Intel Core i7 Turbo Boost
Anyone have any clue how to turn this on? I have a 1.6 i7 on my laptop and can't figure out for the life of me how to put it in turbo boost mode so it runs at 2.8?
Some CPU features need to be turned on or off from the BIOS setup. If the motherboard doesn't support the feature, you won't find the option. You should check your manual if you have it.
Yes it states I have it, just no info on how to turn it on. I'll check the bios after and let you know. Im the middle of downloading a file - so can't reboot as it's from a site with no resume >_>
Oh one other thing. It does state it can go to a max of up to 2.8 - Just curious if doing this would be dangerous at all? It's for a new laptop not a PC.
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All CPUs have a liftime like humans. If you overclock, it's lifetime might or might not be shortened. If you take care of the CPU and make sure it has everything it needs, it'll be fine. If you clog up it's vents and leave it to rot, I can't picture it lasting long.
No, overclocking always reduces the lifetime of a processor. IINM, using the factory settings, a CPU has ten to twenty years of continuous operation without errors. Once that time passes, errors become increasingly likely.
I should note, though, that it's not the fact of overclocking the CPU what decreases the lifetime. It's increasing the voltage and keeping it at high temperatures that does.
I should note, though, that it's not the fact of overclocking the CPU what decreases the lifetime. It's increasing the voltage and keeping it at high temperatures that does.
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That's fine and all but if you keep your proc under 80 degrees while being overclocked, I doubt there will be much damage if any at all.
Well at the current time the laptop runs fine. Guess it depends how much 3D stuff i'll be doing at uni that will test if I need to try to increase anything. For now i'll just leave it on its factory settings as it runs really smooth and nice.
Thanks guys
Thanks guys
| I should note, though, that it's not the fact of overclocking the CPU what decreases the lifetime. It's increasing the voltage and keeping it at high temperatures that does. |
Well, obviously... It's not like intel manufacture their CPUs to be "un"overclockable. Although they do often lock the multiplier or, in my case, lock THE WHOLE BIOS SO I CAN'T CHANGE ANYTHING >:( except memory. From 667MHz to 800. There's no way I'm making a jump that big; but those are the only settings I have.
| That's fine and all but if you keep your proc under 80 degrees while being overclocked, I doubt there will be much damage if any at all. |
I would have said <70 degrees; although I've heard they start to freeze (they slow down when they get too hot, to create less heat so that it can be dissipated by the ventilation or whatever cooling you use) at around 100. I think it's 120 that they start to melt at; but that might just be graphics cards, I'm not sure. In fact; I doubt that, because I got a (broken) Celeron and applied a lighter to it; and it didn't melt. It merely made the pins glow and scorched the die a bit. By the way; yes, I probably have brain damage now :P
If I had to make a guess on the spot; I'd say something between 160 and 240 degrees would be it's melting point...
Anyway; I prefer AMD.
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Most laptops run at 110 degrees on a daily basis. Mine runs at around 100 and I can't do much about it unless I put it in the refrigerator. I could buy a cooling base and a few fans to help push the fans inside and move air around but that's beside the point.
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| That'll teach you to be cheap with the motherboard. |
Heh; blame my parents. I do...
I'm saving up for a new PC; I think I said this elsewhere on here, but essentially so I can overclock and have an operating system per each logical partition. Then I'll make an extended partition and have more!
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| Most laptops run at 110 degrees on a daily basis. Mine runs at around 100 and I can't do much about it unless I put it in the refrigerator. |
If you put a laptop in the refrigerator; it will break. Want to know why? It's a magic little thing that we often call "moisture". Moisture and electronics do not play very well together. We tend to keep them separated :)
Not that I've never felt the urge to do just that.
| I could buy a cooling base and a few fans to help push the fans inside and move air around but that's beside the point. |
Buy some liquid nitrogen and liquid hydrogen. Get a big metal pot thing; forget what they're called, and pour the nitrogen into it. Wait for it to evaporate, and then apply the hydrogen.
Congratulations! You now have a CPU at near-absolute-zero (3 Kelvin :) )! Prepare to overclock!
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... I was kidding about the refrigerator and using figurative speech.
Although, I remember a refrigerator case someone made at home. I wonder how well that worked.
Although, I remember a refrigerator case someone made at home. I wonder how well that worked.
yes I remember seeing that, someone built a refrigerator around thier desktop. Or more to the point, they bought a bar fridge stuck a desktop in it, and said to the world WooOWOOOOOOoOWOOoOo look at the fridge/pc we built !!! smart, very smart...
most fridges (the larger ones you use for yours kitchen) have what's called a condenser that take the moisture out of it so you would be safe putting a desktop in it. now the small kind.. like the bar fridge don't have a condenser and so would cause you grief if it wasn't left on.
All refrigerators have condensers. It's the grill-like part on the back. It doesn't remove moisture from the inside, it removes heat from the coolant, and since the coolant enters the condenser as a gas and leaves it as liquid (i.e. condenses), it's called a condenser.
As helios said they really don't take the moisture out.
In fact, have any of you even seen a refrigerator? I'm going to assume that about 30% of the world has and that about 99% of the people on this site are in that part of the world...
On that assumption if you walk into whatever room you keep your refrigerator and touch the inside, you will feel moisture.
In fact, have any of you even seen a refrigerator? I'm going to assume that about 30% of the world has and that about 99% of the people on this site are in that part of the world...
On that assumption if you walk into whatever room you keep your refrigerator and touch the inside, you will feel moisture.
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