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    Any way to overclock a m860TU ?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by frank633, Sep 4, 2009.

  1. frank633

    frank633 Notebook Consultant

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    Hello everyone, I'm 100% sure this question was asked thousands of time, but i couldn't find a "satisfying" answer to my question. I read that the bios was locked(no setFSB access), but I was wondering if there was any other way of overclocking it, and up to what frequences, cause that's my only drawback so far...(cause in my head the m860TU competes with the msi gt729 which has the turbo mode option)

    thank you
     
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    kaltmond Clepple

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  3. frank633

    frank633 Notebook Consultant

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    yeas thank you, i had found this thread... but i was looking for a more secure way than soldering things together inside the notebook(or I missed something there...)
     
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    i think that thread makes it pretty clear that there is none, I don't see why any sane person would attempt a solder if there was an easier way.
     
  5. frank633

    frank633 Notebook Consultant

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    then i think i'll stay with a p8600 and change it next year(off course after buying the ebast^^) when procerssors such as qx9300 will have lowered in price
     
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    IKAS V Notebook Prophet

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    None that are easy! See above.
    Better off getting a faster CPU, yeah it might be more expensive but better and more stable in the long run.
     
  7. frank633

    frank633 Notebook Consultant

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    yup, and after the new platforms will come out(core i7 arrandale and clarksfield) i bet the quad core processors such as the one I named above will drop in price
     
  8. Worgen

    Worgen Notebook Guru

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    qx9300 will never drop in price, mainly its an extreme processor and i overclocked my qx9300 cpu to 3.06 ghz my vantage for 2x sli 280m is 16,900
    4 gig of memory ram at 1333 of course on an dell alienware m17x. I believe qx9300 will still stay expensive for a long time.
     
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    Thanks to you Alienware guys.
     
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    SoundOf1HandClapping Was once a Forge

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    Soviet, my sources say that their e-peen is longer and harder than all of the KGB combined.