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    QX9300 overclockability

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Cookie, Apr 3, 2009.

  1. Cookie

    Cookie Notebook Evangelist

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    Okay so as far as I know, the QX9300 is the best Quad-core available for notebooks out there...It runs at 2,53 GHz stock. I did some searching in Google, and found out that Intel got it running stable at 3,55GHz with no problems. It didn't say what notebook they used, if they used a special built one or anything...

    But I am wondering, for those of you that have the QX9300, how much have you been able to overclock it?
     
    Cookie, Apr 3, 2009
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  2. alitunay

    alitunay Power Seller

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    3.2ghz was my max. E overclocked it to 3.6 as far as I remember. These were all done on a whitebook by the way.
     
    alitunay, Apr 3, 2009
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  3. dondadah88

    dondadah88 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    that was the ocz whitebook that it was in. right now that is the only notebook that can overclock the cpu. but it is unstavke for some because it needs a bios flash. I have mines at 3.2 stable. and I aoing for 3.33ghz next. also the m17 from alien ware has the same notebool but ypu have to bios flash it.
     
    dondadah88, Apr 3, 2009
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  4. kaltmond

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    Normally by clevo multi +2. So 9.5 -> 11.
     
    kaltmond, Apr 3, 2009
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    I think the limit is 2.93~ for Sager.
     
    anothergeek, Apr 3, 2009
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  6. emike09

    emike09 Overclocking Champion

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    Sager / Clevo needs to not be so restrictive on their OC capabilities. I'd go for a whitebook now just for the OC abilities it has.

    Friend has been running his QX9300 @ 3.33GHz for a few months now with zero issues, and his temps are never closer than 15C to TJMax.
     
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    !!!

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    anothergeek, Apr 3, 2009
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  8. NGH

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    It will be a real disappointment if the m980nu doesn't overclock higher than the OCZ whitebook.
     
    NGH, Apr 3, 2009
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  9. dondadah88

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    why do you say that. killernotebooks has there's at 3.8ghz stable. but there not average people.
     
    dondadah88, Apr 3, 2009
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  10. Cookie

    Cookie Notebook Evangelist

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    Okay so in the M570ETU you could only clock it to max 2,93 because of limitations by Clevo? That sucks...
     
    Cookie, Apr 3, 2009
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  11. Cookie

    Cookie Notebook Evangelist

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    So what will it take to be able to overclock the FSB on the NP5797 / M570ETU? It's possible on the old M570RU, so why not on the new *ETU...
     
    Cookie, Apr 25, 2009
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    I hope there is a way to mod the PLL to get 333FSB....But seems to be not easy.....
     
    kaltmond, Apr 25, 2009
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