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Overclocking

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  1. J

    is there a way to overclock 2.0GHz AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 Accelerated Processor

    I bought a hp pavilion with 2.0GHz AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 Accelerated Processor and Radeon Graphics, 2 years ago. now most games need a faster processor.. Can i overclock this pocessor? And If i can , which program will do it?
  2. F

    AMD build desktop for under $800

    I already posted a qustion about building a PC for $800 and got good responses. Someone had this to say. "If you really want an AMD CPU, then get an FX-8320, a really good board and overclock it. It would make a lot more sense and would perform at a much, much higher level, if you simply went...
  3. M

    GTX 800M and 900M series rebranded?

    Good day I have an Dell Ispiron 14 7447 laptop with Core i5 4200H cpu, 4GB RAM and a GTX 850M GDDR3 gpu memory. (Cpu and Gpu I think is SOLDERED into.the board) - I saw that my Memory data rate only speed up to 900 MHz (1800 MHz effective) If I overclock my memory speed to 1000 MHz (2000 MHz...
  4. R

    Stuck at 0.77

    Hi :) I used throttlestop on my Lenovo Ideapad Z570 laptop. I have problems with the processing speed stuck at 0.77Ghz. When I used throttlestop, the processing pwer returned to its normal speed. Is it safe?
  5. S

    Laptop pop sound after shutting it down from the power button

    Laptop : Lenovo Y50 UHD RAM: 8GB CPU : Intel core i7 4710HQ GPU: GTX 860M 4GB DDR5 So this happend to me before but i didn't expect it to happen again (Last time was due to overclocking, but i didn't overclock this time), i had alot of programs opened in background (Minecraft, Google chrome...
  6. G

    Can I overclock my GPU?

    I have overclocked my cpu, and need more from my GPU. Its an integrated graphics card, but is there a way to overclock it? My bios doesn't give any options to though. Thanks. Its a lenovo ideapad 15IBR
  7. S

    Alienware 17 doesn't post after overclock

    Hi there, I own an alienware 17 (november '14) with a gtx 765m, i7-4700mq. My screen was the 1600x900 resolution, running at 110Hz. While trying to overclock I noticed that my memory speed and clock speed of my gpu were very low and they wouldn’t change even if I changed my oc. I decided to do a...
  8. A

    Advice for Buying a Gaming Laptop.

    .. the two models are EON17-X RTS Display Type: EON17-X 1920 x1080 17.3" Backlit Matte Display LCD Screen Calibration Graphic Cards: Single 8GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M Processors: Intel Core i7 6700K Quad-Core with Professional ORIGIN PC Overclocking Thermal Compound: Included...
  9. A

    Intel turbo boost

    Hi I have an asus X555LJ and I would like to know how to activate intel turbo boost after reaching bios menu. I don't know what to do.
  10. StormFalcon

    Extreme laptop cooling (0-10 Celsius)

    I am looking to cool my laptop to temps that are at least under room temperature. I thought about using a TEC but it turns out they suck if you are trying to use them with an air cooling system. I don't want to water cool it (water and electronics does not sound good to me) so I can't use a TEC...
  11. ZeusGamer

    Asus RealBench App

    Hi, I was wondering if I could use this to benchmark my CPU while doing an overclock? I heard that Prime95 is bad for Haswell chips just because there's things that it does that can damage it.
  12. MoZiggly

    Forcing Turbo boost/ OC a gen2 Laptop

    First of all I apologize if this is in the wrong subforum Second of all I know there are a lot of threads about OC'ing a laptop and why you should not do it. My question, however, is this. Is there a way to make it so that my intel i5 2540m is always running on its max turbo frequency...
  13. A

    GPU1 low clock on SLI

    I have a laptop with gt750m sli. Sometimes when i turn on my laptop i have fps issues. I've checked on msi afterburner that my gpu1 has much lower core & memory clock than gpu2. I can fix it by simply restarting. It happens on certain sessions of windows so its not depend on usage & heat or any...
  14. T

    Asus EEE PC 900 overclock issue !!!!

    I have an EEE pc 900 which i overclocked using eeectl i got custom settings from here: http://privat.bahnhof.se/wb409723/blandat/eeeoptmz/eeectl.ini i put it into high overclock mode and it only gave me 999.02 mhz and nothing more its supposed to go to atleast 1ghz. I don't know if im doing...
  15. T

    AMD HD 7600M Series Overclocking

    I have an HP Pavilion g6 Laptop with: i5-3210m HD7600M 8 GB ram After I searched the internet,I had a result that my hd 7600m series is equivalent to hd 7670m, but with 2 GB of vram. Then I wanted to overclock my gpu but When I use MSI afterburner, it shows that my core and memory clocks are...
  16. cv_02kr

    Overheating causing crashes; suggestions? Potential overclocking?

    Alright. This might be a long one. First off, I want to say this laptop was bought refurbished, and have no idea what's original and what isn't. Yay! Well, other than the keyboard that I've replaced twice and once again isn't working. (currently using USB, before you poke fun at me.)...
  17. A

    Is it possible to overclock Intel Core i3 4005U ?

    Is it possible to Overclock the Intel Core i3 4005U to any other Frequency ? Because its frequency is very low , only 1.7Ghz ? In the game debate i saw that it's turbo speed is 4Ghz See this-http://www.game-debate.com/hardware/index.php?pid=1927&cpu=Core%20i3-4005U%201.7GHz My Laptop is-HP...