Overclocking i5-5200U?

[PeytonG]

I'm usually more of a desktop guy and I've successfully built 3 of those, however I've recently had a need to have a functioning laptop again. I currently have a Lenovo B40-80 which I have changed in a few ways. I have upgraded the 500 Gigabyte HDD to a 1 Terabyte SSD. I have also put another 4 Gb DDR3 RAM chip into the computer, so it has 8 Gbs of memory. I am considering buying two 8 Gig Strips to bring it to 16 Gigs of ram, but I wanted to know if I could speed this processor up anymore before I do that, and how I can do that, or if I am better off stopping right here and getting a new laptop (open to suggestions, I need something that can do moderate Solidworks and CAD work, maybe a tiny bit of gaming, and has good battery life, boots up quickly.) I have tried to apply what I know from making a few desktops to here and trying to overclock the CPU Frequency (from 2.20 Ghz to 2.70 Ghz I think is possible?)  using the BIOS, but I guess in the pre-built laptops the BIOS is very limited and I see no way for me to modify any of my settings. Does anyone have any recommendations or suggestions?

[Princess Luna]

Such a big wall of text for such a short answer...

 

You just don't, Intel mobile U processors can't be overclocked.

 

If you want a new laptop an i7 8550U / i7 8560U is worlds faster, but you'll have wasted money on DDR3 memory as it'll use DDR4.

[PeytonG]

1 minute ago, Princess Cadence said:

Such a big wall of text for such a short answer...

 

You just don't, Intel mobile U processors can't be overclocked.

Okay, thanks 

[Arkyo0]

13 minutes ago, PeytonG said:

I'm usually more of a desktop guy and I've successfully built 3 of those, however I've recently had a need to have a functioning laptop again. I currently have a Lenovo B40-80 which I have changed in a few ways. I have upgraded the 500 Gigabyte HDD to a 1 Terabyte SSD. I have also put another 4 Gb DDR3 RAM chip into the computer, so it has 8 Gbs of memory. I am considering buying two 8 Gig Strips to bring it to 16 Gigs of ram, but I wanted to know if I could speed this processor up anymore before I do that, and how I can do that, or if I am better off stopping right here and getting a new laptop (open to suggestions, I need something that can do moderate Solidworks and CAD work, maybe a tiny bit of gaming, and has good battery life, boots up quickly.) I have tried to apply what I know from making a few desktops to here and trying to overclock the CPU Frequency (from 2.20 Ghz to 2.70 Ghz I think is possible?)  using the BIOS, but I guess in the pre-built laptops the BIOS is very limited and I see no way for me to modify any of my settings. Does anyone have any recommendations or suggestions?

New laptop. I am using the Lenovo G50-80(kinda brotherhood of yours), and it is constantly running 2 cores 4 threads@2.62GHz. And, you can't overclock a U series CPU.

With core bumps from Intel and AMD in recent years (Since Late 2017), you better off start with a new laptop and upgrade it.

The i5-8250U for instance , is now 4 cores 8 threads @3.3-3.4GHz. This yield well over 100% compute performance increase.

with your 1TB SSD, you can get a i5-8250U + GeForce MX150, then replace the HDD.

You will feel the massive improvement.

 

NOTE: as Princess has said, be aware of your RAM.

[aisle9]

Personally, I'd sell it and pick up a ThinkPad T430 either already equipped with an i7-3612QM or 3632QM, or buy a T430 and upgrade to one of those chips. The T430 will run you around $130 without an i7-QM in there, and the i7 itself will cost $125 (sometimes less if you find a board for another laptop with one installed). $255-ish for a laptop that can outperform any U-SKU i7 pre-Coffee Lake is a winner in my book.

 

Overclocking a U-SKU processor isn't going to happen. There are only a few overclockable laptop CPUs out there, and the laptops housing them all cost a poopload of money and have a battery life expectancy of 8 minutes.

[X_X]

44 minutes ago, PeytonG said:

 (from 2.20 Ghz to 2.70 Ghz I think is possible?)

Should be able to run both cores at 2.5 but might need to do the usual undervolting to improve the CPU efficiency.

39 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

You just don't, Intel mobile U processors can't be overclocked.

I'd be surprised if the 4600U couldn't be OC'd providing power and temps are adequate.

[PeytonG]

1 minute ago, X_X said:

Should be able to run both cores at 2.5 but might need to do the usual undervolting to improve the CPU efficiency.

I'd be surprised if the 4600U couldn't be OC'd providing power and temps are adequate.

Do you know how I could do that?

[X_X]

The 2.5? Throttlestop

[PeytonG]

1 minute ago, X_X said:

The 2.5? Throttlestop

Thanks man, I'll try that and see how it works out.

[X_X]

It may be a little daunting to use at first but throw a few pics on that thread with questions and likely someone will help. GL.