overclock

Hi, I'm new to the forum.

So I have an Asus G51VX-RX05 laptop from Best Buy. Specs are:
2.0 GHz Dual Core
GTX 260M
4 GB DDR2 RAM

Now, it comes with a program called Power4Gear that allows you to set the battery mode (high performance, quiet office, etc.) The High Performance option allow you to overclock up to 2.15 (through the program, not using anything else like SetFSB).

So I was wondering, how bad would it be if I overclocked to 2.25 on a regular basis? I did it once, ran a game I like to play (not a very graphically demanding game), and the processor core temp never went above 68 Celsius or so. Is it OK to be overclocking to 2.25 on a regular basis?

 

If the temps were at 68 degrees C, then yeah, it's not a problem.
Depending on the thermal threshold of your CPU, the 'safe zone' would be about 85 degrees C for your cpu.

So, 2.25 GHZ i fine.

You might want to look into undervolting the cpu and the gpu for that matter in order to further lower your temps though.
;-)

 

So as long as temps are low, overclocking can't ruin the processor by "overspinning" it, for lack of a better term?

What do you mean by the thermal threshold? It's an Intel P7350 if that helps.

 

Heat is what will degrade your processor, not its clocks. Keep your temperature under control and you can overclock all day.

 

Ok; The intel website says the thermal specification says 90 Celsius, so I assume running at 68 should be fine. Or do you guys recommend I try to undervolt it? Also, I'm using Hardware Monitor, does that give pretty accurate temperatures, or is there something better out there?

Thanks for all your help.

 

well really speaking it should be 105C for core 2 duo processors... if u want to overclock it , i would recommend u do a minimal undervolt... your going to need the extra voltage... and generally try not have temps exceed 80C... so 68C is fine... also apply new thermal paste on ur CPU... it should lower temps a little allowing better overclock..

 

I've been on 2.45 GHz ever since I got this laptop in October, and the temperature has never exceeded 73-74C with Orthos, so 2.25GHz is definitely OK; you may even be able to undervolt a little at that speed.

 

I know I probably could; but my real question was, say I just want to overclock to 2.25 or 2.3 without undervolting, applying thermal paste, or any of that, am I OK overclocking continuously as long as I stay below 70C?

 

have u been reading the previous posts at all?

 

Simple answer to your question , yes.

 

I'm new here, but I think you are safe to OC your laptop... my way was to get a bigger processor (celeron M430 to T2600) now I am running at 70° C all day and I leave it on sometimes at night! once I know how to use SETFSB I'll make some more heat on my LENOVO, but it's OK. So the answer is "GO 4 IT!" worst case scenario just buy a new processor!
By the way.. does anybody knows if the 7300Go on a LENOVO 3000 N100 can be upgraded?
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Lenovo 3000 N100
T2600 @ 2.16 GHz
3 GB DDR II 667
GeForce Go 7300