What CPU heatsinks are you guys running for your Ranger?

M18x-oldie · Feb 23, 2019

Also wanted to order one of these HS, but didn't, since I read distorted experiences of users, sm say super, sm say bad.

Have one of these "turbo" fans in my r4, HW info with EC reading off and fans set to "maxed" give me 6-7° on CPU and 3-4° on GPU (stock fan) vs auto fan control, when gaming.

Reciever · Feb 23, 2019

Guess I was lucky I had a good one but screwed it up lol

kaibsora · Feb 24, 2019

Ashtrix said: ↑

I bought not one but two of those heatsinks from same seller, thought it might be of real benefit and it wasn't. And damn they weren't even fitting. I have them sitting in the closet, wasted I PMed him no use because of some communication gap or such, I didn't feel to wreck him/her because of the work they are doing and was busy at that time.

Looks like from both @EepoSaurus and yourself @kaibsora the LM is much better than those heatsinks, Also I remember @Papusan was able to bench it quite well still ofc with the same dual heatpipe stock heatsink with Liquid metal, So I guess staying with stock is better then.

Alienware of pre 2013 and until 2014 had one of the best Heatsink fits ever. But as we know they took a nose dive with BGA and the tripod mess and a whole another world of gimpgames. And, one more thing I'd like to mention is Dell Fan profiles, they are WORST, unlike the M17x R4 you cannot control them, Even with the HWInfo Dell EC the max out is *trash* better to leave it auto for both GPU and CPU (Because the RPM read out on HWInfo with Dell EC isn't what when the fans kick in auto, I just tested it while playing COD WWII), the only fix I know is -> custom fan table option which works only with MX CPUs. Maybe you can check it out the thread and it needs DPTF which is available ONLY with the Unlocked BIOS on Ranger.

And the only time when you hear the real fan performance (even without both fans from M17x R4 GPU and M17x R3 CPU) is the BIOS flashing time (this is same for the Area51M as well now). They run to max boost this is the MAX RPM, I wish they ran like that when we have the Dell EC with the HWInfo maxed-out. Compal EC has problems from what I remember as it maxes out CPU fan, BUT it messes up a lot.

One last thing, that Turbo fan you mentioned is from the same seller, No idea how it will work, factoring all the things above. First time seeing it, please let us know what changes you notice, Thanks.

Edit : Btw can anyone confirm with the Unlocked BIOS about this DPTF feature whether it works for RPM control as well, discussed in the AW18 thread ?
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Yeah. Everything you stated is exactly kn point with my heatsinks that I bought from him. With lm, it seems that the hs doesn't even touch the CPU. However. I was able to stop vr throttling and even get 4.3 on all cores without throttling on stock CPU with pads on vrms. Now, That being said, it gets into 90s lol. so I have to get a better fan.

I can test the dptf thing you are talking about. If you PM me, I'm much easier to reach on discord. (I have 4930mx and a14+ bios)

Ashtrix · Feb 24, 2019

M18x-oldie said: ↑

Also wanted to order one of these HS, but didn't, since I read distorted experiences of users, sm say super, sm say bad.

Have one of these "turbo" fans in my r4, HW info with EC reading off and fans set to "maxed" give me 6-7° on CPU and 3-4° on GPU (stock fan) vs auto fan control, when gaming.
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Could you be more specific, I couldn't understand, so this turbo fan shaves off 6-7C on CPU temps vs the M17x R4 stock CPU fan ? About GPU vs Auto fan I didn't get that too, thanks.

kaibsora said: ↑

Yeah. Everything you stated is exactly kn point with my heatsinks that I bought from him. With lm, it seems that the hs doesn't even touch the CPU. However. I was able to stop vr throttling and even get 4.3 on all cores without throttling on stock CPU with pads on vrms. Now, That being said, it gets into 90s lol. so I have to get a better fan.

I can test the dptf thing you are talking about. If you PM me, I'm much easier to reach on discord. (I have 4930mx and a14+ bios)
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Damn shame that this HS fitment is hit or miss, so far only saw @TheReciever and @EepoSaurus got the proper fit.
And regarding the BIOS I do not have the unlocked BIOS flashed onto my machine but this is the post which explains that a bit and needs this driver.

kaibsora · Feb 24, 2019

Ashtrix said: ↑

Could you be more specific, I couldn't understand, so this turbo fan shaves off 6-7C on CPU temps vs the M17x R4 stock CPU fan ? About GPU vs Auto fan I didn't get that too, thanks.

Damn shame that this HS fitment is hit or miss, so far only saw @TheReciever and @EepoSaurus got the proper fit.
And regarding the BIOS I do not have the unlocked BIOS flashed onto my machine but this is the post which explains that a bit and needs this driver.
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i get "this computer does not meet the minimum requirements for this driver" error on install

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