Alienware 18 Viking RTX QUADRO 4000 success but need help with cooling

[Yarema]

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 

[Yarema]

also pls help me with padding GPU and heatsink

[ssj92]

I think someone here got it working by using m18x r2 gpu heatsink. It barely fits but works fine. 

[i.bakar]

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 

[ssj92]

@razor0601 was the one I think who got one working in aw18 with stock m18x r2 heatsink

[razor0601]

Here is my thread:  

 

https://www.nbrchive.net/xfa/alienware-18-and-m18x.1092/RTX 3000 tested in AW18/

[sliderfra]

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)