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    Is overclocking dangerous?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by DoubleZ711, Jul 31, 2009.

  1. DoubleZ711

    DoubleZ711 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well, I really want to get the most out of my new laptop, but not if its going to increase the chances of my system crashing. I am a poor 18 year old college student, so if it crashes im pretty much screwed. So, is overclocking the CPU to a reasonable level of maybe 2.2 ghz relatively safe, or should I not even bother? I don't plan on messing with the gpu, since its already pretty decent as is, but the cpu might be kind of slow, and I noticed that crysis requires that you have a 2.2 ghz cpu if you have windows vista. I have the ASUS g51 by the way, not sure if this forum is for other models as well..
     
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  2. SoundOf1HandClapping

    SoundOf1HandClapping Was once a Forge

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    It's a forum for all Asus laptops, and I guess peripherals.

    2.2 is perfectly safe. Take that with a grain of salt, though. When I have my original processor in my G51, I could hit up to 2.55 GHz, while another user was getting BSODs when he pushed 2.3. Processors are not created equal.

    Feel free to experiment. An unstable will just cause a BSOD, whereupon your computer will reboot, and you'll be back to square one.

    Word to the wise, though: Try to keep overclocking regulated to relatively intense tasks. In other words, keep your processor at normal speeds for typing or surfing, but maybe bump it up a little when playing some intense games.


    See the link in signature for an optimzation guide aimed at the G51.
     
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  3. BobXX

    BobXX Newbie

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    Is it dangerous?
    No.

    Is it risky?
    Maybe a little.

    As long as you don't OC too crazy or too much, you should be fine.

    If you're worried about it crashing, just make sure you don't OC when you don't need the extra power and make sure you don't have any important unsaved docs., etc. open while you're OC'd and gaming so you don't risk losing any important info.
     
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  4. TevashSzat

    TevashSzat Notebook Deity

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    It really isn't dangerous unless you either already have a CPU with dangerously high temperatures, which the G51s don't have, or if you are really stupid and tried to either increase the voltage by too much or attempted pin-modding without a great guide or decent knowledge.
     
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  5. munchkin-man

    munchkin-man Notebook Consultant

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    Just overclock through the front side bus and you should be fine. Cpus are meant to downclock when overheating and if theboc speeds are too much for the cpu, a blue screen will stop you. The gpu is what should be handled carefully when oc'ing
     
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