The Acer TimelineX 3820TG with AMD HD5650M comes with a dual fan configuration. It worked like a charm, and it was almost a perfect laptop.
Then comes the successor TimelineX 3830Tg with GT540M, where Acer decided to removed one of the fans, it ended up suffering from severe CPU and GPU throttling.. because of that, we don't even recommend that laptop in this forum regardless of how awesome the 3820Tg was

you'd rather have your components fried?

best solution MSIGT70

How about this?




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does the components really gonna fried without the extra fan? Y580's temperature look nice to me
the problem it has is the location of the HDD ...the whole cooling system is working fine on this laptop with SINGLE fan

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Added on June 19, 2012, 9:59 pmblack colour is timeless...especially on edgy technology part..
BIG BIG "LIKE" for the look of the internal..which laptop is tat?

This post has been edited by jammerlee711: Jun 19 2012, 09:59 PM

90c-ish temp is fine for u?

Macbook Pro Retina.

you sure a hundred percent if you swap HDD somewhere else, the temps gonna be fine?


FYI

GE60 GDDR5 GT650, heat issue
Dv6-700x GDDR5 GT650, heat issue


the problem is not simply, 'where' the fan is. They are cramping heaving duty card in tight chassis, without sufficient airflow.

I am using GE60 with GTX 660M... However i dont feel any discomfort cause by heat after playing any graphically intensive game such as MW3 and BF3 after an extended period of time (>1 hour) especially if i use the turbo mode for the fan...even the part part around the keyboard and palmrest near the hdd isnt really too hot after that...

This post has been edited by Uchiha_Itachi1991: Jun 19 2012, 11:57 PM

not sure about gtx660m, perhaps they hada fix? but it is positive for quite some users with the gt650m


keep on using though, and MW3 is not graphically intensive for a gtx660m. what reso are you using for BF3?

CPU or GPU will be throttled before the components fried.
Full copper heat sink are but need DIY on HDD temp.

G55VW cooling are but under stress test with Furmark & Prime95, CPU at 95C, GTX660M at 77C.
CPU also above 90C like Y580.

Under extreme stress test with Furmark, Prime95 & stress HDD with AIDA64, Chinese site manage to bring down the HDD temp from 63C to 43C by swapping HDD.
This is an unnatural level of stress that is almost never achieved under normal circumstances (including heavy gaming)

if you ask me ..yes, im okay with that
for the price lenovo is asking ... this is a value buy already
im using an old acer 4935G， idle arnd 70'c, under full load already 92~3'c
it still last me for 3 years without any problem, never changed the thermal paste or anything
just vacuum the opening and fan sometimes....

DV6's cooling are good , G55's cooling are good, dual fan's cooling are good
but value wise..i'll still choose the y580

I see. what about the temps of other component?

Throttling mean huge FPS drop in game.

There are few factors u need to consider before u comparing result from the chinese website like ambient temperature and proc. They use 35w Core i5 and Malaysian model use 45w Core i7.

Yeah the price is quite a bargain. If i'm still a heavy gamer i probably will get one too.

This post has been edited by Acid_RuleZz: Jun 20 2012, 12:36 AM

a question to acid_rulezz , is DV6's GPU on par or better than GTX660 after overclock??

Which DV6? 6000 or 7000 series?

the latest that is in or coming to m'sia shore =)

the one with GT650M GDDR5? It is basically a downclock version of GTX660M.

Thank you for alerting me . Info updated to reflect the Chinese site test environment with i5-3210M, GTX660M(GDDR5) at room temp 24c.

DV6-7038tx listed in HP malaysia driver site with spec
i7-3610QM, GT650M(GDDR5), FHD anti-glare, 8GB, 1TB(5400rpm), blue ray
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/documen...product=5277765

Its seem GT650M can OC to GTX660M.

This post has been edited by ytlay: Jun 20 2012, 02:38 AM

Seems possible. Some more already fitted with the GDDR5 version.

brace for heat. the Dv6-7k is well complaint over due to heat produced by the gddr5 choice.