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    Any way to OC a clevo laptop apart from Intel XTU?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Question2, Aug 12, 2013.

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    As title? As the intel XTU limits are really low.
     
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    What do you mean Intel XTU limits are really low? They offer whatever the CPU/motherboard can offer. What CPU/laptop?

    You can use Throttlestop as well, but it's also limited to the max turbo speed.
     
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    It only lets me increase my multipliers from x34 to x36...isnt this pretty low? i7-4700MQ.
     
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    I7-4700mq = +200mhz
    I7-4800mq = +400mhz
    I7-4900mq = +600mhz

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    4930MX = +how good is your cooling? :D

    At least unlike last gen the lowest quad does have a bit extra, which makes the 4700MQ a nice little step up from the 3630qm.
     
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    Yea i was hoping there was a way to increase multipliers more than that.
     
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    No, it's locked into the chip itself. An unlocked bios may be able to change base clock and get another 3-5% but could cause stability issues.
     
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    And actually in the case of the i7-4900MQ it may be the better buy than the i7-4900MX because I don't know if a system exists that could maintain much more than 4.2GHz for regular use.
     
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