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    Overclocking novice

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by herc182, Feb 21, 2017.

  1. herc182

    herc182 Notebook Consultant

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    Hi
    Only realised now that overclocking is not enabled by default. I set it in bios to lv 1. What speed does that equate to? What settings do I need to change to get the advertised up to 4.1ghz?

    Thanks
     
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    set it to lvl 3 and it peaks at 4.1ghz. seems stable.

    question - leaving it at this setting. Does it use more battery ( assume yes but assume around 10% or so) and does it mean i will bake my CPU quicker (assuming a hardware cycle of around 5-6 years - how often i replace a computer!)
     
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    tell a lie. The screen flashed black and now the speed is capped at 1.3ghz. Pushed it back to lvl 2, same thing. Now will try lvl 1 and then turn it off if nothing happens. Seems quite poor/volatile for a laptop that is sold as capable of overclocking to 4.1ghz
     
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    Right. I was on battery. And minimum processor state was set at 5% in power settings hence the 1.3ghz. But the flashing black screen must have been related to overclock lvl 3. Currently at lvl 1 again.
     
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    "All our mind readers are currently busy. Please enter what hardware you have and end with the # sign. Thank you"

    Sent from my ASUS_A001 using Tapatalk
     
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    Might be i7 7820HK or 6820Hk with pascal gpu.
     
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    Good point well made.

    Alienware 15 r3. I7-6820hk. Nvidia 1070. 16gb ram 2666mhz.
     
    herc182, Feb 22, 2017
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    Sucks the 13 R3 7700 doesn't have this feature in the bios to overclock it.
    Unless I am missing something. I don't see anything to change power levels on the advance bios screen.
     
    cn555ic, Feb 22, 2017
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    The overclock levels in the bios are not very useful. They have no guarantee of stability. The best way to overclock is to use a 3rd party program like Intel XTU or Throttlestop. Overclock in small increments and monitor temps carefully.
     
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    using bios lvl 2, the temperatures and system are stable but the fans seem to run by default (not max, but quite audible). I havent enabled fan performance mode. any thoughts why?>
     
    herc182, Feb 25, 2017
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    I installed XTU and the temperature is odd. Not sure how it can measure up to 84 degrees then a second later measure half that??! Image attached Capture.PNG
     
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    The 7700hq has a locked multiplier, so that'll be why.

    Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk
     
    TLS2000, Feb 25, 2017
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