Posts by Obmij

Hi Doxx, Yes, I would think the FX2500 would idle a bit cooler than a 7950 GTX since it is clocked lower. I unlocked my FX2500 way back when and cranked it up but there wasn't enough benefit for the added heat so I dropped it back to...

Quote: Originally Posted by ganzonomy I don't know what it is either, however I rarely use it, and it's relegated to the gaming machine my little sisters use when they don't want to use their HP DV2000 (The record low...

Quote: Originally Posted by ganzonomy And that's all it was designed for... normal operations. I have an m1710 myself with "only" a T7200, and i have to keep i8kfangui maxed out to keep the cpu and gpu under...

Quote: Originally Posted by ganzonomy ...That's why DELL was so resistant to OC'ing anytihng in their laptops. They knew they probably couldn't handle much, if any of it. So true. I was surprised when Dell...

I've been running Windows 7 RC 7100, 32 bit on my M1710 for months now and it runs great. In fact, it uses less CPU cycles than my XP SP2 installation on a separate hard drive. I use I8kfanGUI on both with the same settings and was...

Quote: Originally Posted by matchbox2022 ...My Inspiron has burnt out alot, and now that its out of warranty I'm constantly downclocking the gpu and looking to make a better solution just to get the idle temps below 50C....

Quote: Originally Posted by zzpulp Another thing to note is that Dell designs its bios fan control in order to minimize fan sound rather than to keep the computers idle temperature cool. Sure its a tradeoff but there...

Quote: Originally Posted by almmohd have had my m1710 for about 2.5 yrs now, installed vista ultimate recently and noticed it runs hotter now especially as i have my desktop set as one of the dreamscene movies. Guess it...

Quote: Originally Posted by dave-p Actually i like the ideal of Vent Filters, Something that could be easily removed and cleaned now if Dell could design such a thing so it was a built in feature that did not require the...

Quote: Originally Posted by JesseKnows It seems you put a filter on the air exhaust (side of case) as well as the air intake (bottom of case). I'd recommend not restricting the exhaust, as that reduces the air flow...