However, is there any worthwhile headroom in the world oflaptops?
What Is Overclocking?
So how is that possible?
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TheIntel 8086CPU that modern IBM-compatible PCs descend from operated at between 5Mhz and 10Mhz.
That’s five to ten million cycles per second.
TodayCPUsoperate at speeds up to 6Ghz or six billion cycles per second.
Why Overclock a Gaming Laptop?
The answer to that is complicated, and it will differ between brands, models, and individual laptops.
The end result is that you don’t have much, if any, thermal headroom for overclocking.
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The most obvious ones are heat and noise.
You laptop’s cooling system will kick into high gear to keep your GPU and CPU temperatures under control.
Especially if you have overclocked both components.
The power consumption of your system will also go up.
