Based on some quick tests, the CPU maintains a considerably higher clock through the physics test with the Liquid Ultra so I think I can up that score quite a bit previous runs had a pretty sharp fall-off after a few seconds in due to thermal throttling but it is pretty flat through the whole test now. We reviewed the original version of Dells 13.3-inch ultrabook back in March 2012 and found it to be a solidly built, strong-performing paragon in its class. The weather for Sunday morning looks like it will be fairly cool so I can go for some benchmarks runs in similar conditions to the Time Spy personal record run of 7068. After running some stress tests, it typically idles at 41° for quite a while because the bottom panel retains quite a bit of heat for a longer period than stock with the thermal pads I installed. Idle temps with the Liquid Ultra were 31° with ambient temps of 23°. be louder, the glossy display can be distracting in bright rooms, and the fan can be loud at load. Yesterday I decided to try some Cool Laboratories Liquid Ultra and that has produced results similar to the Noctua NT-H1 (I have to do some more testing under similar conditions to know for sure if real world performance is better but it seems likely). Small Business Notebook Review: Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook.
A few days later, I tried some Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut but it worked much like stock (not impressed for this application).
After running it stock for about a week, I applied some Noctua NT-H1 and it worked really well I was able to maintain a much higher clock (above 3000mhz vs the stock compound that would clock down to approx 2500mhz) for a much longer period of time before the CPU would thermal throttle. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators. I've tried a few different thermal compounds in the XPS 13 now (left overs from desktop builds).