- Feb 25, 2011
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Interested in overclocking (definition: everything that has higher frequency than by default)? a good thump rule says that overclocking 10-15% is okey without worrying to much about it.
A aftermark cpu/gpu cooler is suggested if overclocking is intended; the stocker do not have the capacity to handle higher frequency than the default. Watercoolers are at the moment the best solution for a good price and for space saving; they are getting more popular as well as wanted. Nitrogen-cooling is possible though.
Always try to overclock, aka oc, with small internvals, test if the system is stable enough, by using prime95, for the cpu and OCC, futuremark for gpu, as stability testing. A suggest time for this is 2h or more depending how the computer is meant to be used. Take time.
Before staring to mess with voltage, it's suggested that the frequency is increased as much as possible by increasing the multiplier until the computer begins to give strange behavior such as blue screen of death, aka bsod; this means that the cpu can't produce the frequency at given V-value.
CPU get overclocked in bios, it might be different story for laptops. MSI Afterburner is an excellent gpu overclocking unit. You migh need to unlock the Voltage regulator, in order to adjust V. A general tip: stay within the recommended V-value otherwise the cpu/gpu might get destroyed as well as damaging other components. There is a reason why the manufacturer publish the values.
A aftermark cpu/gpu cooler is suggested if overclocking is intended; the stocker do not have the capacity to handle higher frequency than the default. Watercoolers are at the moment the best solution for a good price and for space saving; they are getting more popular as well as wanted. Nitrogen-cooling is possible though.
Always try to overclock, aka oc, with small internvals, test if the system is stable enough, by using prime95, for the cpu and OCC, futuremark for gpu, as stability testing. A suggest time for this is 2h or more depending how the computer is meant to be used. Take time.
Before staring to mess with voltage, it's suggested that the frequency is increased as much as possible by increasing the multiplier until the computer begins to give strange behavior such as blue screen of death, aka bsod; this means that the cpu can't produce the frequency at given V-value.
CPU get overclocked in bios, it might be different story for laptops. MSI Afterburner is an excellent gpu overclocking unit. You migh need to unlock the Voltage regulator, in order to adjust V. A general tip: stay within the recommended V-value otherwise the cpu/gpu might get destroyed as well as damaging other components. There is a reason why the manufacturer publish the values.
As far as I know overclocking a laptop is a bad idea due to the very limited power that the power supply unit gives. 
