Overclocking my laptop - need assistance

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Hi all,

These are the specifications of my laptop:

Display Vortex Series: 17.3" 120Hz 3D Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Extreme i7-4930MX (3.00GHz) 8MBCache - 3.9Ghz Turbo Charge
Memory (RAM) 32GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (4 x 8GB)
Graphics Card 2 x NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 780M - 4.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 960GB CRUICIAL M500 SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 500MB/sR | 400MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk 960GB CRUICIAL M500 SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 500MB/sR | 400MB/sW) RAIDRAID 1 (MIRRORED VOLUME - 2 x same size & model HDD / SSD)
RAID 0 (STRIPED VOLUME - 2 x same size & model HDD / SSD)
SSD CACHE DRIVENONE1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 6x BLURAY WRITER, 8x DVD ±R/±RW & CYBERLINK SOFTWARE
Memory Card Reader Internal 9 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD: Mini, XC & HC/MS: Pro & Duo)
Thermal Paste ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card Intel 5.1 Channel High Definition Audio + SPDIF/MIC/Headphone Jack
Network Facilities GIGABIT LAN & KILLER™ 1103 WIRELESS GAMING 802.11N NETWORK CARD
USB Options 4 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT AS STANDARD
Battery Vortex Elite 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (5,800 mAh/89.21WH)
Power Cable 1 x UK Power Lead & 300W AC Adaptor
Operating System Genuine Windows 8 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence


Although, it is enough to play modern PC games to full capacity it's not enough to play Nintendo Wii emulation games at maximum settings. Emulation games are all about CPU speed.

I was wondering if anyone can give me any ideas on how I can maintain adequate cooling for the extra heat my system will be giving off. I'm looking to overclock it by no more than 200MHz initially. I have been instructed a cooling pad may come in handy, but which one to choose?

I have been told the best way to overclock is via BIOS, but my BIOS has overclocking restricted. Anyway I can find a version which, does not have this restriction? My system is a Clevo P370SM3 and the BIOS is American Megatrends Inc. 4.6.5.
 
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You probably don't want to overclock a laptop especially when you have 2 780m chucking heat as well .
I'm pretty sure you can't overclock mobile chips like you can desktop anyway
 
Stas823 said:
You probably don't want to overclock a laptop especially when you have 2 780m chucking heat as well .
I'm pretty sure you can't overclock mobile chips like you can desktop anyway
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What is the difference? You're improving the base speed of the CPU.

I require an overclock of 200MHz according to a Dolphin expert.
 
Heya. First of all your laptop is a beast! It is more powerfull than many desktops. I am surprised you are finding it inadequate.

In so far as overclocking, I would expect it would be counterproductive if possible at all (I am almost certain that mobile chips will be locked for oc - please someone let me kno if I am wrong). Overclocked hardware generates A LOT more heat and requires significantly higher power. Both are the reasons why laptops are usually a bit weaker than their desktop equivalents and both very much limiting factors for OC. And 200hz would not bring a lot in performance in my view.

FuF
 
I'm not sure you can overclock laptops. They usually work to very tight thermal specs so I think you are stuck at stock speeds. As to a 200mhz boost, its going to give such a tiny performance boost that its probably not worth it.
 
Jeps said:
I'm not sure you can overclock laptops. They usually work to very tight thermal specs so I think you are stuck at stock speeds. As to a 200mhz boost, its going to give such a tiny performance boost that its probably not worth it.
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The 200MHz would make a difference to playing Wii emulation games. It's needed.
 
Threepwood said:
Get one which matches the intakes on the bottom of your laptop so at least one of the cooling pads fans/vents are directly under your intake.

Other than that I have no make/model suggestions.
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Most of them don't push airflow in the laptop, but just cools the pressure.

Anyone with suggestions of cooling pads that literally push more air flow underneath the vents?
 
FuF said:
Heya. First of all your laptop is a beast! It is more powerfull than many desktops. I am surprised you are finding it inadequate.

In so far as overclocking, I would expect it would be counterproductive if possible at all (I am almost certain that mobile chips will be locked for oc - please someone let me kno if I am wrong). Overclocked hardware generates A LOT more heat and requires significantly higher power. Both are the reasons why laptops are usually a bit weaker than their desktop equivalents and both very much limiting factors for OC. And 200hz would not bring a lot in performance in my view.

FuF
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I am sure anything can be overclocked if the BIOS can be flashed?
 
Smigginder said:
I am sure anything can be overclocked if the BIOS can be flashed?
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Bios is a feature of your motherboard. If the chip itself is locked flashing the mobo will not change anything. That is comming from my limited knowledge of course. Feel free to rectify if it's wrong. I am still not sure if it is even locked :P

I am sure somebody with more information will jump in to help.

Edit: after browsing a bit, it seems that Ivy-e chips are unlocked even for mobile use, so you may be in luck! :)
 
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FuF said:
Bios is a feature of your motherboard. If the chip itself is locked flashing the mobo will not change anything. That is comming from my limited knowledge of course. Feel free to rectify if it's wrong. I am still not sure if it is even locked :P

I am sure somebody with more information will jump in to help.

Edit: after browsing a bit, it seems that Ivy-e chips are unlocked even for mobile use, so you may be in luck! :)
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Thanks mate.

My BIOS is also locked from overclocking. Anyone know where I can find an edited version? I posted the version I use in my opening post.
 
Generally with laptops (with intel CPUs) you need to use the intel extreme tuning utility to overclock them - but don't get too excited often the laptop manufacturer locks out the controls needed for the program to overclock - which requires some complicated and knowledgeable manual hacking to get around (beyond the scope of these forums really).

Also I can't see +200Mhz being enough to make a difference in usability with something like that but you never know, I'm quite suprised if that CPU isn't upto the job though its far far from slow.
 
Rroff said:
Generally with laptops (with intel CPUs) you need to use the intel extreme tuning utility to overclock them - but don't get too excited often the laptop manufacturer locks out the controls needed for the program to overclock - which requires some complicated and knowledgeable manual hacking to get around (beyond the scope of these forums really).

Also I can't see +200Mhz being enough to make a difference in usability with something like that but you never know, I'm quite suprised if that CPU isn't upto the job though its far far from slow.
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Hi,

According to their requirement list it has to be overclocked:

https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-dolphin-cpu-hierarchy

Under Laptops:

Category 1: Extremely Fast
When overclocked these cpus can run nearly any game at fullspeed even with LLE audio. Without overclocking most games will still run well with LLE audio.
-Intel Core i7 Extreme Mobile
-Intel Core i7 Mobile
-Intel Core i5 Mobile

I have the Extreme Edition and it needs to be pushed a little bit. I might start off by overclocking it upto 50Mhz etc. I have also been told to overclock it by using the Intel Extreme Tuning Utility application and although it will not increase the based CPU speed, but the Turbo Boost can be increased? So, it's effectively the same thing, right?

If I adjust the Turbo Boost speed, does any change need to be made to the voltage?
 
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If a pre-done hacked version of the BIOS is available thats an easy option, its relatively rare for a lot of laptops through to be available.
 
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