overclock netbook


  1. Posts : 31
    Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit
       #1

    overclock netbook


    I have a AMD E-450 APU with Radeon HD Graphics 1.65GHz I was wondering if I could overclock it at all.
    Thanks
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  2. Posts : 2,497
    Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
       #2

    Overclocking a netbook or laptop is a thoroughly bad idea. These systems lack just about everything required for safe and effective overclocking. One of these being heat which is often a problem even at stock speeds. Manufacturers are well aware of this and leave out the necessary settings from the BIOS. This saves you from failures and them from the resulting warranty claims.

    While it may be possible to overclock a netbook the results are unlikely to be satisfactory and the risks high.
    Overclocking is best confined to home built systems where you control the specifications and quality of the components used.
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  3. Posts : 6,075
    Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
       #3

    LMiller7 said:
    Overclocking a netbook or laptop is a thoroughly bad idea. These systems lack just about everything required for safe and effective overclocking. One of these being heat which is often a problem even at stock speeds. Manufacturers are well aware of this and leave out the necessary settings from the BIOS. This saves you from failures and them from the resulting warranty claims.

    While it may be possible to overclock a netbook the results are unlikely to be satisfactory and the risks high.
    Overclocking is best confined to home built systems where you control the specifications and quality of the components used.
    Very well put LMiller and sound advice.


    Paul.
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  4. Posts : 5,915
    Windows 10 Pro X64
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    LMiller7 is spot on
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  5. Posts : 3,371
    W10 Pro desktop, W11 laptop, W11 Pro tablet (all 64-bit)
       #5

    Does the netbook's BIOS even provide options for overclocking?
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  6. Posts : 7,466
    Windows 10 Home Premium 64bit sp1
       #6

    sharkd777 said:
    I have a AMD E-450 APU with Radeon HD Graphics 1.65GHz I was wondering if I could overclock it at all.
    Thanks

    I have the same Laptop only thing you can do for it is add ram that's it

    You try to overclock it and you are in trouble it plays low end games fine it will not play newer games so overclocking would be a waste of time

    Only tittle that is with in about 4 years or more old will work like a dream and keep constant frame rates the newer games are just not going to work example resident evil 4 is one of the games it can play with decent frame rates

    BTW The Laptop is in my specs
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  7. Posts : 2,497
    Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
       #7

    Does the netbook's BIOS even provide options for overclocking?
    I don't have any specific knowledge of this system but I would very much doubt it. Very few OEM systems provide such settings.
    When a non-OEM motherboard is built the CPU and other hardware that will be used with it is unknown. The buyer may also have specific and unusual needs so the BIOS must be able to accommodate all of this. None of these considerations apply to an OEM board and even less for a laptop. In a laptop the full hardware specifications are known in detail and are unchangeable. Only the most basic BIOS settings are needed.

    Why would a manufacturer provide advanced, unneeded, and potentially dangerous BIOS settings that may cause failures for the user and result in expensive warranty claims? In todays highly competitive market it just wouldn't make sense.
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  8. Posts : 31
    Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit
    Thread Starter
       #8

    thanks guys for the advise
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