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Wow - way to go! What 980m did you get for it? If you can pull up to 213W from the wall I would strongly suggest to leave it at that. This is a very old chassis by now and it can get pretty hot in places so 213W is probably the absolute maximum that HP was comfortable with when the 8740W was new so why not leave it at that? Also this is probably an EC limit like MSI is using and very hard to get around and there would be the risk of bricking your beautiful machine.

But if all QTJ1 can support 3200mhz then we can say that’s a great upgrade

We are talking about ddr5 6400MT and we need to OC DDR4 not Underclocking it

Any upgrades need to downgrade It becomes a non-upgrade for the future

I upgraded from a 7700K to a QTJ1 and it was more than worth it... The CPU is almost twice as fast :)) Even tho I had to bump down my RAM from 2400 -> 2133 MHz, it was still worth it. Just a bit of a bummer that I couldn't get faster RAM speed :)))

It’s a completely distorted upgrade to the laptop performance.something incomplete

it's a bug upgrade in my opinion

i didnt see anyone can use QTJ1 with 3200mhz ram stable 7d/24h

It depends on how lucky you are :)) Some do get good memory controllers on them and get them up to 2900 or 3200 :))

if QTJ1 cpu up to 3200MHZ ram ... then it will be a v.good cpu upgrade so 9900kf cpu is the best upgrade for P870

The memory controller on these CPUs is absolute trash :)) Thats why. Mine boots with 2400MHz, but is stable at 2133MHz.

why the 10980hk se didnt pass 2400mhz ? on 1151 cpu socket

Hello! Do you think there is a possibility to put a RTX5090 graphic card in a 7680 Precision? Thanks for your help! 😉

Interesting that the rated TDP is the same- 16 inch 170W and 18 inch 200W but the HP Zbook Fury 18 has a 330W chargers 280W on the Pro Max 18. Both 16 inch models seem to have the same 280W power supply i suppose if your workload hammered The CPU, GPU, multiple SSD’S 280W might be a bottleneck but would be prettt niche. cooling system is also more similar to what I’ve seen in other 3 fan laptops with a much smaller third fan at the bottom I presume to cool RAM/SSD/ skin of laptop the Dell innovative cooling design/ packaging looks to have allowed the 18 inch model to be considerably smaller/ lightly than the Zbook Fury 18 G1i Looking forward to testing out the Dells to see how they perform

I got lucky with a cheap 1060 mxm listing on Ebay

It seems it's US citizens turn now to get the nice gift from the Government "Tax" administration as we in Norway got last year. I wonder how much time they spent to make the specific rules. Tariffs = Double taxation on everyone.. This is new tax on your already taxed salary. The more you buy, the more you save pay. Not exactly as Jensen Huang said 🙂 Trump closes the online shopping loophole that beat tariffs What happens to your purchases now that the de minimis exemption is gone? Essentially, anything you buy overseas will be subject to tariffs, now including goods shipped through the international postal network. If your package is sent from a country with a tariff rate of less than 16 percent, your package will be assessed $80 per item. If the tariff rate is between 16 and 25 percent, you’ll pay $160 per item. And if the rate is above 25 percent, you’ll pay $200 per item.

Was fortunate enough to pick up a used MSI Shadow 3x OC 5080 for $825 shipped. Currently running the Asus 5080 Astral vBIOS. Zero coil whine again. I'm seriously starting to think it is the triplite + 1600w EVGA I installed at the same time in August 2022 that is helping out more than I realize. The odds of scoring ~12 GPUs in a row both AMD and Nvidia tested with various MBs and CPUs in the mix all producing low to no coil whine can't be a massive streak of luck. 🤔 It's pulling more and scoring more in WoW and fps have gone up by ~17% in my testing spot (that's good for anything not a 5090) vs 5080FE at launch: 5080 FE at 99% 4k Ultra max scoring ~122fps stock launch drivers: MSI 5080 Shadow 3x OC running Astral 450w vBIOS stock 577 drivers scoring 143fps: Driver refinements also adding in too. I could always install launch drivers and see how they compare to really differentiate the two.

