Posts by Obmij

Quote: Originally Posted by tijgert @Obmij: My GPU fan maxes out at about 4200rpm so that seems to be in line with the CPU fan. The reduced airflow because of the size however is a real problem. It get's to 103 with...

Quote: Originally Posted by newfiejudd Guys I know this sounds stupid but it works unbelievably well. When ever I get ready to play games I remove the piece of casing right above the Keyboard. I then place 12V fan...

Quote: Originally Posted by tijgert My GPU fan runs at full speed and produces way less airflow than the CPU fan while the air coming from it is blistering hot. This seems to be te wrong way around and I wanna fix it! ...

Quote: Originally Posted by eltce My i8kfan maxes out on at 4300 rpm cpu and 4500-4600 for gpu fan. I am using beta 5 version. I did not know about the BIOS overtaking the max fan speed. The speeds I provided for you is...

Ryan, since you already have I8kFanGui installed would you mind posting your max fan speeds with FanGui set to "Force fans to high speed"? I would like to compare my rpms with a new system? Thanks!

Change LED light settings in the bios during bootup or use Dell's Quickset in Windows. Bios is the better way to go as Quickset changes only apply after Windows has loaded. Cheers!

Oops! That was supposed to be 6800 Core 2 Duo CPU not 6899.

Quote: Originally Posted by rpm-inc Did I do okay on the price? I mainly picked this (after a few hours of research) to play flight simulator. I am sure this will run 2004 fine, but what about X? Thanks for any...

I've been wanting to upgrade my XPS Gen2 to 7900 GTX and found out that there is a new form factor for the Dell/Nvidia GO 7800 GTX which fits the newer E1705/M1710 laptops and I don't think it will fit the earlier Gen2 models like we...