Intel promisses Unlocked, Overclockable LAPTOP Skylake CPUs

[GoodBytes]

Try an not set your legs and desk under fire if you get a hold on these chips, but Intel promises that it will have unlocked, and overclockable Skylake CPUs for laptops.

While details are slim, these CPU's will be like the desktop counterpart, meaning NOT ALL CPUs won laptops will be unlocked and overclockable, only sum. Presumingly will have the "K" marking to identify them like on the desktop.

As CPUs and GPUs get more and more power efficient, and manufacture put better cooling solutions in their mobile system, including some, using the base of the laptop as an extension of the heat-sink to dissipate heat, a preferred approach on slim powerful systems, overclocking a laptop is getting more and more possible. Intel now offers this possibility to consumers. Now it comes down to manufactures to be willing to use them, and actually provide you the BIOS/UEFI options to overclock the CPU.

Sadly no more details are given beside this.

Source: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/08/intel-promises-unlocked-overclockable-skylake-cpu-for-laptops/

[Guest]

Is this really needed though? I can't see the cooling solution in a laptop being powerful enough in a laptop to allow for an overclock that would make that much of a difference, and that would justify the extra cost involved in additional and superior cooling etc.... 

[Sam Z Man]

If they make a mobile CPU that actually is a equivalent to a desktop i5 that would be nice, no more of this i3 or i7 Bullshit.

[Curufinwe_wins]

Apparently most if not all cpus will have variable bus speeds like the unlocked cpus (100-233!!!) So really I'd like to see what the "locked" cpus can do as well.

That's a huge push to be available supposedly.

[Curufinwe_wins]

Is this really needed though? I can't see the cooling solution in a laptop being powerful enough in a laptop to allow for an overclock that would make that much of a difference, and that would justify the extra cost involved in additional and superior cooling etc....

When some laptops have full 4790ks in them, ofc they can handle overclocking on mobile cpus...

[Misanthrope]

Should go along nicely with the locked Nvidia mobile gpus  B)

[Ekpyrosis]

Now we only need watercooled laptops...

[Tech_Dreamer]

don't know how much clock speed it can achieve with the laptop cooling before it throttles, unlesswe do something like Linus did on that mac book air

[Guest]

When some laptops have full 4790ks in them, ofc they can handle overclocking on mobile cpus...

 

Aren't those with custom chassis though? Not your standard Asus or HP laptop? Like i say, i'm not saying they can't handle overclocking, but how much of an increase in clock would you be able to achieve before temps become too high?

[Sam Z Man]

Apparently most if not all cpus will have variable bus speeds like the unlocked cpus (100-233!!!) So really I'd like to see what the "locked" cpus can do as well.

That's a huge push to be available supposedly.

Have you ever seen a laptop bios, good luck trying to find how to change the bus speeds.

[dragosudeki]

When some laptops have full 4790ks in them, ofc they can handle overclocking on mobile cpus...

The lifetime of your laptop will deplete so fast because you will probably overclock to temperatures that the laptop can't handle... Unless you consider putting a mATX PC on your lap, a laptop, there really isn't much viable options for it. I'm also guessing your warranty will be void upon overclock.

[C3DMaX]

i can see this in a setup where i have extra cooling for the laptop at home, where i can achieve a sustainable overclock and then disabling the oc when taking the laptop somewhere else

[Syfes]

Aren't those with custom chassis though? Not your standard Asus or HP laptop? Like i say, i'm not saying they can't handle overclocking, but how much of an increase in clock would you be able to achieve before temps become too high?

Well obviously this wouldn't be a thing on your average $500 HP laptop. Currently there are a hand full of laptops out that use desktop cpu's successfully so it's far from impossible and I definitely see a market for this in the high-end segment.

[Guest]

Well obviously this wouldn't be a thing on your average $500 HP laptop. Currently there are a hand full of laptops out that use desktop cpu's successfully so it's far from impossible and I definitely see a market for this in the high-end segment.

 

Well yeah, obliviously not in the average consumer laptop, but even still on a high-end custom laptop, would the cooling really be good enough to provide for an overclock that would even make it worthwhile? 

[Curufinwe_wins]

The lifetime of your laptop will deplete so fast because you will probably overclock to temperatures that the laptop can't handle... Unless you consider putting a mATX PC on your lap, a laptop, there really isn't much viable options for it. I'm also guessing your warranty will be void upon overclock.

That apparently isn't the case today with the numerous laptops with 4790ks in them already, and overclocking a 47W mobile I7 is obviously way less damaging than overclocking a 88W 4790k.

[Curufinwe_wins]

Aren't those with custom chassis though? Not your standard Asus or HP laptop? Like i say, i'm not saying they can't handle overclocking, but how much of an increase in clock would you be able to achieve before temps become too high?

Above. Yes high end laptops.

[Curufinwe_wins]

Have you ever seen a laptop bios, good luck trying to find how to change the bus speeds.

It's not like they can't make the laptop bios more accessible if that is actually a goal anyways.

[Misanthrope]

Now we only need watercooled laptops...

 

Where did I see that?

 

[Me1z]

What's the difference between the unlocked desktop models and the unlocked laptop models besides branding? Are the laptop versions binned to be more power efficient at high clocks? Why not just use the laptop version in a desktop then? Not that this is a bad thing at all, I just don't understand what would set the two versions apart enough to justify a separate model, but not give one an obvious advantage over the other. Intel y u tease us like this????

[Kyuubixchidori]

Would be awesome if you had a normal mode, then a switch for high perfomance mode, maybe detect when its on a cooling pad. 

 

that and I want to be able to tinker with voltages. with gpus you can cut 20*C off them easy with cutting the voltage down.(from personal experience) so to be able to cut voltage to CPUs in laptops would be awesome. cut temps, and increase battery life

[LucidMew]

Can anyone give a definition of what this means in this context?

 

-snip- Intel promises that it will have unlocked, and recoverable Skylake CPUs for laptops. -snip-

 

How can you recover a CPU? Does that mean it'll be socketed and user replaceable? So you can upgrade from a socketed i5 to an i7 later? And what will happen with the clockspeed when on battery?

[Sam Z Man]

Would be awesome if you had a normal mode, then a switch for high perfomance mode, maybe detect when its on a cooling pad. 

So turn power saver mode into normal, and turn normal into performance mode. That's been a thing for a while.

[GoodBytes]

Can anyone give a definition of what this means in this context?

 

 

How can you recover a CPU? Does that mean it'll be socketed and user replaceable? So you can upgrade from a socketed i5 to an i7 later? And what will happen with the clockspeed when on battery?

Typo. Firefox spell checker sucks.

[othertomperson]

Would be awesome if you had a normal mode, then a switch for high perfomance mode, maybe detect when its on a cooling pad. 

 

So... almost like it had a "clock" that it could like... "boost to" under pre-determined power and thermal conditions?

[Kyuubixchidori]

So turn power saver mode into normal, and turn normal into performance mode. That's been a thing for a while.

telling me changing the power mode changes the voltage and overclocks the laptop? okay mate.