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    Overclocked the CPU. What to do next?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by Game7a1, Oct 25, 2014.

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    When I looked through the BIOS, I saw that I can overclock my CPU to the 3 levels. Well I did just that, and I have an overclock i7-3740QM at 4.1 GHz (well, sort of. All 4 cores ramp up to 4 GHz).
    As well, I upped my fan curve and applied thermal paste some while ago, and my temps have been below 80 C.
    So now that I can squeeze more performance out of this laptop, what should I do next? And a link to the "what" would be nice.
     
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    You can get some good info about overclocking on your machine on this other thread.

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-14-m14x/732522-alienware-14-765m-overclock-quesion-2.html
     
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    Game7a1, Oct 28, 2014
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