Optimistic Prime

Very nice! I can't wait to see all the benching madness that is sure to follow.

Trying to pick up some of that knowledge from you two, overclocking masterminds. I'm joining the XM club now, with a fresh 3940XM. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3940XM,Alienware M18xR2 Can't wait to be rocked by some more 780M benches, John.

Working my way up... P13332 3DMark11 Score - 680M SLI - i7 3820QM Would also like to verbally thank svl7 for the awesome work, you rock!

Hi guys, I thought I'd post one of my first overclocking attempts here: P12463 3DMark11 Score - 680M SLI - i7 3820QM 1040MHz core / 1103MHz memory - CPU stock I'm still getting into overclocking again, go easy on me.

Which is exciting to watch, for the rest of us. My M18x R2 often has a 7 - 10 degree difference at idle. Usually the primary GPU is under a small amount of load, keeping it a bit warmer.

Thanks for the information, Natalia. I always wondered how people did this, but never looked into it. I also agree that disabling startup items is a great way to reduce bootup time.

Hmm, back when i first purchased my M17x R3 (September 2011) it came with Steam, and a free Copy of Portal. I purchased my M18x R2, (Semptember 2012) with the Steam option, and it came with Dota2. Other than that, I'm not sure.

Yes, please! I would also like to see an article on this.

I believe GPU #0 is on the left and GPU #1 is on the right. The differences should be because GPU #1 is not under load. A 10 degree difference is normal when you aren't doing anything that utilizes that GPU.

Hi guys, I just blind flashed from A08 to A03 so I thought I'd post my results here. Everything seems to have went fine, 135 beeps.