The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Q9000 overclockable?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by these_roots, Feb 23, 2009.

  1. these_roots

    these_roots Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    45
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    hey, i havent seen many benchmarks for this processor and was wondering if it could be OC'd?

    It runs at 2.0ghz Quad so overclocking it would be really nice.


    anyone have any experiences?
     
    these_roots, Feb 23, 2009
    #1
  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

    Reputations:
    2,962
    Messages:
    8,231
    Likes Received:
    63
    Trophy Points:
    216
    It's not a matter of the processor being "overclockable", it's a matter of your motherboard supporting overclocking. All processors are more or less able to overclock to some extent, but almost all laptop motherboards do not support overclocking, and those that do usually only support multiplier overlclocking - in which case you need an overpriced Extreme processor. If you found a laptop motherboard that allowed you to overclock by raising the FSB speed, you could overclock the thing to your heart's content.
     
    Commander Wolf, Feb 23, 2009
    #2
  3. these_roots

    these_roots Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    45
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    oh i see, thanks for that!
     
    these_roots, Feb 23, 2009
    #3
  4. yotano211

    yotano211 Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    63
    Messages:
    370
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    the answer is NO.
     
    yotano211, Feb 25, 2009
    #4
  5. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    2,389
    Messages:
    10,552
    Likes Received:
    7
    Trophy Points:
    456
    Technically, you can OC any CPU. SetFSB is one such program, though I don't know its compatibility with the Q9000. I would exercise caution when OCing notebook CPUs since their coolers are far less capable of handling excess heat than desktops. If you've done this before and are comfortable with it then you already know the risks.

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=249470
     
    sgogeta4, Feb 25, 2009
    #5
  6. flowerpower

    flowerpower Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    6
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    You said it so makes the previous post/posts useless. :)
     
    flowerpower, Feb 26, 2009
    #6