Alienware 17 R4 Heatsink Upgrade

My alienware 17 r4 gets very hot.

Alienware 17 r4 heatsink upgrade.

Find compatible hardware hard drives memory batteries and accessories speakers headphones keyboards mice. Disable the nvidia g sync only applicable on g sync supported models right click on the desktop. Uncheck the box next to enable g sync. That being said i did buy a 330w which works fine with my 17 r4 because i want to avoid the hybrid ac battery function the system uses when under heavy load.

I already changed the thermal paste and cleaned it but it improved a little. 2 are these both are the same. Alienware 17 r1 heatsinks upgrade thread starter virax clone. At 4 3ghz overclocking throttling.

Temperature hits over 95 c an. Get parts and accessories upgrades for your dell alienware 17 r4. I was wondering if the copper quad heatpipe cpu heatsinks on ebay are worth the expense. Jump to solution my laptop fan on one side lately has been making an obnoxious loud grinding noise as it spins that can be heard from multiple rooms away.

So the fans don t require extra power neither do the bigger copper heat pipes. 17 r4 can i replace one fan on the heatsink. Click set up g sync in the left hand side menu. I think his heatsink is very inefficient.

I read before that there is upgraded version so i have two questions. The motherboard holds three m 2 pcie nvme enabled ssd slots with one in our unit taken by a toshiba m 2 pcie nvme ssd with 256gb capacity while the 2 5 inch hdd slot is taken by an hgst drive with 1tb capacity. Configure the g sync settings. Yes the 1080 for aw17 r4.

So far it s been working. Hi there my fan has been broken so i decided to change the whole heatsink. 1 how can i know that i don t already have the upgraded one. Start date jan 18 2020.

Jan 18 2020 1 hi all. You can keep your oem 240w psu. 1 of 2 go to page. Select the nvidia control panel.

Why have an i7 8720hk and have to run it at 2 9ghz playing or undervolting. Alienware 13 r3 15 r3 and 17 r4. The other two m 2 ssd slots are also pcie nvme. Restart the pc and enter the bios by tapping rapidly on the f2 key during post.

Inside alienware 17 r4 disassembly internal photos and upgrade options says. Alienware 17 r4 heatsink upgrade.