General query regarding overclocking

[Nitish]

Hi

i have a Samsung Laptop NP350V5C with Intel i5-3210M processor.

i wan to overclock my CPU but i read somewhere that overclocking a Laptop will explode it. 

so is it a good choice for me to do or not

if not then a little bit explanation would be very useful

[Freaky_spider]

you cant overclock mobile CPU's for obvious reason, aka heat

[AlwaysFSX]

Overclocking a laptop won't make it explode. But they run very hot already so you are not able to overclock them.

[Nitish]

but if i am possible to do it is there any risk of doing it

[Nitish]

Overclocking a laptop won't make it explode. But they run very hot already so you are not able to overclock them.

but if i am possible to do it is there any risk of doing it

[AlwaysFSX]

but if i am possible to do it is there any risk of doing it

Yes. You can burn out the cpu and the socket around it, kill the VRMs, etc.

[Fulgrim]

Overclocking should only be done on a desktop machine.

 

Laptops are limited in their capabilities for various reasons - power being one, heat being another, and finally size. Since laptops are meant to be portable, the hardware is low powered, and relies on very small heatsinks/fans to keep it cool enough to operate. They have practically no room for overclocking, without any kind of modification made to keep them cooler, which would make it less portable. Which it would render the point of having a laptop invalid.

 

tl;dr Don't do it.

[LogicalDrm]

Run Intel Burn Test and use something like RealTemp to monitor max temp. If its under 90C, then you in theory could try to overclock. But it will be hard as mobile CPUs don't have unlocked multipliers.