Guest Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 Hello, I have a M17x R4 and two VGA cards: a GTX 980M and a GTX 680M (spare). I have the opportunity to get a cheap M17x R5 VGA heatsink (PN 0YP26V). Will it fit in a M17x R4 motherboard? Will it be any improvement in terms of heat dissipation regarding the original heatsink (PN 0MT1DN)? Thanks, Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NNS_Max Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 Out of interest, where did you get your 980m? I've been trying to purchase one for the M17xR4 but the last 3 from China, as well as a local 880m in the UK, have all arrived faulty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenoroon Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 34 minutes ago, NNS_Max said: Out of interest, where did you get your 980m? I've been trying to purchase one for the M17xR4 but the last 3 from China, as well as a local 880m in the UK, have all arrived faulty. I have a working 980m pulled from a Clevo P870DM, as a matter of fact, I'm using it right now. Would you be interested at all? Clevo P870TM-G: Core i7 8700k @ 4.8ghz | Clevo RTX 2070 Super | 32gb HyperX DDR4 @ 3200mhz | 17" 1440p 120hz B173QTN01.0 Screen | 256gb Samsung 850 EVO | 500gb WD Blue SSD | Prema BIOS Alienware 17 R1: Core i7 4710mq @ 3.619ghz 741 CBR15 (834 CBR15 @ 4.213ghz) | Dell GTX 860m | 16gb HyperX DDR3L @ 2133mhz | 17" 3D 120hz LTN173HT02-T01 Screen | 256gb mSATA SSD Asus Zephyrus G14: Ryzen 7 4800hs @ 4.2ghz | GTX 1650 | 16gb DDR4 @ 3200mhz | 14" 120hz LM140LF1F01 Screen | 512gb NVME SSD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenoroon Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 1 hour ago, whitewhale2 said: Hello, I have a M17x R4 and two VGA cards: a GTX 980M and a GTX 680M (spare). I have the opportunity to get a cheap M17x R5 VGA heatsink (PN 0YP26V). Will it fit in a M17x R4 motherboard? Will it be any improvement in terms of heat dissipation regarding the original heatsink (PN 0MT1DN)? Thanks, Regards. Yes, it should fit with the M17x R4 motherboard, @Maxware79should be able to ensure if it fits, he knows a lot. There won't be much difference since they have a very similar mass and both have 3 heatpipes. There is a 5 pipe custom one on Ebay that I used in my Ranger and it kept my power hungry 1070 at under 65C all the time, I'd recommend that if you want to do a bit of overclocking or want to keep your GPU cool. Clevo P870TM-G: Core i7 8700k @ 4.8ghz | Clevo RTX 2070 Super | 32gb HyperX DDR4 @ 3200mhz | 17" 1440p 120hz B173QTN01.0 Screen | 256gb Samsung 850 EVO | 500gb WD Blue SSD | Prema BIOS Alienware 17 R1: Core i7 4710mq @ 3.619ghz 741 CBR15 (834 CBR15 @ 4.213ghz) | Dell GTX 860m | 16gb HyperX DDR3L @ 2133mhz | 17" 3D 120hz LTN173HT02-T01 Screen | 256gb mSATA SSD Asus Zephyrus G14: Ryzen 7 4800hs @ 4.2ghz | GTX 1650 | 16gb DDR4 @ 3200mhz | 14" 120hz LM140LF1F01 Screen | 512gb NVME SSD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxware79 Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 The heatsinks are very close but not quite the same. One is slightly longer than the other. I have heard someone putting a 17 R1 heatsink into an M17x R4 so maybe it works that way but not the other. I can do a comparison photo when I get a chance to show the slight difference. 1 Alienware Aurora R15 - i9-13900KF - RTX 4090 - 32GB DDR5 Alienware M18x R2 - i7-3920XM - GTX 970M - 16GB 1866Mhz DDR3L - Samsung 970 Evo with MXM to NVMe Adapter - Custom Delft Blue Alienware X51 - i7-3770 - NO GPU - 16GB 1600Mhz DDR3 Alienware M17x R3 - i7-2760QM - GTX 580M - 16GB 1600Mhz DDR3 Alienware Area 51 ALX - i7-975 Extreme - GTX 980 - 16GB 1600Mhz DDR3 Alienware Aurora R2 - i7-3770K - GTX 670FTW - 16GB 1600Mhz DDR3 Alienware Aurora R4 ALX - i7-3930K - GTX 1060 - 16GB 1600Mhz DDR3 Alienware Aurora R4 ALX - i7-3930K - GTX 670FTW - 16GB 1600Mhz DDR3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldarxt Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 On 4/23/2022 at 6:46 PM, whitewhale2 said: Hello, I have a M17x R4 and two VGA cards: a GTX 980M and a GTX 680M (spare). I have the opportunity to get a cheap M17x R5 VGA heatsink (PN 0YP26V). Will it fit in a M17x R4 motherboard? Will it be any improvement in terms of heat dissipation regarding the original heatsink (PN 0MT1DN)? Thanks, Regards. I have been looking at 6 pipe heatsink and wondering if they really make a difference in dissipating the heat. If they make a difference the price would be worth it.?! Clevo P870DM3-G i9-9900k-32.0GB 2667mhz-RTX3080+GTX1080 Alienware M18x R2 i7-3920xm-32GB DDR3-RTX 3000 Alienware M17x R4 i7-3940XM-16GB DDR3-RTX 3000 Alienware M17x R4 i7-3940XM 20GB DDR3-P4000 120hz 3D Precision m6700 i7-3840QM-16GB DDR3-GTX 970M Precision m4700 i7-3740QM-16GB DDR3-T2000M GOBOXX SLM G2721-i7-10875H RTX 3000-32GB ddr4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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