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    Overclocking Acer 5810 timeline

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by Monchan, Sep 6, 2009.

  1. Monchan

    Monchan Notebook Guru

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    I'm a student who's looking for a laptop to use for only note taking, web browsing, and other low power programs. The most I might use out of a laptop is multi tabbed browsing (I already have a desktop replacement for gaming :p ). Anyway, I saw the laptop Acer 5810 Aspire Timline today at Sam's Club for a cheap $497 (Seems like other places including internet sites sell them for $520 to $590). All the specs were pretty nice and the battery life looked great! The only thing that really let me down was the processor. It uses and SU intel processor, meaning it's a meant for low volt usage. In addition, it runs at a measly 1.3ghz! Do you think I can overclock it to atleast 1.6 - 18?
     
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  2. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    yes you can overclock to 1.8ghz.
    you will have to increase the voltage.

    Are you planning on overclocking with setfsb?
     
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  3. Monchan

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    Ah, I see that's good to know! Thanks! And yes, I was planning to use setfsb. BTW, I have to increase voltage.... That sounds scary.... I probably need to have another program don't I?
     
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  4. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    It's not scary, but it will make your CPU hotter.

    You do need to download another program, I would either follow the undervolting guide (but you would increase the votage instead of decreasing).

    Or try some software called crystal CPUID.

    I can help you with all three programs (setfsb, RMclock and crystal CPUID) if you want.


    Also if you're interested there is a way to increase the voltage with a hardware mod, I can give you a link to a very very good guide.
     
    moral hazard, Sep 6, 2009
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    anyone tried that yet on a CULV?
     
    sosorio, Sep 6, 2009
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  6. Monchan

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    Ah!... Ok! Cool! Thank you for the offer! However, one more question, is raising it to a higher clock worth it on the 5810. I don't know how intel core 2 mobile single core processors work (Low bus speeds, low cache, etc.).
     
    Monchan, Sep 7, 2009
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    i would also like to get info on how to overclock if possible ??
     
    melficersx, Oct 29, 2009
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    moral hazard, Oct 29, 2009
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    ill take a look thanks a bunch
     
    melficersx, Oct 29, 2009
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    Would this be somewhat good on a ULV processor? Would performance be noticeable?
     
    ronnieb, Feb 2, 2010
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  11. nyafACE

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    Well...............anyone?

    What's the outcome?
    getting one here soon.
     
    nyafACE, Jun 17, 2010
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    sorry to bring up a old thread, but i am trying to overclock my acer timeline 3810T su3500. i would like some assistance. has anyone done this already? maybe i can get a link to the thread instead.

    basically...
    what is the max speed i can overclock it to (safe and stable)
    also which programs do i need to use. i know i have to find my pll but which program after to actually overclock it. can you direct me to some information on how to go about it thanks alot
     
    iiinycboi, Jul 12, 2010
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    moral hazard, Jul 13, 2010
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