Project Kali - Small size, massive punch.

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Model:

15.6" 16F2 barebone notebook (MSI)

Original spec:

GTX560M

LG 1920x1080 panel

DVD-RW

Intel Wireless-N card (single channel)

Pre-preparation:

180W PSU

Motherboard GPU power mod

Materials ordered:

GX660 heatsink (5870 mobility model)

MX-4 thermal paste

Low profile copper heatsinks

HD7970M 2GB GDDR5

Dremel 300 for heatsink modifications

2mm thermal pads for rear side component cooling.

Post mod complete specs:

Intel 2820QM

12GB Kingston Hyper-X 1600Mhz CL9

HD7970M 2GB GDDR5

AUO V4 95% colour gamut 1080p LCD

2x 128GB Crucial M4 SSDs (raid0)

Bluray Reader/DVD-RW

Bigfoot Killer-N 1102 wireless

Preparations:

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Green = mild grinding

Red = grind down to level

After further examination I tightened up the areas that needed removal and got the following result:

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I will get the card next week. =)

Here is a picture of the internals of the machine (with a 570M which I have sold)

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Here are the reverse heat pads for the voltage controller along with the mod for power.

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And everything together (the ram is now under the keyboard slots):

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Awesome machine, it's amazing the kind of specs that can be crammed into a laptop. Really looking forward to seeing the finished product, I imagine you're a little anxious for the card to arrive. How does the 7970M compare to the desktop version?

I checked out the link you sent me on FM (idchoppers). I never realized how big the interest is in something like this.

Welcome to OC3D btw!

Edit: Was looking at the first image of the heatsink and noticed that it was backwards compared to the card. Looks like your modded version is a mirror image though and should fit fine. Had me confused for a second lol.
 
Cheers guys, yes I should have said I flipped the image so you could make a comparison directly sorry.

7970M = 7870 but clocked at 850/1200 instead of 1000/1200.

It starts getting silly in the M18X R2 where you will be able to run two of these cards at 1000/1500 combined with a 3920XM running at 4.1ghz....
 
ok now this has really sparked my intrest

as said before its well amazing how a laptop actually looks inside

i diden't really know u could alter ur laptop like that , but at the same time ime amazed to learn all of this
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looking forward to seeing more about this project !
 
Only a special few notebooks are so easy to work with unfortunately. The main three are dell alienwares (M15X and up), Clevo/Sager and MSI (GT series and barebones).

Pic of the cooling (borrowed from someone else):

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My graphics heatsink only has two heatpipes so I am adding low profile copper heatsinks to the area where it would be attached.
 
Not an update as such but some great news:

[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]Way to spend a Sunday... overvolting is now possible [/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]More to come, need some rest. Will update the thread tomorrow.[/font]
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Ohhhhhhh nice!

1.1-1.2ghz core clock rates on a mobile graphics card anyone?
 
Might need a big block of ice to set your laptop on
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. Does overvolting involve soldering or is it through software?
 
Its setting a new voltage in the bios, which you then flash.

The trick is A) If you can find the right value manully and
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if it supports the higher voltage.
 
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GPU still on track.

While I wait I have tweaked the turbo max TDP (and length of boost), some base clock overclocking and memory timing adjustments.

Seems to have come together fairly well.
 
Was wondering what happened with this. Hopefully the Dell card will arrive soon. At least it gave you some time to tweak other settings.
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Dell has confirmed to the shop that shipping should happen this week, so they should have the cards this time next week.
 
How are temps on that? Do you have to do anything special to the cooling or can it cope? I'm anxious to see what you can get when the card arrives.
 
Temps are around 70-80C.

I have full control of the fan profile (the stock profile never goes above 60%, so you can go silly).

Highest clocks on the card i have seen so far is 1030/1675.

Yes that is a data rate of 6.7ghz lol.
 
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