Yarema Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Sup. Bought quadro RTX 4000 for my Alienware 18. But heatsink does not fit for it due to chip is in another place on the GPU (not as in 1060 which i use before) Could you please suggest which mod and how wxactly should i use it? I know that Baddemichi, MR FOX and others has done it. Please, help me. For now its working but overheating in games , because cooling just lay on the chip unscrewed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yarema Posted March 12 Author Share Posted March 12 also pls help me with padding GPU and heatsink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssj92 Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 I think someone here got it working by using m18x r2 gpu heatsink. It barely fits but works fine. Alienware m18 : Intel Core i9 13900HX | nVidia GeForce RTX 4090 | K1675 | 2x1TB SSDs Alienware Area-51M : Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.3Ghz | nVidia GeForce RTX 2080 | AX210 | Samsung 970 Evo+ Alienware X14 R1 : Intel Core i7 12700H 12th-Gen | nVidia GeForce RTX 3060 | AX411 | SK Hynix 2TB PCIe4 Alienware M18x R2 : Intel Core i7 3920XM @ 4.7Ghz | nVidia Quadro RTX 3000 | AX210 | Samsung 980 PRO Clevo X170SM-G: Intel Core i7 10700K @ Stock | nVidia GeForce RTX 2070S | AX210 | 256GB+2x512GB M14x (555m) | M14xR2 (650m) | M15x (980m) | M17xR3 (880m) | M18xR1 (880m SLI) | 18 R1 (RTX 3000) CS Studios YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CSStudiosYT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i.bakar Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 you need to show a picture of the heatsink overlapping the card so we can see where is the naked area that needs to be covered too Alienware M18X R1, i7 2960XM @ 4.4Ghz, Nvidia GTX 880M SLI , 32GB RAM , samsung 840pro + samsung 860evo ( THE BEST I EVER HAVE) Alienware Area-51M R1, i9 9900K @ 5.1Ghz, Nvidia RTX 2080, 64GB RAM, samsung 980 Pro( LOVELY MACHINE WITH BAD BIOS ) Alienware 18 , I7 4930MX @ 4.2Ghz , GTX 980M SLI, 32GB RAM ( MAY REST IN PEACE) (CAME BACK TO LIFE) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssj92 Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 @razor0601 was the one I think who got one working in aw18 with stock m18x r2 heatsink Alienware m18 : Intel Core i9 13900HX | nVidia GeForce RTX 4090 | K1675 | 2x1TB SSDs Alienware Area-51M : Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.3Ghz | nVidia GeForce RTX 2080 | AX210 | Samsung 970 Evo+ Alienware X14 R1 : Intel Core i7 12700H 12th-Gen | nVidia GeForce RTX 3060 | AX411 | SK Hynix 2TB PCIe4 Alienware M18x R2 : Intel Core i7 3920XM @ 4.7Ghz | nVidia Quadro RTX 3000 | AX210 | Samsung 980 PRO Clevo X170SM-G: Intel Core i7 10700K @ Stock | nVidia GeForce RTX 2070S | AX210 | 256GB+2x512GB M14x (555m) | M14xR2 (650m) | M15x (980m) | M17xR3 (880m) | M18xR1 (880m SLI) | 18 R1 (RTX 3000) CS Studios YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CSStudiosYT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razor0601 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Here is my thread: https://www.nbrchive.net/xfa/alienware-18-and-m18x.1092/RTX 3000 tested in AW18/ Clevo N960KP, I5-11400, RTX 3060 140w TGP, Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe SSD, Samsung 870 EVO 4TB SATA SSD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sliderfra Posted Sunday at 08:28 AM Share Posted Sunday at 08:28 AM hi mate, I struggled to get the RTX 3000 working on my 18: Key to success is to cut the fins with a dremel IOT fit the HS into the case (I had to cut at least 3mm of fin to fit the HS). That was a real pain as it's really fragile (wrap the fins into shatterton at first to avoid them breaking when you use the dremel to cut them) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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