Overclocking a laptop? Help!

Levi Leach · May 21, 2015

Ok, so my current PC is a Lenovo Y-50 4K, which, as the title says, is a laptop. Mine is a slightly older model, with a core i7 4700HQ CPU. (The newer ones are outfitted with a 4720HQ.) I was recently reading online that this processor is actually overclockable from the original 2.4 GHZ to over 3 GHZ. I was wondering if anybody knew if this was possible, and how it could be done. I've never overclocked before and I've never heard of overclocking a laptop, so do you guys think I should just let it be and be happy with what I have, or give it a go because it could be awesome? Keep in mind this is my only PC, and it cost me over $1000 so if this is a really risky process I'm obviously gonna play it safe.

Just an extra note, I do have some knowledge of the BIOS and what it takes to overclock, but not nearly enough to do it safely without guidance.

I've heard great things about this forum; don't let me down! Thank you!