Asus ZenBook Pro UX501 Owner's Lounge

This is simply a performance monster according to Asus. It has amazing features! The laptop is new and the information is very limited even though was supposed to be released this month.

Pros
1. Ultrabook design with 4.5 Ibs or 2.06kgs and 20mm to 21 mm thickness.
2. Nice screen and display for the size - 15.6inch screen with a 4K resolution of up to 3840 by 2160 pixels and an option of going down to 1980 by 1080 pixels FHD display.
3. Screen adjusts brightness based...

Asus ZenBook Pro UX501 Owner's Lounge

Asus ZenBook Pro UX501 Owner's Lounge

XPS 15 9550 temperature observations (undervolt + repaste)

I had a couple of hours to mess around with the XPS 15 9550 in my sig (i5 version) and decided to see what temperatures I was hitting. I tested it under Prime95 small fft's for 20 minutes and looked at the average temperature. I tested it first with all stock settings/paste and then undervolted by 185mv (a setting that is prime stable for me). After that I repasted the cpu and gpu with IC Diamond thermal paste, tried...

XPS 15 9550 temperature observations (undervolt + repaste)

XPS 15 9550 temperature observations (undervolt + repaste)

*HP EliteBook 8760w Owners Lounge*

Just placed my order. These are the key configuration items:

- 8760w Mobile Workstation Quad Core
- FreeDOS
- i7-2920XM
- 17.3 LED FHD UWVA anti-glare DreamColor w/camera (1920x1080)
- integrated 720p HD webcam
- NVIDIA 5010M with 4GB GDDR5 video memory
- Blu-ray R/RE DVD+/-RW SuperMulti DL drive
- dualpoint (touchpad + pointstick)
- backlit keyboard
- Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300

Using HP's online chat I got a 28% discount which brought the sticker price of $6486.- down to...

*HP EliteBook 8760w Owners Lounge*

*HP EliteBook 8760w Owners Lounge*

*OFFICIAL* Alienware 13 R3 Owner's Lounge

This thread is a place to discuss all things related to your new Alienware 13 and share information your experience with fellow owners, or a place that prospective owners can read and ask quick questions.

*OFFICIAL* Alienware 13 R3 Owner's Lounge

Volta: NVIDIA's Next Generation GPU Architecture (2017-2018)

Breaking news: Volta Expected announcement in May and launch by Summer 2017 to compete with Vega's launch Q1/Q2 2017. (Source)



Volta: NVIDIA's Next Generation GPU Architecture (2017-2018)

Considering there are more than a half-dozen...​

Volta: NVIDIA's Next Generation GPU Architecture (2017-2018)

Volta: NVIDIA's Next Generation GPU Architecture (2017-2018)

Latest Intel Drivers

Intel Chipset Software

Intel Rapid Storage Technology

Intel Management Engine Interface...

Latest Intel Drivers

Latest Intel Drivers

[Alienware 17R4 / 15R3] - Disassembly + Repaste Guide + Results

[Alienware 17R4 / 15R3] - Disassembly + Repaste Guide + Results



And here it is! Pictures are a thousand words so I did my best to let it speak for itself. Hope this helps!

*** I'll be adding comments ...still under construction ***

Below are the conductivity numbers for the top Liquid Metals and Traditional Paste:
(As we know the numbers don't mean everything, however, from all my tests done...

[Alienware 17R4 / 15R3] - Disassembly + Repaste Guide + Results

[Alienware 17R4 / 15R3] - Disassembly + Repaste Guide + Results