Desktop processor in a laptop

stufflol · 3 Feb 2015 at 12:24

I have noticed some companies are now selling a 17.3 inch laptop with a 4790k desktop processor in it, What are peoples thoughts on this? Suitable to overclock? Will it run high temp at clock speed?

I have just bought one, set me back £2000

samsung evo 850 500gb
GTX 980M
i7 4790k
32GB corsair ram

dl8860 · 5 Feb 2015 at 20:22

Might as well sell your desktop then?

andy_mk3 · 5 Feb 2015 at 20:28

I've just had a look at said laptop. I would save overclocking is out of the question with the cooling provided.

stufflol · 6 Feb 2015 at 08:56

I will be using my laptop for work mainly so will keep the desktop and maybe upgrade it soon

stufflol · 6 Feb 2015 at 15:52

Really tempted to drop my 4770k from my desktop in the laptop (safer temps) and put the 4790k in my desktop.

Any thoughts? is it simple to swap them?