Ranger Shrek Posted Friday at 10:29 PM Posted Friday at 10:29 PM I'm upgrading to 32gb RAM (have a stick coming in that is exact same model #). System has done well for me since around 2008/2009, although I've gone through 4 screens!! Based on below, what recommendations for extending this system's life. Would like extra capability to handle some gaming and a 49" monitor better. I've done some research on 2080 cards, and i9-9900 and seems like there is no sweet spot for doing upgrades for a few hundred vs several hundred with little bang for the buck as well as BIOS upgrades, risk, etc. Not sure I'm hunting in the right holes. Appreciate any good pathways in advance. Thanks! Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700K CPU @ 3.70GHz 3.70 GHz Installed RAM 16.0 GB Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (8 GB)
SuperMG Posted Saturday at 10:06 AM Posted Saturday at 10:06 AM 11 hours ago, Ranger Shrek said: I'm upgrading to 32gb RAM (have a stick coming in that is exact same model #). System has done well for me since around 2008/2009, although I've gone through 4 screens!! Based on below, what recommendations for extending this system's life. Would like extra capability to handle some gaming and a 49" monitor better. I've done some research on 2080 cards, and i9-9900 and seems like there is no sweet spot for doing upgrades for a few hundred vs several hundred with little bang for the buck as well as BIOS upgrades, risk, etc. Not sure I'm hunting in the right holes. Appreciate any good pathways in advance. Thanks! Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700K CPU @ 3.70GHz 3.70 GHz Installed RAM 16.0 GB Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (8 GB) I got an RTX 4080 MXM to work on this laptop with the backlight mod v2 and a custom heatsink from Cicichen. The temps were excellent and performance too. The 4080 is a big improvement over the 2080 in terms of performance but this MXM GPU costs like 800€ alone. You can get the RTX 4070 for cheaper, for 500€. They are brand new cards with 1 year of warranty from X-VSION and ZRT. The max CPU you can get is the I9 9900K/KF CPU or the Xeon E-2286M (modded CPU). The Xeon is the cheapest option. The I9 9900K/KF are like between 150-200€. Meanwhile the Xeon one is below 100€.
Maro97 Posted Saturday at 06:07 PM Posted Saturday at 06:07 PM 7 hours ago, SuperMG said: I got an RTX 4080 MXM to work on this laptop with the backlight mod v2 and a custom heatsink from Cicichen. The temps were excellent and performance too. The 4080 is a big improvement over the 2080 in terms of performance but this MXM GPU costs like 800€ alone. You can get the RTX 4070 for cheaper, for 500€. They are brand new cards with 1 year of warranty from X-VSION and ZRT. The max CPU you can get is the I9 9900K/KF CPU or the Xeon E-2286M (modded CPU). The Xeon is the cheapest option. The I9 9900K/KF are like between 150-200€. Meanwhile the Xeon one is below 100€. Where i can get the modded heatsink for p870tm support RTX 4090 ?
SuperMG Posted Saturday at 07:14 PM Posted Saturday at 07:14 PM 1 hour ago, Maro97 said: Where i can get the modded heatsink for p870tm support RTX 4090 ? Well first of all you need the backlight mod v2 cable. Secondly Cicichen sells them on ebay for 165USD and your upgrades are complete!
Maro97 Posted Sunday at 09:43 AM Posted Sunday at 09:43 AM Could you plz send me a link for backlight mod v2 cable ?
SuperMG Posted Sunday at 09:56 AM Posted Sunday at 09:56 AM 12 minutes ago, Maro97 said: Could you plz send me a link for backlight mod v2 cable ? The link is on the V2 thread I made. You can buy multiple for multiple clevo laptops. 1
Ranger Shrek Posted Monday at 09:03 PM Author Posted Monday at 09:03 PM On 6/27/2026 at 6:06 AM, SuperMG said: I got an RTX 4080 MXM to work on this laptop with the backlight mod v2 and a custom heatsink from Cicichen. The temps were excellent and performance too. The 4080 is a big improvement over the 2080 in terms of performance but this MXM GPU costs like 800€ alone. You can get the RTX 4070 for cheaper, for 500€. They are brand new cards with 1 year of warranty from X-VSION and ZRT. The max CPU you can get is the I9 9900K/KF CPU or the Xeon E-2286M (modded CPU). The Xeon is the cheapest option. The I9 9900K/KF are like between 150-200€. Meanwhile the Xeon one is below 100€. Thank you. So I will get: RTX4070 ~500 euro Backlight Mod V2 - eBay Cicichen Custom Heatsink - eBay Cicichen Thermal Paste All that correct?
SuperMG Posted 5 hours ago Posted 5 hours ago 22 hours ago, Ranger Shrek said: Thank you. So I will get: RTX4070 ~500 euro Backlight Mod V2 - eBay Cicichen Custom Heatsink - eBay Cicichen Thermal Paste All that correct? No. It's: RTX 4070/4080: X-VSION Backlight mod v2: my ebay listing Custom Heatsink: eBay Cicichen Thermal paste: PTM7950
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