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    help overclock my 7280-S1

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Se4nH4x, Feb 15, 2011.

  1. Se4nH4x

    Se4nH4x Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi,

    I recently bought a 7280-S1 with 980x and dual SLI 485M. I have 2 PSU's that came with it.

    Could anyone help me with oc'ing this beauty? (safely...don't want it frying lol).

    Thx.
     
    Se4nH4x, Feb 15, 2011
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    ettornio Notebook Deity

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    If you ordered it with an Intel Core i7 980X Extreme Edition, it should have come with the Intel Xtreme Tweaking Utility (Intel XTU) on a disc. Check the box(es) for it.

    As for overclocking the CPU, just ramp up the CPU multiplier to 30x for 4.0GHz (133 bCLK x30 = 3999.99 MHz), and increase the voltage accordingly. I mean I don't have the X7200, but yeah it's pretty much just like that. Don't go straight to 4.0 GHz though. I don't know if that's safe in the X7200. Enjoy!
     
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    oO edison Oo Notebook Consultant

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    i wouldn't mess with voltage OC'ing until you know exactly what you're doing, OC'ing clocks and GPU's is all fine and dandy, but when you start messing with voltage without knowing exactly what you're doing, you risk frying your CPU/GPU
     
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  4. Se4nH4x

    Se4nH4x Notebook Enthusiast

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    You can OC clocks and GPU's without touching voltage? Doesn't doing that require that you increase voltage because they will need more power to be allocated to them?
     
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    Nope. download nVidia Inspector or MSI afterburner for GPU and setFSB for GPU (i don't know how to use setFSB - but if you need help with nVidia Inspector, let me know!)

    inspector and afterburner have the voltage toggles locked. if you wanna mess with voltage you'll have to go into the BIOS. And i have no idea about that so i stay away... i don't have another 4K to drop incase I kill this one. LOL

    have fun!
     
    oO edison Oo, Feb 15, 2011
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