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    ES 2760qm a bad idea? D0 stepping?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by niffcreature, Aug 26, 2014.

  1. niffcreature

    niffcreature ex computer dyke

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    basically just curious if this is a horrible idea for any reason other than the cooling, and if its really 55w TDP. thanks

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    niffcreature, Aug 26, 2014
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    Does that thing have an unlocked multiplier?! I salivate at the possibilities. :D
     
    octiceps, Aug 26, 2014
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    niffcreature ex computer dyke

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    i highly doubt it. but then,, why does it say 55w?

    i will find out in 2 shakes of..... um, 2 shakes of an epacket delivery from china
     
    niffcreature, Aug 26, 2014
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    ES, 55W TDP...you might've found a diamond in the rough.

    What system do you have? Let us know if you're able to overclock the stuffing out of it. :thumbsup:
     
    octiceps, Aug 26, 2014
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    pretty sure that's a 2920xm es since it has 8mb cache.
     
    jedisurfer1, Aug 26, 2014
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    niffcreature, Aug 26, 2014
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    yep looks like it has unlocked multipliers
     
    niffcreature, Sep 3, 2014
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    running pretty remarkably cool i think, and i dont have the patience to run all kinds of tests but i think the turbo is a little juicier than a normal cpu. seems to run with 2 cores at 33x and the other 2 at 30x, idk maybe thats normal tho

    i dont have an unlocked BIOS btw so no overclocking unfortunately.
     
    niffcreature, Sep 3, 2014
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    Well that's a damn shame. Does ThrottleStop work?
     
    octiceps, Sep 3, 2014
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    Yes, try ThrottleStop to see what you can get that processor to do.
     
    LTBonham, Sep 3, 2014
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    Yeah sucks.. Have you been XTU? Try that and if not try throttlestop..
     
    TomJGX, Sep 6, 2014
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    already tried throttle stop, doesn't seem to do anything at all.
     
    niffcreature, Sep 7, 2014
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    I think you need a board that support oc to do any multiplier ocing. Dropping xm into most machine won't get a oc'able CPU.
     
    baii, Sep 7, 2014
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    yeah. i dont care. its these other dudes who are tryna get me to oc it ;)
     
    niffcreature, Sep 7, 2014
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    Man, if your BIOS could take a 3630QM I'd swap with you in a heartbeat. :\
     
    octiceps, Sep 8, 2014
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    It probably wouldn't unless it was a M17x R4... As far as I know, the R4 is the only laptop which can use both Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge CPU's with no issues..
     
    TomJGX, Sep 8, 2014
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    Yeah and OP's BIOS is completely locked down. What a shame. :cry:
     
    octiceps, Sep 8, 2014
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    You mean 99.99% of the laptop out there? :)
     
    baii, Sep 8, 2014
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