M7720GA - make 7720 great again

[Annihilator]

bcs im waiting for my replacement mainboard for the M6800 i started to shop some stuff for the 7720 to make it comparable to actual notebooks(except the number of threads the CPU can work with 😄) 

Service Tag: C9GP6H2 so u can see original configuration.

 

Original Configuration --> planed - ordered - already done/delivered:

 

Intel i7-7820HQ --> Intel Xeon E3-1575M v5

2x 8GB DDR4 2400 CL17 --> 2x 16GB Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 CL15

nVidia Quadro P3000 6GB --> nVidia Quadro P5200 16GB

1x 512GB Toshiba XG3 NVMe --> 1x 512GB Samsung 960 Pro NVMe + 1x 1TB WD SN730 NVMe

WIFI AC --> WIFI 6E

Windows 10 Pro --> Windows 11 Pro

 

upgrades for later:

1080p Screen --> 4K Screen

nVidia Quadro P5200 --> RTX 5000 / 3080 / 4080

Stock Heatsink --> Cicichen RTX Heatsink

[JadeRover]

When you list DVD, you mean external right ? 

[Will]

Yeah, I didn't get the "DVD" thing either. He must've mixed it up with the M6800.

[Annihilator]

yep, my bad was copy n paste from the other thread n only changed the stuff, this one slipped in 😄

[Annihilator]

some benches:

original Toshiba XG3 512GB(really poor performance, even for a main/OS drive):

 

new Samsung 960 Pro 512GB:

 

and my game drive a WD SN730 1TB:

 

original 2x8GB SK Hynix 2400 CL17:

 

and new 2x 16GB Kingston HyperX 2666 C15:

 

 

so the new mem has(rounded) +10% higher read, +17% write and +21% copy bandwith and 3% less latency. 

Timespy CPU score is +6.3%, firestrike +8.2%...

 

im really excited for the new mainboard with the E3-1575M V5, should be give another blast in gaming stuff.... ordered already the custom heatsink for RTX cards from cicichen, he said need around a week to make + shipping, x-vsion wrote me back, they have a RTX A3000 12GB with 140W TDP in stock, think will go for it n stay -atm- at the 1080p screen then. 

 

and another thing i noticed n easy to optimize is the airflow, when counted right there r 1073 holes for air intake to the fans each has a diameter of 0.8mm, that means each hole has 0.503qmm = a total of 539.7qmm, will drill the holes out to 1mm each, that will increase the intake opening to 842.3qmm = +56% higher air intake and the noise should be down too bcs of less turbulences. 

[Annihilator]

ok, got a 1.2mm drill n did it, temps goin down noticable, was running furmark + cpu-z stress test to generate maximum heat, left bottom cover with original sized holes(0.8mm), right with 1.2mm holes:

 

 

GPU temp is down 4°c. n CPU 5°c.  ambient was on both tests at 26°c. 

[Will]

2 hours ago, Annihilator said:

ok, got a 1.2mm drill n did it, temps goin down noticable, was running furmark + cpu-z stress test to generate maximum heat, left bottom cover with original sized holes(0.8mm), right with 1.2mm holes:

 

 

GPU temp is down 4°c. n CPU 5°c.  ambient was on both tests at 26°c. 

Do u have any pictures of how the holes looks like?