Alex Six Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Hi all, i just got an alienware m17x-R2 off the dell out let for an epic price. i used the refund from my m14x and i saved a cool $100 specs are: Intel i7-920XM 2x 5870's 4gb ram 1333 250Gb HDD ( i have an SSD i will add) W7 HP Intel 6300 (2x2) so to all of those M17x owners what should i do now? what can/should i do to get the most epic performance out of this beast? P.S what are some average OC's? I.e CPU and GPU? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyleGates Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Heck, I wanna know too!I just grabbed an m17 R2 off the 'Bay and wouldnt mind hearing about any "gotta do it" stuff.I gots:17" RGB 19x12840qm2x 5870s8GB GSkill 1333 7cs500GBIntel 6300Blu Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder StamatisX Posted August 17, 2011 Founder Share Posted August 17, 2011 @KyleGates welcome to the forum[MENTION=340]Alex Six[/MENTION] since you have an XM CPU, ThrottleStop will be your best friend. I have mine stable (at least for the tasks I do) at 3.6GHz with TDP/TDC at 98/96 and 5% BIOS OC with 75mV extra and 1.6V for the RAM. Keep in mind though that I have performed a retention mod to my heatsink and I have applied ICD 24.@Both if you plan to repaste your GPUs and perform a retention mod there as well then you can clock your GPUs like 930+/1220+ (I can go up to 945/1240 without much effort and game without the fans kicking in all the way). If you don't repaste and perform a retention mod you can go probably around 840/1150... but that will depend on ambient temperatures and staff..ThrottleStop hereTrixx hereRetention Mods here and here 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nospheratu Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 (edited) ^ excellent post. I have no retention mods yet and have my chip running at 3.5ghz with Shin Etsu X23D with FSB @ 140mhz and RAM @ 1.6v. Throttlestop really unleashes the power(literally ) of XM CPU's and I have my TDP/TDC set at 95/75 with a max turbo ratio of 25x across all cores. My GPU's are flashed to 850/1100 @ 1.1v also no retention mods with X23D paste. I can get my gpu up to around 830 with stock volts. I am still waiting for my ICD sample to perform the retention mod to bump up the clocks a bit. @Alex Six I see you're planning on using an SSD. Our PM55 chipset has issues with 4K read/writes with SSD's. Theres two well known tweaks to optimise SSD performance on this chipset. The first is @StamatisX Intelppm method here which he is using atm and the other which I am using is JJB's power profile tweak which you can find here. You may also want to also change your OSD icons as the default ones look a bit old. The link is in my sig. @KyleGates Welcome! Have fun guys, this is one gorgeous, powerful piece of art EDIT: you can also upgrade to Xfire 6970M's but its not really needed atm imho. Edited August 17, 2011 by Nospheratu 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Six Posted August 17, 2011 Author Share Posted August 17, 2011 (edited) @StamatisX i dont have the balls to do the retention mod lol, but i will use some ICD 24. thanks for your input i really appreciate it.@Nospheratu HELL YEAH MAN! i saw your OSD icons and knew thats what i was going to do first! i must say bro… they are EPIC!!!!!! Edited August 17, 2011 by Alex Six Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nospheratu Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 @Nospheratu HELL YEAH MAN! i saw your OSD icons and knew thats what i was going to do first! i must say bro… they are EPIC!!!!!! Thanks man Glad you like it. Don't forget to update your sig with your new specs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyleGates Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 (edited) ... but that will depend on ambient temperatures and staff.. ..So, if my staff is +5 to GPU cooling I'll get better temps?! SWEET!! Now, what dungeon drops that staff I wonder......... In any case, thx for the sweet guides! Not sure I have the stones to try the retention mod but...we'll see. As far as paste goes, what do you guys recommend. I have always used AC Ceramique buts thats on desktops. Edited August 17, 2011 by KyleGates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder StamatisX Posted August 17, 2011 Founder Share Posted August 17, 2011 ..So, if my staff is +5 to GPU cooling I'll get better temps?! SWEET!! Now, what dungeon drops that staff I wonder.........In any case, thx for the sweet guides! Not sure I have the stones to try the retention mod but...we'll see. As far as paste goes, what do you guys recommend. I have always used AC Ceramique buts thats on desktops. I recommend ICD 24. Check those out: Innovation Cooling – Diamond 24 Review | Tech|Inferno http://forum.techinferno.com/general-notebook-discussions/913-ic-diamond-24-survey-results.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyleGates Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Would there be a big (gaming) diff between 1066 and 1333 memory in the R2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder StamatisX Posted August 18, 2011 Founder Share Posted August 18, 2011 You won't notice any difference, in the same way you won't notice it between 1333 vs 1600. Benchmarks will show some, ie winrar which is heavily depended on memory bandwidth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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