Anyone has experience with the Alienware 15 r4? Just ordered one with the i5 + 1060 OC combo. Reading reviews on the internet makes me scared for the thermal
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QUOTE(edmund_yung @ Jun 6 2018, 07:38 PM) I think most of the people complaining are running on GTX1070 and 1080. The GTX1060 should be much cooler since my 13R3 is fine with i7-7700HQ and GTX1060. Yeah seems like it. Went to the reddit page and noticed most people that was affected are running GTX 1070. The horror stories there kinda makes me restless. I know that they may represent a small part of the community but still, for such a premium brand, these things shouldn't have happened. This post has been edited by bitebug: Jun 7 2018, 12:34 AM |
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QUOTE(aaronpang @ Jun 11 2018, 11:02 AM) It's the heatsink design refer to page 96 of service manual. That processor is not worth the premium price IMO if it's just for gaming. Invested in the 120hz G-synz screen instead.http://topics-cdn.dell.com/pdf/alienware-1...anual_en-us.pdf The gist is the 3 screw design doesn't hold down the heat sink properly for good contact. Also the thermal pad is crap, it's typical crap nearly all big notebook manufacturers apply. Let's findout together if the Dell revisions to the R4 helps. What I heard is for R4 Dell applied different thermal paste and revised heat sink (although it still uses 3 screws) Ordered Alienware 15 configured with i7 8750H + GTX 1060 + 2 years warranty + Windows 10 Pro for RM6,017.30 QUOTE(Alan Chong @ Jun 11 2018, 02:30 PM) I think my unit got problem. I just play a low requirement RPG game and CPU average temperature hit 96c within 10 minutes game play. I already reported to DELL & wait for reply. Another lemon unit. Mine hit a high 86 degrees playing Witcher 3 on high settings. Acceptable but I'm probably gonna repaste it like everyone else. A colleague repasted his AW 17 using Kryonaut and he's looking at 70-80 degrees with undervolting as well. I'm just afraid of opening it and fucking up the Killer wireless card.Now I just pack my AW inside the beg and wait for Dell support. I continue use my 5 years old Fujitsu Lifebook, very nice machine. Used more then 5 years without any issue, now battery still can stay for 2-3 hour. Sadly Fujitsu no more supply in Malaysia. I have a 6 year old Toshiba laptop as well and it's still holding very strong without any issue at all. A shame the Japanese manufacturers are not investing in gaming laptops. I reckon they will do a much better job than their Chinese and American counterparts. This post has been edited by bitebug: Jun 13 2018, 03:20 AM |
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