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    PCSPECIALIST What is the noise and thermal throttling like on the new Recoil VII with 4080/4090, ahd how do these graphics cards compare in PCS build benchmarks?

    Interesting! between this and liquid metal, feels like we are really getting more choice on conductive materials :)
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    PCSPECIALIST What is the noise and thermal throttling like on the new Recoil VII with 4080/4090, ahd how do these graphics cards compare in PCS build benchmarks?

    Ha! I'd forgotten about that one - the W key on the defiance II would get sticky when the machine heats up. Mostly used an external keyboard, so it wasn't such an issue. Good point though, I could have remapped keys. Have now passed that machine onto a friend who was lacking a laptop. Currently...
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    PCSPECIALIST What is the noise and thermal throttling like on the new Recoil VII with 4080/4090, ahd how do these graphics cards compare in PCS build benchmarks?

    Have you given your old pcs build (Defiance II ? ) a clean out? make sure to ground yourself first, check some videos online about laptop cleaning if not familar with the process. I ended up cleaning down between the heatsink fins in the laptops exhaust, got the thing running much quieter and...
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    PCSPECIALIST What is the noise and thermal throttling like on the new Recoil VII with 4080/4090, ahd how do these graphics cards compare in PCS build benchmarks?

    Will do! Checking my post history, seems you gave me the same advice about issues with my old laptop back in 2017! I never did post a follow up, but things worked out ~OK. Thanks, will try to post more info this time
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    PCSPECIALIST What is the noise and thermal throttling like on the new Recoil VII with 4080/4090, ahd how do these graphics cards compare in PCS build benchmarks?

    I'm looking at picking up a new recoil VII with a geforce 4080 (or 4090) - but have a few questions and concerns 1. How noisy is it? Fan noise in particular. Are there any videos showing this laptop under load? 1a. and how much difference does the liquid cooler addon make? 2. How much of a...
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    PCSPECIALIST Defiance II BIOS issues (asking for wipe/flash advice)

    Hiya all, Running a Defiance II, mostly very happy with it - except for recent bios issues - the laptop does not want to turn on, I normally am presented with: -Black screen -keyboard lights up -fans speed up after a while -screen remains black -no post beep (I have enabled in the bios...
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    PCSPECIALIST Defiance 2, geforce 970, 32gb ram, 500gb SSD, i7-6700hq - Linux

    First up - ordering & delevery: ETA sounded a bit long (couple of weeks) - and was pushed back another couple of weeks. During this time, the automated emails status failed, and conversations with customer service were inconsistant, did not match each other or the info on the website. But hey...
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