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Overclocking a T61P ?
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:12 pm
by tankengine
Has anyone overclocked a T61P? i know someone has overclocked the video card of the fx 570m but how about a T7500?
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 12:51 am
by Pocket Aces
Overclocking a laptop is almost never a good idea. The form factor and the compactness of a laptop means it will not deal with extra heat well, and you risk shortening the life of you CPU or GPU. If you want more performance, go buy yourself a desktop.
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 8:15 am
by tankengine
I already have a desktop, its a q6600 with sli 8800gtx and soon ill be upgrading my mobo to x38 chipset from from 975,
i was hoping that there was some sucsessful attempts at overclocking
thanks
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 10:54 am
by erik
your safer bet would be to buy a T7700, T7800, X7800, or X7900 processor rather than trying to fry your thinkpad. however, any of these options (including overclocking) will quickly void your warranty.
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 12:07 pm
by Hellbore
I think overclocking on the Thinkpad is a horribly foolish idea.
The Thinkpad is a marvel of engineering, they put a lot of work into making the cooling system work with only 1 very quiet fan. Doing something that makes the system run hotter than it was designed to, like overclocking, is pretty much guaranteed to push the poor little cooling system beyond what it can handle. Heck it's already amazing that it can cool the CPU + GPU with such a quiet small fan setup, you really can't expect it to handle the added strain of overclocking.