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Greetings 

I have an i5 8250u and I wanted to enquire a few questions 

-does increasing turbo boost power max will damage my cpu , it's VRM or charging adapter

-will it damage my cpu

-i am currently on 15w And I plan to raise it to 25w according intel site of max configurable tdp up section

-what is the safe limit till I can increase turbo boost power max can i shift it to unlimited 

 

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- No, the bios usually locked that down internally to a safe limit anyway

 

- No, you're not raising voltage manually mind you

 

- Unlimited sure, if the laptop's bios dont have problems with that. That's tweaking area of stuff that you have to explore yourself.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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With a little bit of tweaking, some of the low power 8th Gen U CPUs can run like beasts.  It all depends on what power limits a manufacturer leaves unlocked.  Here is a Lenovo C930 with a Core i7-8550U running at full speed, WAY beyond its 15 Watt TDP limit. 

 

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Unfortunately the OEM heatsink and fan is inadequate at this performance level.  Will this hurt an Intel CPU?  Probably not.  They are pretty rugged.  If you are afraid to hurt your hardware or if you cannot afford to replace it then it is best not to push it too hard.  

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Sorry for being lame but Actually I have this thing in my mind , if I increase turbo boost power max then processor will pull more watts from motherboard(the question arises here if the motherboard is not capable of providing such high power(meaning it's VRM would burn down , cpu will get damaged , it is incapable(not.designed)

of consuming such high power levels , motherboard gets damaged due to not tolerating such high power) 

 

I am very well aware of heating which it will cause so i haven't mentioned it .

 

Also one last thing since power = voltage x current I am assuming increasing turbo boost power max of cpu may increase voltage flowing in it and voltage flowing through motherboard which might damage cpu and motherboard am I right ?

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