Alienware 17 R4 Heatsink Upgrade

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.

Alienware 17 r4 heatsink upgrade. Alienware 17 r1 heatsinks upgrade thread starter virax clone. 1 how can i know that i don t already have the upgraded one. Configure the g sync settings. One 1 year warranty and free tech support on dell alienware 17 r4 heatsinks and dell 17 r4 laptop replacement heatsinks.

1 of 2 go to page. Restart the pc and enter the bios by tapping rapidly on the f2 key during post. I already changed the thermal paste and cleaned it but it improved a little. Inside alienware 17 r4 disassembly internal photos and upgrade options says.

Alienware 17 r1 r2 r3 r4 r5. Joined jan 12 2020 messages 21. 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. Hi there my fan has been broken so i decided to change the whole heatsink.

Temperature hits over 95 c an. Alienware 17 r4 heatsink upgrade. At 4 3ghz overclocking throttling. Click set up g sync in the left hand side menu.

The other two m 2 ssd slots are also pcie nvme. 2 are these both are the same. I think his heatsink is very inefficient. I read before that there is upgraded version so i have two questions.

My alienware 17 r4 gets very hot. So far it s been working. So the fans don t require extra power neither do the bigger copper heat pipes. You can keep your oem 240w psu.

Select the nvidia control panel. 17 r4 can i replace one fan on the heatsink. 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.

Start date jan 18 2020. Uncheck the box next to enable g sync. Alienware 13 r3 15 r3 and 17 r4. Find compatible hardware hard drives memory batteries and accessories speakers headphones keyboards mice.

Get parts and accessories upgrades for your dell alienware 17 r4. Why have an i7 8720hk and have to run it at 2 9ghz playing or undervolting.