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I use a similar trick: I try to find a laptop that comes in both discrete-GPU and integrated-GPU configurations, and both version must share the identical chass

by desdiv 7y ago

I use a similar trick: I try to find a laptop that comes in both discrete-GPU and integrated-GPU configurations, and both version must share the identical chassis. This way, when I buy the integrated version, I know the chassis has been designed with the heavier airflow of the discrete-GPU version in mind. If I'm lucky, my integrated-GPU config might even use the identical size heat-sinks as the discrete-GPU version.

ChuckNorris89 7y ago
That's interesting. Any model you can recommend?
- dijit 7y ago
  Dell XPS 15's and Precisions 55xx's allow this trick. You can buy them from the manufacturer with no discrete graphics cards. I have one with a card which is physically turned off for the same trick.
  - hetspookjee 7y ago
    In my experience the XPS 15 7390 with the 6c12t cpu with Windows had the fan running very often. Each time a single cpu thread ran at 100% the fan turned on.
  - Mandelmus 7y ago
    Do you mean the XPS 13? I've never seen an XPS 15 in recent years without an NVIDIA card. The cheapest XPS 15 from 2019 that I can find still comes with the mobile NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650, as does my own XPS 15 9560 from 2017.
    - dijit 7y ago
      I'm 2 days late! I'm so sorry! If you go to dell.com and select one of the more entry level varients you can customise more things: https://i.imgur.com/deQFdyU.png https://i.imgur.com/deQFdyU.png
- gambiting 7y ago
  Not OP, but from experience I know the Razer Blade Stealth 13 has the same cooling for both integrated GPU and dedicated gpu versions - and it's a very beefy cooling system as is, even with the dedicated gpu the system can stay at full load indefinitely without any issues.
- CaptainBern 7y ago
  The thinkpad T470/T480 dual-pipe dGPU heatsink is a drop-in replacement for the iGPU version, so if you buy the version without dGPU, you can pretty easily double your heatpipes quite cheap. [0]: https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/9ohpyo/psa_t470t480_dual_pipe_heatsinks_are_a_drop_in/ https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/9ohpyo/psa_t470t4...
dman 7y ago
What laptop are you using currently?
markus_zhang 7y ago
That's smart! I'm going to try the trick next time~
oarsinsync 7y ago
Does this trick apply to the 15" MacbookPro (2015)? If so, I guess I'm in luck!
bluedino 7y ago
They stopped doing that with the 15" MacBook Pro after 2015 :(

by desdiv 7y ago

ChuckNorris89 7y ago

That's interesting. Any model you can recommend?

dijit 7y ago
Dell XPS 15's and Precisions 55xx's allow this trick. You can buy them from the manufacturer with no discrete graphics cards. I have one with a card which is physically turned off for the same trick.
- hetspookjee 7y ago
  In my experience the XPS 15 7390 with the 6c12t cpu with Windows had the fan running very often. Each time a single cpu thread ran at 100% the fan turned on.
- Mandelmus 7y ago
  Do you mean the XPS 13? I've never seen an XPS 15 in recent years without an NVIDIA card. The cheapest XPS 15 from 2019 that I can find still comes with the mobile NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650, as does my own XPS 15 9560 from 2017.
  - dijit 7y ago
    I'm 2 days late! I'm so sorry! If you go to dell.com and select one of the more entry level varients you can customise more things: https://i.imgur.com/deQFdyU.png https://i.imgur.com/deQFdyU.png
gambiting 7y ago
Not OP, but from experience I know the Razer Blade Stealth 13 has the same cooling for both integrated GPU and dedicated gpu versions - and it's a very beefy cooling system as is, even with the dedicated gpu the system can stay at full load indefinitely without any issues.
CaptainBern 7y ago
The thinkpad T470/T480 dual-pipe dGPU heatsink is a drop-in replacement for the iGPU version, so if you buy the version without dGPU, you can pretty easily double your heatpipes quite cheap. [0]: https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/9ohpyo/psa_t470t480_dual_pipe_heatsinks_are_a_drop_in/ https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/9ohpyo/psa_t470t4...

dman 7y ago

What laptop are you using currently?

markus_zhang 7y ago

That's smart! I'm going to try the trick next time~

oarsinsync 7y ago

Does this trick apply to the 15" MacbookPro (2015)? If so, I guess I'm in luck!

bluedino 7y ago

They stopped doing that with the 15" MacBook Pro after 2015 :(