WELCOME EVERYBODY TO MY GUIDE ON HOW TO SET CUSTOM OVERCLOCK PROFILES & PAIRING TO GAMES/APPS IN YOUR ALIENWARE R4 17 WITH A K-SERIE CPU

* I would like to start by explaining the reasons why I developed this tool.

1. I own an Alienware R4 17 which has an overclock-able CPU, and after

re-pasting it with LM I realized that it is a very good & highly overclock-able chip, but there were a few things that really bothered me when overclocking. the first thing was that when overclocking by either using the Bios or Alienware OC Controls, the fans will run at a minimum of 2300-2500rpm at all time, even if your Notebook is idling or browsing the web or doing very light tasks. The fan noise was annoying specially when readying an online article or typing an essay for my classes.... Alright, the second reason is because Alienware will be releasing a New Command Center which will allow you to set overclocking profiles to your games & apps, which I got excited for since that's what I needed in order to not have to be turning the overclocks on & off when I play a game and exit it.... but thennnnnn, Alienware confirmed that, that new software won't to coming to older or current Alienware systems, and that pissed me off because it's just a marketing strategy to make us the consumers upgrade to their new systems... And lastly i tried using XTU's App Profile Setting Tool but it doesn't work do to some Bios restrictions...... so to solve the issues, I developed my own tool! well, something like that lol.



Purpose of this tool:

Set custom Core Clock speeds without even opening Intel Extreme Utility

Set custom Power Limits 1 & 2 Without affecting fan speed " Bios set min speed of fan to 2300rpm when Power Limit 1 Exceeds 45W but this tool with get around that. "

Set Custom under-volts without opening Intel Extreme Utility

Set custom Profile Paring to Games & Apps

A BIG FU*K YOU to the Alienware Software developer who decided to not support our system on purpose " He stated it on a Twitch livestream "

GETTING RID OF THAT ANNOYING FAN NOISE WHEN OVERCLOCKED AND BROWSING THE WEB OR DOING LIGHT TASKS!!

SUPPORTED PLATFORMS:

Alienware R4 17 with Intel i7-6820hk

Alienware R4 17 with Intel i7-7820hk

Alienware R3 15 with Intel i7-7820hk

I Don't own an Alieware Desktop but if requested I still can create a version for it " Maybe "

THERE IS GOING TO BE " 3 " OPTIONS FOR OVERCLOCKING AND IT IS YOUR CHOICE,

1. IS A FIXED OVERCLOCK WHICH YOUR SYSTEM WILL USE ON ALL OCCASIONS.

OR

2.CUSTOM PROFILES TO PAIR WITH INDIVIDUAL GAMES AND APPS. OR 3. MACRO-KEYS SHORCUTS FOR INDIVIDUAL PROFILES.

OPTION 1: STEPS

It will be necessary to have full control of the power limits so the bios won't overwrite any custom settings. And to do that, boot into bios > CPU Performance Mode > Enable < Core Over Clocking Level > Customization < Power Limit 1 > 0 < Power Limit 2 > 0 < Save & Reboot

next

finish

Properties

Trigger

Okey

OKEY NOW THE FUN PART!



To set your overclocks or undervolts you have do the following:



Go the folder you un-zipped "C:\Overclock" and open Settings.ps1

-t -id 48 -v 45 means Power Limit 1 = 45W



means Power Limit 1 = 45W -t -id 47 -v 60 means Power Limit 2 = 60W



means Power Limit 2 = 60W -t -id 29 -v 39 means 1 Active Core = 3.9Ghz



means 1 Active Core = 3.9Ghz -t -id 30 -v 38 means 2 Active Cores = 3.8Ghz



means 2 Active Cores = 3.8Ghz -t -id 31 -v 36 means 3 Active Cores = 3.6Ghz



means 3 Active Cores = 3.6Ghz -t -id 32 -v 35 means 4 Active Cores = 3.5Ghz



means 4 Active Cores = 3.5Ghz -t -id 76 -v 36 means Cache Frequencie = 3.6Ghz



means Cache Frequencie = 3.6Ghz -t -id 79 -v 0 means Offset Voltage = 0

OPTION 2. PROFILE PAIRING







Intel i7-7820hk:

