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XPS 8930, are these temps/ performance bad?
Hi , I have a pretty much stock XPS 8930 I7 8700(non K) and its main work load is re encoding blurays with Handbrake. CPU temps seem to be alot of peoples concerns and usually sounds like unless you stay in the 60s C or less you are overheating? Attached is screen shot of my XPS about 30 min into recode with Handbrake. It appears to have throttled back from 4.6 turbo mode and temps seem to hang at 75-80C. Intel spec sheet for this cpu says it's Tjunction temp is 100C. It seems Intel change from Tcase spec which was a much lower temp on spec sheet on 6th gen processors. Upgrades for cpu heatsink/fan aren't as simple as I might like and any cooling improvements seem marginal. Would like to here others thoughts on this performance and recomendations.
I have a pending upgrade on my grandsons(for gaming) XPS 8930 i3 8100 to i5 9600k but am holding on that until I can get comfortable with temps and fixes for them. I'm thinking my video encoding is as brutal as any gaming experience.
https://ark.intel.com/products/126686/Intel-Core-i7-8700-Processor-12M-Cache-up-to-4-60-GHz-
RoHe
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December 28th, 2018 11:00
Read the post by ghopper on 02-25-2018 in this thread and see if that works for you.
546insp
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December 28th, 2018 12:00
And read my front fan thread
https://www.dell.com/community/XPS-Desktops/XPS-8920-added-120mm-front-fan-with-pictures/m-p/6117839#M13713
Zb1012
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April 22nd, 2019 06:00
Im thinking of just buying a better case for my computer but with the motherboard in a dell xps 8930 would it allow me to plug extra fans into the motherboard? Kind of done with the minimalistic case dell gives. Doesnt really allow for good cooling with one fan and a little dinky fan on my i7 8700 that runs very hot.
bell47g5a
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April 22nd, 2019 07:00
Just an FYI, gaming can add many more watts of heat to your case compared to your video encoding.
As you can see from your screenshot, your GPU isn't engaged by Handbrake whatsoever although it can be set up to use it.
Even though it can speed up encoding, the general consensus is the resulting outputs lowered quality isn't worth the time savings.
RoHe
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April 22nd, 2019 10:00
Did you try the fix ghopper posted in the thread I linked, above?
Anonymous
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April 22nd, 2019 20:00
If you do a lot of gaming, and you are prepared to take on the project, a better case is the way to go. There are several discussions in this community about xps 8930 case swaps. If you want to add cooling fans to your current case, you can use a fan splitted (1) and connect to the motherboard fan header, or you can pick up power direct from the PSU with a SATA to 3-pin/4-pin fan splitter (2).
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546insp
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April 22nd, 2019 20:00