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I'm no overclocker, but I know if your temperature is in the triple digits (Celcius): you're going too far.

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Take your time. Change one setting at a time. Never shotgun-troubleshoot or you'll never figure out what the real problem is.

Always test, test and test again.

When in doubt back off or stay put. No need to break something expensive by getting overzealous.

And sometimes too little voltage can be just as bad as too much.

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Always add more voltage

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I'm no overclocker, but I know if your temperature is in the triple digits: you're going too far.

not if its -   ... were talking bout oc so... LN2 FTW LOL

 

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Ayy lmao let's all learn from eachother

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My last 4800MQ could overclock while I reduced voltage

Add more voltage anyways, more voltage fixes everything

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Add more voltage anyways, more voltage fixes everything

 

Everything has a limit... like voltage...

 

if it stops working after you added voltage, you probably put in too much voltage and probably killed the chip...

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If you dont smell smoke, theres still overclock headroom

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Everything has a limit... like voltage...

 

if it stops working after you added voltage, you probably put in too much voltage and probably killed the chip...

but.......more voltage...

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But what if LESS voltage fixes it =O!

*dun dun dun*

The funny thing is that less voltage does fix it. I have my 4810mq at -50 on the voltage offset and it's still able to run stable and boost up to 3.5 ghz on all four cores. Ran prime95 on it and it was still stable

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The funny thing is that less voltage does fix it. I have my 4810mq at -50 on the voltage offset and it's still able to run stable and boost up to 3.5 ghz on all four cores. Ran prime95 on it and it was still stable

You should be boosting to 3.6GHz on a 4810MQ. Try upping your current limit if you're only hitting 3.5GHz in stress tests.

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You should be boosting to 3.6GHz on a 4810MQ. Try upping your current limit if you're only hitting 3.5GHz in stress tests.

I should've noted that I turned down my multiplier to 3.5. I was having some high temps with 3.6 for prolonged periods even with replacing the thermal paste. Rather sacrifice the 100mhz for some cooler temps and lower fan speed.

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I should've noted that I turned down my multiplier to 3.5. I was having some high temps with 3.6 for prolonged periods even with replacing the thermal paste. Rather sacrifice the 100mhz for some cooler temps and lower fan speed.

Makes sense. I just used CLU on it. My room is super hot so I hit high temps when I OC (I also need to add voltage to OC T_T my chip sucks T_T) but if I had my old chip I'd be undervolted and OC'd all the time.

 

What laptop do you have?

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If it's a graphics card, I just throw absurd clock speeds at it 'til it's unstable, and then increase the voltage as far as I know it's safe. Then I increase the clock speed more if I can.

 

If it's a CPU overclock, I throw my arms in the air and announce to myself, "I have no idea what I'm doing!!" Then I make it work somehow, and after that, even if it's stable in an XTU stress test for 12 hours, it still crashes in BF4 with WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR. And finally, I just go insane because I have no idea what I'm doing still.

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Makes sense. I just used CLU on it. My room is super hot so I hit high temps when I OC (I also need to add voltage to OC T_T my chip sucks T_T) but if I had my old chip I'd be undervolted and OC'd all the time.

 

What laptop do you have?

Sager Np8268-S. I had it overclocked at 4.0 on all four cores but I was getting temps upwards of 88 C. I only keep the overclock on when I'm benchmarking, all other times it's undervolted and slightly underclocked for better battery life and just all around quietness

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Sager Np8268-S. I had it overclocked at 4.0 on all four cores but I was getting temps upwards of 88 C. I only keep the overclock on when I'm benchmarking, all other times it's undervolted and slightly underclocked for better battery life and just all around quietness

P150SM-A then, okay. If you had 88c during most gaming loads I'd understand your hate of it, though those temps are still safe. I'd suggest getting the P170SM-A CPU heatsink, lapping it, then using liquid ultra on the CPU and you should be fine from then on, even OC'd, especially using max fans.

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