Water Cooling a Scar 16 4090/13980hx Laptop

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On 4/2/2024 at 9:06 PM, Orion_ said:

Yes, you need a 2512-R003 and a 1206-R003

I apologize for pestering you with questions. I found 2512-R003 and 1206-R003 which have values of 3W, 2W, 1W. Could you please advise me which of these transistors I should buy? I don't understand anything about this, but will be soldering at a trusted service center.
Thanks in advance.

[Orion_]

I used 3w resistors. The power rating shows what wattage the resistor will be safe to run at. You don't want to go low and end up replacing it later for no reason! Not like there is a price difference either for the safety.

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Needed to take off some material to fit the Iceman block a bit better. Initial tests are looking fantastic compared to the Alpha Cool block but not much improved from the Barrow, though it seems a touch better. Certainly seem to be hitting the threshold of what this style of hybrid/piggyback cooling is going to get. Going to run it for a few days and hopefully get some comparisons done up soon.

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Ran through dead space, metro, and armored core. The improvements between the Iceman block, and the Barrow block definitely aren’t as prominent as between the Alpha Cool. Originally I was going to compare all three, but there wouldn’t really be a point because the difference with the Iceman and Barrow is only about  2°. Definitely seem to be creeping up on the limit of what using the laptops heat sink as an IHS is going to get to. Without making some thing for actual direct die cooling I don’t know if any more improvements are going to be coming out of this.

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Previous best was 77*