Gateway FX laptop Series Thread *mods and upgrades*

[shifty22123]

Originally Posted by richard220

Just picked up my P-6831FX from BB this past week. My T9300 should be arriving in the mail tomorrow. I have installed CPU's before, but never on a laptop. I know retail desktop CPU's come with a thermal paste factory installed. Will the same be true for the T9300 retail? If not, where can I locally purchase thermal paste? Any of the big name stores carry it?

Not sure, but I don't think you will get any with it. I usually buy AS5 at my local micro center. Besides them you will find other brand in places suck as best buy to office depot

[Xecuter2]

Forgot about this.. Powering on for 3dmark Results in 10 or so.
Also, my tube of as5 exploded new years eve during some "activity" :P so yea, now using dynex paste from best buy on everything and it actually works well.
**8471 mark stock clocks on everything using .29 drivers**

[Snowsurfer]

Here are some harddrive comparisons......... http://www.overclock.net/attachment....1&d=1203707407
Bench.jpghttp://www.overclock.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=66580&stc=1&d=12037074 07
HDTune_Benchmark_Hitachi_HTS722020K9S.pnhttp://www.overclock.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=66581&stc=1&d=12037074 07
hdiu9 RAID 0 WD 250.jpgg .........I have 2 Hitachi 200gb 7200s which will be set up in RAID 0 soon and will post results. Thanks shifty for your RAID 0 results.

[shizdan]

i want one so bad but i just got hacked and somebody stole about $700 from me

[shifty22123]

Originally Posted by shizdan

i want one so bad but i just got hacked and somebody stole about $700 from me

Darn...that sucks man.

Originally Posted by Snowsurfer

Here are some harddrive comparisons......... http://www.overclock.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=66579&stc=1&d=12037074 07
Bench.jpghttp://www.overclock.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=66580&stc=1&d=12037074 07
HDTune_Benchmark_Hitachi_HTS722020K9S.pnhttp://www.overclock.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=66581&stc=1&d=12037074 07
hdiu9 RAID 0 WD 250.jpgg .........I have 2 Hitachi 200gb 7200s which will be set up in RAID 0 soon and will post results. Thanks shifty for your RAID 0 results.

I think your links are a little messed up because I don't see your PCmark results That Hitachi is so close to my raid setup...it will totally smoke mine once you get the second one installed

[hatedbymani]

Gateway fx deal @ bestbuy Sale:$1,199.99 in store only

[richard220]

Anyone else installed T9300 and have CPU temps? Installed mine yesterday and have been keeping an eye on temps to make sure everything is OK. Here are the current temps...

Idle: Temps hover aroung 40C
Under 100% load (20 minute test): Max temp 59C Average 52C

GPU hovers around 45C - no load. This seems higher than I previosuly remembered, but it appears it share the same heatsink as the CPU. If the CPU is operating at a higher temp now, then does it make sense that the GPU might be slightly effected also?

Do there temps seem the be within the normal ranges?

[shifty22123]

Those temps are about what mine are

[Xecuter2]

My temps are about the same, though I don't think the gpu and cpu share the same sink, the other thing under the cpu sink area is the north bridge. The gpu exhaust is to the side and the cpu's is to the top of the lappy.

[Snowsurfer]

Mine idles at 31c Here is 2 200gb Hitachi 7200rpm RAID 0. The minimum held steady at 76.5 till the trailoff at the end.Attachment 66716