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3940XM overclocking - parameters to change.

emcze

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Sorry, this is for the m17xr4. There is a topic in this forum on it. I don't know about the m18xr2 being able to utilize this fan? SuperMG was definitely referring to the m17 .

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REALLY looking forward to this!  I gave my son my m18x R2 about 2 years ago, and now I have it all apart for upgrades, ALTHOUGH I already had upgraded to the 3940 about 6-7 years ago.  But now I have

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You can increase the multipliers further until the system becomes unstable, at which point you will need to increase the Flex VID Override (this is an increase in CPU voltage). Personally, everything

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I cheched 3DMark FireStrike and had about 72C temp on CPU overclocked to 4,5Ghz ( 5192 on HD7970M 🙂 ). I can use laptop on my legs. My Alienware 14 goes much higher with temps.   I think tha

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On 9/10/2026 at 5:38 PM, Busta Bloodnut said:

Could you link me that as well? Thanks.

I got the fan in and unfortunately it will not fit the m18xr2. If you hear of any more mods let me know and I will do the same.

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