Sorry for the delay haven't been around since i last posted. Thanks for your response!!! I see, thought they had sli and it's a shame they don't work with the 8GB versions, looks like dell is seroius about tightening their grip on us enthusiasts, oh so much for that idea "but where there is a will there is a way".
I have a M18x R1, wasn't sure if the had a heatsink better than 100W. Noted wasn't aware the AMD heatsink for the 7970m could also work that opens a bit more room for modding if needed.
No more enthusiast laptops, well i was hoping they won't of taken that route eventually, But they might change their minds soon, but that 18 was more than a step back not sure what that design team was on and the same goes for the coders the ridiculous fan table it came with was more than enough for me to stay far and ovenwell (hashwell) didn't help that problem either. You think they would at least sell upgrade parts: graphics cards, processors, etc along with a bios update for comparability for us they would still make money, but i guess they prefer we buy their lemons (e.g 18) and be happy, i also think they are forgetting we are paying for it so it should be worth the price and not be like buy a ferrari with a little go-kart engine but i guess they don't see the unfairness in that.
Well, that is true but i have been able to shave off 7 degrees off my primary card modding a 11.4 cfm fan for it usually under full load using a benchmark software i use as reference knowing no game will ever push the card that much now that card dances between 60 -62 degrees only after multiple back to back runs, temps no crawl up that that rather than jumping. But the real reason i asked is due to the fact that from tests it's clear i havent reached the heatsinks maximum capacity and figured a faster fan will squeeze a little cooler temps before i consider tweaking something else. I i also did a mod to prevent the hot air from bouncing back into the system which just causes the temps to rise, got a 4 degree drop with that. Am currently working on a cooling pad but it's slow and tedious work but it's coming along but i wouldn't dare use dry ice on the heatsink way too close for comfort.
I do use Liquid Ultra, best in my opinion! Did that right after i made sure the laptop came without any damage (both for the graphics cards and processor), that thing is great! Also if you ever get that stuff on the transistors isopropyl gets it off clean. I thought about removing the mess but i clean it maybe every 3 months and what little dust gets stuck to it made me reconsider but may once the cooling pad is done. Thanks for your insight though but have done most of those already.
No, not at all i might have even came up with some new ideas thanks to you! When done the cooling pad will be sufficient but until then i figured i would conclude the limitation of each cooling part by modding until that limit is reached as we all know ever degree counts in the summer time. I wonder if the 1080m will be a pain, any news on that?
