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    Underclocking/Undervolting Hardware

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by therock003, Apr 11, 2018.

  1. therock003

    therock003 Notebook Geek

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    I was always wondering, if doing those things will result in the lower thermal and consumption operation of the lower tier counter parts.

    For example if i underclock a laptop i7, or disable some of the cores, will i achieve the thermals of an i5?

    Same question fro GPU
     
    therock003, Apr 11, 2018
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    alexhawker Spent Gladiator

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    The ThrottleStop Guide has 700-800 pages covering your first question - take a look.
     
    alexhawker, Apr 13, 2018
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  3. jaybee83

    jaybee83 Biotech-Doc

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    to a large part yes. the three main components of heat generation in a cpu are clocks, voltages and number of cores. power consumption and thus heat increases linear with clocks and exponentially with voltages. sure u can underclock cpu and gpu cores, deactivate them (cpu) and undervolt individual chip parts, but be aware that i7 cpus also sport additional cache, HT and sometimes differing igpus. with an unlocked K cpu and good tools at hand (unlocked bios, xtu, throttlestop), u can basically transform it into any lower tier and sometimes even higher tier cpu (i.e. 6700k to 7700 or 7700K) if you wish :)

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    jaybee83, Apr 17, 2018
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