Laptop overclocking

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Jack1991

New member
Hello,

I am new to this forum and pc gaming.

I just purchased a laptop through this website and it's currently in building.

Is it safe to overclock a laptops cpu? I don't want to ruin it straight away ��


My laptop spec:

Chassis & Display
Cosmos Series: 15.6" Matte Full HD IPS LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i7 Quad Core Processor 6700HQ (2.6GHz, 3.5GHz Turbo)
Memory (RAM)
16GB HyperX IMPACT 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 950M - 2.0GB DDR3 Video RAM - DirectX® 12
1st Hard Disk
2TB SLIM SERIAL ATA III 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 128MB CACHE (5,400rpm)
Memory Card Reader
Integrated 6 in 1 Card Reader (SD /Mini SD/ SDHC / SDXC / MMC / RSMMC)
AC Adaptor
1 x 90W AC Adaptor
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre Cloverleaf UK Power Cable
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Def. Audio + SoundBlaster™ Cinema 2
Wireless/Wired Networking
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® AC-8265 M.2 (867Mbps, 802.11AC) +BT 4.0
USB Options
3 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT AS STANDARD
Battery
Cosmos Series 3 Cell Prismatic Battery Pack (48WH)
Keyboard Language
COSMOS SERIES BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English

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I'm sorry if this question has been asked many times before. I tried using the search function but I find most search functions on forums totally useless!

Thank you in advance
 
Rakk

Rakk

The Awesome
Moderator
Jack1991 said:
What does 3.5 Ghz turbo mean?
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That means it will overclock itself upto that amount (dependent on heat and how many cores you are using) when required - you don't need to do anything for it to do that- it does it itself - if the turbo kicks in that does not count as overclocking.

Though note: I'm not sure whether the turbo is disabled on some laptops - given it states the turbo speed in the configurator I'd presume it wasn't completely disabled, but I could be wrong.
 
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Jack1991

New member
Rakk said:
That means it will overclock itself upto that amount (dependent on heat and how many cores you are using) when required - you don't need to do anything for it to do that- it does it itself - if the turbo kicks in that does not count as overclocking.

Though note: I'm not sure whether the turbo is disabled on some laptops - given it states the turbo speed in the configurator I'd presume it wasn't completely disabled, but I could be wrong.
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Thank you very much
 
Oussebon

Oussebon

Multiverse Poster
Depending on what you want the laptop for, bear in mind that the 950M is a fairly weak mobile GPU. It's substantially less powerful than a ~£100 entry level desktop GPU from 2014 and is below the World of Warcraft recommended requirement, for example.

It would be fine for some gaming but may prove insufficient to run demanding modern titles quite soon.
 
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