Just checked it and LG has maliciously removed the Micro SD card reader from regular Gram series, the space is still there, LG has just blanked it like they put dummy buttons on cars. Can't have the Pro version getting inferior IO than regular series !!

If you are comparison shopping HP has the configurations up for their Zbook Fury G1i 16 and 18: https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/ConfigureView?langId=-1&storeId=10151&catalogId=10051&catEntryId=3074457345622038819&urlLangId=&quantity=1&pStoreID=hpepp The 18 can be equipped with a 330W barrel charger, and notably still continues to use a tradition trackpad with buttons. Sodimms may run slower in it though as without a camm 2-dimm interposer it is limited to 4400mt per intel spec this generation without overclocking.

Actually LG has become really cheap in their non Pro line. They use the same chassis, they removed the mini SD card reader and they just plugged the hole on the side. The same basic design since 2021.

The usual matte IPS 2560x1600 with variable refresh rate at 144Hz. It has been the same since 2023 and I am glad they did not go for the glossy OLED of last year's model. At last also they use the latest version of NVDIA GPU so it could be really decent now for games.

Back on my Linux 11 inch dell 2 in 1. Well, the iPad experiment was short lived. I need to redo waydroid so it recognises wifi and Bluetooth, once I do that, the ipad is up for sale. This old system with 4gb of ram and intel m3 processor is just more enjoyable to use compared to the iPad. The typing experience and browser is soooo much better on linux and the dell. Mainly what I will be using it for. I won't be doing any photo/video work on this system. I may use it for writing articles for our travel blog and just take the images from our storage and put them up using this. Well i know the ipad is not for me. I almost bought a 13 inch iPad pro to replace my laptop. Phew, that was close ha ha.

A quick rundown: QX9300 is compatible - stock CPU was T6400 X9100 is compatible - same as above DELL K2100m is compatible - stock GPU was GT 240m 8GB RAM is compatible, I guess no surprises there, have to put 2x 8GB to really push the system The downside - NO overclocking for the extreme CPUs. The stock cooling can't handle it. ThrottleStop WORKS, but temperatures rise quickly. Maybe if one swaps the fan with the one from MSI GT627 (Dremeling is a must), situation might improve.

Odd the option for the bottom cover doesn’t seem to be on the USA configurator but is on the UK under “Chassis Options” https://www.dell.com/en-uk/shop/laptops-2-in-1-pcs/dell-pro-max-18-plus-laptop/spd/dell-pro-max-mb18250-laptop/xcto_mb18250_emea?redirectTo=SOC Before I noticed that the quotes I had just said “bottom door” as the chassis option which could easily be misinterpreted as having this quick access feature when in fact it did not. An extra £12 for it does increase max height slightly but only reason I can think not to have it is maybe some people don’t want easy access to drives for security. but still if you have physical access to the device the security is not great!

Recently I got a new i7-920XM and a GTX 980m. The CPU because the old 920XM degraded and I had to pull back the clocks and the GPU because I couldn't manage to run the DreamColor with the GTX 1070. Now all is fine (or so I thought), because I finally have picture on the internal screen. The thing is - before, I dialed back the CPU and the 1070 was limited to 90W, so the performance was pretty good and never passed 195W (from the wall). Now - the CPU can do ~107W @3.5GHz (~145W from the wall) and the GPU ~115W @stock. These are values on their own. However if I want to push them together, they top @213W from the wall. I tried the Omen 350W (with custom made power plug) and the Slimq 330W with all 3 power plugs (two 330W and one 240W (the lowest performance ~195W from the wall)). The laptop has over current protection, but I thought that it would kick later/higher. So, the question is, other than running thick wires from the socket to the MXM slot (I don't want it since I'm using a docking station and it pulls juice from the docking connector), is there anything else I can do? I doubt that running two PSUs (one through the docking, one through the laptop) would improve the situation (Or would it? Is it safe?). I can supply schematics if needed. One last push for the old fella? Thank you!