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March 26th, 2021 23:00
M17 R4 - internal cooling part for CPU & GPU
Hello,
Does anybody know, M17 R4 has separate cooling for CPU and GPU, or unified?
If somebody had teardown, please show a good photos how the cooling part looks like here!
Thanks.
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ejn63
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March 27th, 2021 07:00
It's one large heatsink assembly with two fans. There's a detailed photograph in the service manual.
https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/product-support/product/alienware-m17-r4-laptop/docs
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March 27th, 2021 13:00
If you look up the description for the part on several sites, it's specified as only for the R4. Only the manufacturer can tell you what the difference is -- could be a different alloy, different thermal mass or different fans.
Malkiyah
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March 27th, 2021 13:00
Thank you! It looks like the same as on previous M17 R3, can you confirm?
If yes, then it's weird, because M17 R4 is much more better in cooling aspect than M17 R3. How then did Dell do that ?
I feel something is changed for better cooling...