your nvidia control panel, Thanks I am so glad to come accross your post. I am sure we will be chatting quite alot in future months. This post has given me hope in what I am trying to achieve and i am not shooting in the dark here. Please could you post some screenshots with FPS in new games to see what I can expect. Thanks is advance for the help.