Intel i7-6820hk:



Unzip file in this location "C:\" :



Inside the OC-Profiles folder there is going to be five other folders that are already to be setup by you with your custom overclock and settings, in every folder there is a Settings.ps1 file which you can open and change the core clock and power " As shown above"



Once you have edited a "Settings.ps1" head to Alienware Command Center:





Click > Create New Game Mode < and link the game/app.exe file



Then: Pair the "OC Service.exe" from the chosen Profile folder and start the game using the shortcut that was automatically created in the desktop, and there you have your app-paired profile.

Download the following zip file according to your CPU and un-zip it in this location "C:\"Intel i7-7820hk: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SN654tggterOnfNMtaEHg5WntBp4p_Z3/view?usp=sharing Intel i7-6820hk: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kfWUA6Xn6kUtJPMDalcT9kDLaKSHMQGD/view?usp=sharing Unzip file in this location "C:\" : Inside the OC-Profiles folder there is going to be five other folders that are already to be setup by you with your custom overclock and settings, in every folder there is a Settings.ps1 file which you can open and change the core clock and power " As shown above"Once you have edited a "Settings.ps1" head to Alienware Command Center:Click >< and link the game/app.exe fileThen: Pair the "OC Service.exe" from the chosen Profile folder and start the game using the shortcut that was automatically created in the desktop, and there you have your app-paired profile.

OPTION 3:







Just follow the picture guide:









AND YOU'RE DONE!











NOTE: If power limits resets when Notebook goes to Sleep Mode when you close the lid, do the following, and after all this you will have a good overcloked machine. With the use of Command Center "Alienware TactX" we can assign any Overclock profile to any of the macro keys, for an easier overclock switch between desired profile for different ocassions.Just follow the picture guide:

2. Download & Install Intel Extreme Utility: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/24075/Intel-Extreme-Tuning-Utility-Intel-XTU- 3. Once installed, head to Windows Services, find "XTU3SERVICE" and set its startup to "Automatic". Reason for that it's so any overclock will stick after rebooting your system.4. For the tool to be able to apply Overclock without asking for Administrator permissions the following has to be done, otherwise you'll run into permission problems .5. Search for powershell, shift-right click, run as administrator and run: Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned Type "A" and press Enter6. Download the the corresponding zip file according to your CPU and un-zip in this location "C:\"Intel i7-7820hk: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bkdWqAknjfLNoClB1fXkSTKpDuN5Hwj9/view?usp=sharing Intel i7-6820hk: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EPw4Loh47evaepavGZD3xugqJSZy7bEd/view?usp=sharing 7. Once downloaded, Place the un-zipped "Overclock Folder" in this location "C:\"8. Now we have to use Task Scheduler to do the hard and most important part. We almost done so hang in there! Follow this steps:1. We create a basic task: 2. "When The Computer Starts" : 3. "Start a program" >4. Browse for "OC Service.exe" inside Overclock folder: 5. Click >6. Look for the task and click >< : 7. Apply the following settings: 8. Click >< Tab : 9. Apply the following settings: 10. Apply the following settings: 11. Applythe following settings: 12. Click >< and type your password when prompted so you can give the task "Admin privileges" : So, to Adjust your own frequencies/Voltage and Power Limits just change the numbers in purple:once you do that just run OC Service.exe "It's located in the same folder" and the changes will be applied, and if everything was done right, it will stick even after rebooting.Another good thing is that none of the changes will be reset when the system goes to sleep, XTU had that issue in which the power limits will reset after reboot, sleep and hibernate. with this method, that problem is solved.Open Shortcut in desktop:After all that your custom OC will start along with your game/app