undervolt new laptop's cpu

[Strigon]

I am new to this forum

I had recently bought a laptop and i heard that undervolting the cpu would reduce power consumption and reduced cpu heat. However upon searching google some say it would void warranty while some say it wouldnt.

[UMxMarky94]

well it depends on your laptop if this is even possible

[Strigon]

1 minute ago, UMxMarky94 said:

well it depends on your laptop if this is even possible

yes it is possible.

[ashypanda]

You can't unless you've got a laptop with a K series CPU, and the BIOS allows you to play with the clocks and voltages, as any other CPU and laptop, might only let you turn off speedstep, turbo boost, hyperthreading, and turn off multi-core processing.

[Strigon]

My laptop is the Dell Xps 15 9560. Running on a i7-7700HQ

 

Edited March 21, 2017 by Strigon
Wrong cpu

[ashypanda]

you can only do what i've said in the other post.

[Strigon]

Just now, ashypanda said:

you can only do what i've said in the other post.

im sorry, wrong cpu. Please forgive me. Yes ive got the kaby lake one

[ashypanda]

so a 7700HQ?

[Strigon]

Just now, ashypanda said:

so a 7700HQ?

yes

[Cereal5]

HQ series is locked. You would be looking for an HK

[Strigon]

I have the idea of undervolting when i saw this video .

from 1:00 dave lee explains how he undervolted. From what i know he used the dell xps 15. Same specs as me, same cpu

[B-17rocks]

7 minutes ago, Strigon said:

yes

It is possible to undervolt you have to get throttlestop though ive got my 6700hq locked at my turbo boost which is up to 3.5 ghz (it never gets that high though) but during gaming my cores are locked at about 3.1-3.3 ghz depending on a game (as long as you don't go below or above designer specifications you should not void your warranty)

[Strigon]

1 minute ago, B-17rocks said:

It is possible to undervolt you have to get throttlestop though ive got my 6700hq locked at my turbo boost which is up to 3.5 ghz (it never gets that high though) but during gaming my cores are locked at about 3.1-3.3 ghz depending on a game (as long as you don't go below or above designer specifications you should be ok)

I am planning to use Intel extreme tuning utility ( like how in the video). But what i am worried is whether will undervolting void warranty. I am not planning to overclock my cpu in the moment.

[B-17rocks]

7 minutes ago, Strigon said:

I am planning to use Intel extreme tuning utility ( like how in the video). But what i am worried is whether will undervolting void warranty. I am not planning to overclock my cpu in the moment.

yes i know you want to undervolt i was just providing an example to show you that because i did not exceed designer specifications that my warranty will not void( because i did not overclock). Intel XTU In my opinion is hard and i would rather use throttle stop if you look up guides maybe you can find an undervolt guide because throttle stop has presets like battery, game, e.t.c

[UMxMarky94]

31 minutes ago, Strigon said:

I am planning to use Intel extreme tuning utility ( like how in the video). But what i am worried is whether will undervolting void warranty. I am not planning to overclock my cpu in the moment.

it will not void your warranty and it is next to impossible to tell if you done something like that 

[Pendragon]

9 hours ago, B-17rocks said:

It is possible to undervolt you have to get throttlestop though ive got my 6700hq locked at my turbo boost which is up to 3.5 ghz (it never gets that high though) but during gaming my cores are locked at about 3.1-3.3 ghz depending on a game (as long as you don't go below or above designer specifications you should not void your warranty)

 

That's wrong. The reason why it's locked to 3.1ghz is that the 6700HQ 4 core core is 3.1ghz. It can't go higher. 

 

9 hours ago, Strigon said:

I am planning to use Intel extreme tuning utility ( like how in the video). But what i am worried is whether will undervolting void warranty. I am not planning to overclock my cpu in the moment.

 

will not void your warranty. Throttlestop is far better than XTU. You cannot overclock your processor anyway. Undervolt away. 

[Strigon]

1 hour ago, Pendragon said:

That's wrong. The reason why it's locked to 3.1ghz is that the 6700HQ 4 core core is 3.1ghz. It can't go higher. 

 

will not void your warranty. Throttlestop is far better than XTU. You cannot overclock your processor anyway. Undervolt away. 

okay thank you. I will use throttlestop.

[B-17rocks]

On 3/21/2017 at 4:58 PM, Pendragon said:

That's wrong. The reason why it's locked to 3.1ghz is that the 6700HQ 4 core core is 3.1ghz. It can't go higher. 

 

will not void your warranty. Throttlestop is far better than XTU. You cannot overclock your processor anyway. Undervolt away. 

i have it set to 3.5ghz on throttlestop and yes i know this it only gets that high on 1 core being used

[Pendragon]

3 minutes ago, B-17rocks said:

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That's not a setting. It's just the default clocks on the 6700hq. You guys don't have the luxury to set your own clock speed. 

[B-17rocks]

26 minutes ago, Pendragon said:

That's not a setting. It's just the default clocks on the 6700hq. You guys don't have the luxury to set your own clock speed. 

lol