*OFFICIAL* M17x R3 Owner's Lounge Thread - Part 3

[SkylineLvr]

I'd give Dell a call and let them know about the problem. Not sure if you opening up your system would cause an issue with them.

[DarthGator14]

I'd give Dell a call and let them know about the problem. Not sure if you opening up your system would cause an issue with them.

I actually was on the phone with them this morning as I was opening it up. I said it looked like something was missing but the tech said there wasn't. Kind of hard to argue with him since I wasn't 100% sure either. So I just let it be, said thanks for your help, and then proceeded to fix it my way. Don't know how much more I can do but the thought of re-opening my computer freaks me out. 1-2 times is ok but after that I feel like it loses it's tightness you know what I mean?

[blink_c]

I actually was on the phone with them this morning as I was opening it up. I said it looked like something was missing but the tech said there wasn't. Kind of hard to argue with him since I wasn't 100% sure either. So I just let it be, said thanks for your help, and then proceeded to fix it my way. Don't know how much more I can do but the thought of re-opening my computer freaks me out. 1-2 times is ok but after that I feel like it loses it's tightness you know what I mean?

That's what she said

Come on, I had to

[GeoCake]

Replaced my CPU heatsink (temps were higher than they should be), and my temps have dropped 16C at max load. My old CPU heatsink must have been pretty worn out and warped, and my pipes were probably messed up in some way. Is all good now.

[pau1ow]

Wow impressive. One of my mate got a new CPU Heatsink (double pipe) in his M18x and temps dropped by 15-16°C at max load too..

[GeoCake]

Wow impressive. One of my mate got a new CPU Heatsink (double pipe) in his M18x and temps dropped by 15-16°C at max load too..

Quite silly the M18x comes with 1 heat pipe heatsink for QMs and 2 for XMs... tbh both should come with 3 heatpipes!

I think I re-pasted two many times and screwed things up big! I am going to stick to re-pasting twice a year now.

[hendeale]

I'm thinking about getting a m17x but can't decide on either the 560m or 6990m gpu. I get arguments for both sides, so not sure which would run best. Not concerned with the price between the two, and I am looking to play games like Skyrim, mw3, bf3, and anything else that comes up. Just curious what others think.

[xeroxide]

if physx and/or cuda are important for you, then go with the 560m
otherwise the 6990m is the better choice of the two. why?
it's simply faster.

[JoeyFUZZ911]

Radeon 6990m is the fastest single mobile GPU on the market. Well its tied with the 580m. The 560m is no where near the performance of either of those. It's still a good card but for playing games on 900p res and lower. The 560m is like the 5th best mobile card.

Go with the 6990m!

[pau1ow]

Yep 560M O/C is perfectly fine for 900P Medium/high settings gaming, 6990M is a beast and can cope with Full hd games. 580M slighthly better than the latter when both fully overclocked.