Laptop Overclocking: Can I do it? Is it a good idea?

[Saryad]

Im currently waiting for my PCS enigma III to arrive, and i was wondering if its possible to overclock a laptop CPU/graphics card.

And if it is possible is it safe to do, will it increase the running temperature, will it decrease the component lifetimes, in short is it a stupid thing to do if your not an expert?

 

[Pete]

And if it is possible is it safe to do, will it increase the running temperature, will it decrease the component lifetimes, in short is it a stupid thing to do if your not an expert?

personally and i don't have that much experience with gaming laptops but i would say the answers are "yes" to all those questions.

and i think i'm right in saying that you'll invalidate your warranty

 

[Saryad]

Haha, thanks for that. I thought that was pretty much the case.

 

[tom_gr7]

i wouldn't reccomend it dude, the heat coming out would increase and it WILL increase the chances of it overheating, not what you want in ya brand new laptop! lol

 

[Wozza63]

I was going to do it to my current laptop and i spoke to a friend about it who strongly disagreed with doing it as the heat produced will be a lot

 

[UndeadJack]

I was going to do it to my current laptop and i spoke to a friend about it who strongly disagreed with doing it as the heat produced will be a lot

You're telling me. My laptop gets hot in idle....

 

[NMEBowen]

yer laptops are capable of it but to be stable you would have to add some sort of cooler and due to the size it wouldnt really be a laptop anymore.

 

[UndeadJack]

Yeah. What's the point of it in my book. Overclocking is for the big boys with the desktops