Dell M6800 cpu upgrade...
Right, I've upgraded my GPU from the Firepro M6100 to a NVIDIA Tesla M6 8GB GDDR5 Maxwell 2.0 MXM 3.1 graphics card.
Temps are really good under load, never going above 72 degrees.
I've also ugpraded the RAM to 16GB, installed a 1TB SSD and a 256GB mSATA.
The bottleneck now is the i5 4210m and I'm fannying about which i7 to upgrade to.
Obviously the dual core i7's are out but with the heatsink for both the GPU and CPU sharing the left hand side fan, is jumping from a 37w to 47w CPU going to cause heat issues and thermal throttling?
I can grab either an i7 4800mq 2.7ghz 47w or a i7 4702mq 2.2ghz 37w.
I did have a look at the extreme processors but at 57w, that would just turn the whole thing into a fiery shit show.
P.S - Forgot to add that the 16GB RAM isn't being detected by the laptop, its something those clowns at Dell have done to the m6800.
Only two out of the four banks work with an i5 but the processor is capable of using 32GB.
Posted Jan 4, 2023, 6:09 PM UTC · edited