Enzo731

How does the fan speed compare before/after?

Is there a noticeable different in fan speed? does it run quieter?

I had an R3 for 5years and I still regret selling it to a good friend of mine.

I'd most likely buy it back when he's done with it.

It won't play any new games but at least it'll give me non-stop nostalgia vibes when playing SC/SC2

On 3/9/2022 at 8:23 PM, MZWiZard said:

Does anyone still use M18xR2 ? Mine just found a way out of the closet and is looking pretty still

Surely there must be, I'm here with an M18x R1.

Needs a few things checked out but should keep me busy during the colder months.

Finally I can put my old copper shims back into use!

Thanks for the write-up and pictures, makes this easy for anyone to do.

On 8/21/2019 at 7:04 AM, Skill said:

If you can get it for dirt cheap and it still has working components with no signs of major overheating (lol, I mean melting caps not our usual overheating), working motherboard, monitor, etc. I would buy one assuming that I would have to swap out the HDD for an SDD, upgrade the RAM to 16gb (8gb x2), and carefully wipe off the crusted thermal crud from the cpu/gpu with isopropyl and reapply some thermal paste after giving the whole cooling system a thorough cleaning. That's like ~$130 in parts (if you want good stuff) and a little bit of surgery, and voila you've got yourself a damn good computer.

This is still relevant today. Can get a m14/m17/m18x for not much cash these days and with a few spare parts have an enjoyable experience.

@MR20807

Sandwiching between the GPU/CPU and the heatsink: you have to make sure the heatsink can sit properly. Thinner the copper shim the better.

You can also install right on top of the heatsink, that should also help with the temps.

I've tried this on a 3740qm HP 2570p.