Hi all

Just wondering is it safe to overclock my laptop?

Well, as everyone knows , laptop is a compact set of hardware , which is rigid internally.

Unlike our pc , we cant add fan or cooling system internally , so the only option is to add a cooler which is externally

So....Is it safe?

PS : Safe means wont have obvious affect the hardware and lifespan

Thanks in advance

How to OC laptop?

ya...teach me...

Software

I mean

GC overclock

Yes u can OC... Monitor the temperature to make sure its not too high and run some test make sure it runs fine... thats all...

laptop such as the new DELL WOW edition can OC very well.

not worth IMO
battery faster finish & heat generated more when u dont have proper cooling

Yap.

The safety question is all about heat , want to know will it kill my laptop?

And about the battery problem , i intend to do it only when i am connect it to plug

In that case you just have to monitor the temperature. You won't be able to kill the laptop outright by overheating nowadays because processors have thermal protection circuits that will trottle back the processor or shut it off outright if it gets too hot. Use utilities like speedfan, everest or coretemp to monitor the temperature while overclocking. Keep in mind that 65-80C is common even for laptop processors running at stock, if even before overclocking you're already wandering into the 70s region, I suggest you forget it. If you can overclock while keeping temps in the low 70s or lower, then go ahead. I'm saying all this assuming you have no way of changing the processor voltage.

For those overclockers that may be frying me for suggesting such a temp, know this-laptop processors run at a lower voltage than desktop processors and hence have a much longer lifespan at the same temp. Nothing shortens processor lifespan as much as voltage.

First, not all notebooks can be overclocked. I had a few and attempted it but doesn't work. This is because you need a software that can control your clock-gen in the motherboard and it's not easy because not all chipsets are supported.

Well , in that case , i will only overclock the GC only

Same thing applies to graphic card overclocking, it might or might not be possible to monitor GPU temp though, which will make things tricker in avoiding overheating.

Yap

Thats why i asking