Overclocking my new Laptop

[jab136]

So I am expecting my new laptop to come in tomorrow and it has a 6820HK processor and 980m GPU with 8GB VRAM and 16GB of DDR4 RAM.  all powered by a 220W power block.  I have never overclocked a computer before and have several questions.

1. if power/temperature becomes an issue, what do you guys recommend as the order of importance between the processor and GPU (obviously the RAM is least important)

2. which programs should I use to test stability of each component as I apply the OC

3.  What do you guys use as a general rule of thumb for the OV value on each of these components

 

thanks

 

Edit:  I have gotten a lot of responses about whether or not I should overclock at all, but not many have answered the actual questions I posed... particularly the programs I should use to test stability.

Edited May 9, 2016 by jab136

[GreezyJeezy]

I wouldn't oc a laptop 

[jab136]

yah, but the processor I bought is actually unlocked.  I wasn't planning on a drastic OC but a bit of an improvement would be nice.

 

[ZestyJalapeno]

Step 1. Don't. Not worth it. Enjoy your new laptop and leave it alone.

[Dackzy]

No don't do it, unless you want to void warranty and pay them a lot of money to fix your laptop again, because a OC will wear down the CPU.

[GreezyJeezy]

11 minutes ago, jab136 said:

yah, but the processor I bought is actually unlocked.  I wasn't planning on a drastic OC but a bit of an improvement would be nice.

 

Since it's a laptop it's not made for extra heat. Most big gaming laptops even have giant copper heat pipes to keep the heat down. If you want to probably kill your laptop faster then OC it, unless you take it apart and custom cool it

[FirstArmada]

13 minutes ago, jab136 said:

yah, but the processor I bought is actually unlocked.  I wasn't planning on a drastic OC but a bit of an improvement would be nice.

 

Unless you one the silicon lottery big time and have a super efficient chip i wouldn't even bother not worth it 

[Darel321]

unlocked yes.. so you can downclock so your laptop wont melt

[Lord_Karango17]

If temps allow it, oc the gpu first, before bothering with the cpu. Odds are that the gpu is the limiting factor in most games.

The process itself is the same as desktops, and the only difference is that you wont have any power target/ voltage sliders. Use programs like unigen heaven/ valley to make sure temps dont go over the mid-high 80c under a gaming load on both the laptop and desktop.

[Lord_Karango17]

23 minutes ago, GreezyJeezy said:

Since it's a laptop it's not made for extra heat. Most big gaming laptops even have giant copper heat pipes to keep the heat down. If you want to probably kill your laptop faster then OC it, unless you take it apart and custom cool it

Unless you install custom vbios' that allow for higher volts, the laptop will handle the heat fine (unless it has heat problems to begin with, in which case the op would not be overclocking). I'm speaking out of experience with my old Samsung gaming laptop...

Laptops dont run on magic and pixie dust. If temps are under control, and you dont crank the volts, they behave the same as a desktop part, therefore overclocking wont drastically reduce the life of the chip (as long as it isnt overheating, which it should not)

[GreezyJeezy]

5 minutes ago, Lord_Karango17 said:

Unless you install custom vbios' that allow for higher volts, the laptop will handle the heat fine (unless it has heat problems to begin with, in which case the op would not be overclocking). I'm speaking out of experience with my old Samsung gaming laptop...

Laptops dont run on magic and pixie dust. If temps are under control, and you dont crank the volts, they behave the same as a desktop part, therefore overclocking wont drastically reduce the life of the chip (as long as it isnt overheating, which it should not)

Laptops have terrible airflow 

[Lord_Karango17]

Just now, GreezyJeezy said:

Laptops have terrible airflow 

As I reiterated in my previous post, the OP should keep an eye on temps. if the laptop is running at an acceptable temp before overclocking, it will continue to do the same after the OC.

[Hamako]

To test how far I can overclock the GPU in my Clevo, I just tried a few different settings while running the games that I play. It will take a bit of experimenting to find the highest stable clock rate. If you want to overclock, I recommend applying IC diamond thermal paste. Make sure it's a really thin layer. That way, and thanks to the good Clevo design, my GPU doesn't exceed 70°C when overclocked. Without OC, it reaches 65°C under full load.

[jab136]

they already put IC diamond on it (both CPU and GPU), it is a Sager NP8678-S

[jab136]

11 minutes ago, Hamako said:

To test how far I can overclock the GPU in my Clevo, I just tried a few different settings while running the games that I play. It will take a bit of experimenting to find the highest stable clock rate. If you want to overclock, I recommend applying IC diamond thermal paste. Make sure it's a really thin layer. That way, and thanks to the good Clevo design, my GPU doesn't exceed 70°C when overclocked. Without OC, it reaches 65°C under full load.

they already put IC diamond on it (both CPU and GPU), it is a Sager NP8678-S

 

Edit: sorry for the double post, I didn't realize I couldn't delete previous posts

Edited May 9, 2016 by jab136

[Hamako]

It's more about how you put it on, not if it's on already. That Clevo is one of the newer thin models. I don't recommend overclocking that.

[jab136]

6 minutes ago, Hamako said:

It's more about how you put it on, not if it's on already. That Clevo is one of the newer thin models. I don't recommend overclocking that.

not to be that guy, but...  And I still haven't gotten suggestions on stability testing software for CPU and GPU

 

 

[Dackzy]

17 minutes ago, Hamako said:

That Clevo is one of the newer thin models. I don't recommend overclocking that.

Pffftt who doesn't want a live fire on their table.

[Hamako]

21 minutes ago, Dackzy said:

Pffftt who doesn't want a live fire on their table.

Yeah, but only in winter.

31 minutes ago, jab136 said:

not to be that guy, but...  And I still haven't gotten suggestions on stability testing software for CPU and GPU

 

 

That's for desktops.

 

Like I said, just run the game that you want to play. As long as that runs stable, there's no need to worry.

[jab136]

1 minute ago, Hamako said:

Like I said, just run the game that you want to play. As long as that runs stable, there's no need to worry.

this computer isn't only for gaming, I am currently working on my Masters Degree in Aerospace Engineering and I want the bet performance possible in engineering programs such as Solidworks, and FEA/CFD programs

[Dackzy]

24 minutes ago, jab136 said:

this computer isn't only for gaming, I am currently working on my Masters Degree in Aerospace Engineering and I want the bet performance possible in engineering programs such as Solidworks, and FEA/CFD programs

Why did you not get a laptop with a Quadro then?

[jab136]

because that wasn't the sole purpose,  I also want to be able to play games on it,  and it seemed like this would be the best compromise for the time.  In the future I intend to build a desktop with better compute power, but that is going to be quite a few months if not a year away.

 

I am replacing my multipurpose laptop that I have been using for the last 5 years which was a macbook pro running windows 7

[exercutor5]

1 hour ago, jab136 said:

they already put IC diamond on it (both CPU and GPU), it is a Sager NP8678-S

Pfffttt, it should be fine to overclock. Just press Fn + 1 and leave it there and overclock what you want. Then the next step is to put on some headphones.