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    Opinion on overclock settings?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by OmegaLion, Jul 29, 2015.

  1. OmegaLion

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    Hey everyone!

    Here are two screenshots of my overclock settings on intel xtu (I used a profile by mr.fox from hwbot.com), with my i7 4800mq. i just did my "monthly cleanup" (actually more like very 2 months) of my alienware 18 (cleaning all dust, changing thermal paste etc.). I just downloaded and tried out this profile which actually gives a noticeable performance boost to in game framerates, but even though it started with good temperatures (max 80) after 90 mins in game temps start going up to 95 and sometimes 99 (a miracle it hasn't abruptly shut down yet due to the TJ of 100C). So having crossed out the possibility of dusty fans/heatsink or lack of thermal paste, the profile itself is clearly too much temp wise; so I'm wondering whether anyone would be so kind as to suggest an overclocking profile (all settings) for overlcocking my i7 4800mq, one that maintains a decent temperature "boundary".
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    One thing that i find weird is that on default clocking settings on intel xtu, my cpu gets a benchmark score of 615 which seems really low for this cpu, so is it possible that it's faulty/damaged or is it normal? I have very little knowledge about cpus, and overclocking tbh, so a detailed explanation would be perfect. Sorry for being such a pain in the a@@ emphasizing it but it's important, as i've tried reading the overclocking guide by mr fox on this forum, for alienware 18, but i can't really do anything with it or understand much, due to my very limited ability with hardware. In fewer words I'm quite a n00b :)

    Thanks in advance for the help!