4700HQ overclocking

[roryh86]

Greetings.

I thought I'd start this thread with the hope of talking about something positive on this board, as it seems everybody's complaining. I'm happy with my G750JW, I actually love it. Very sleek design, quality materials and quite a beast for its low price. I can't understand all the negativity here to be honest. I haven't noticed issues with my screen, but I plan on replacing it with a AUO B173HW01 V5 anyway, from the reviews I read it sounds very worthwhile for an $80 investment.

Anyway, I've been scouting the internet trying to find any information about Haswell mobile overclocking, specifically our 4700HQ but to no avail. I understand that it will most probably require a modified bios. I don't plan on setting records here but I'd love to see if we can get this thing clocked to a 4800MQ. Would like to hear your opinions on whether this will be possible 😄

[ttrevorbacon]

So what can be done if my G750jw is getting 96c as well?

[roryh86]

PPanda wrote:


Oh man... 98c Max, sat around 96c.

I'll be RMAing for repaste Tuesday...

Hopefully this thread can help others decide if their temps are normal or if they got a bad paste job like me.

Wow yea that's pretty high, it's unfortunate you got unlucky with your build, I'm sure it's a rare case. Technically laptop CPUs can reach a higher Tj max and you can work normal at those temps, but in the long run when the laptop becomes less efficient at cooling it might start overheating and throttling/shutting down at demanding tasks. Anyway good luck with it.

[roryh86]

Overclocked to 3.60 Ghz, multiplier seems to be locked to a max of x36 one active core, x35 two active cores, and x34 four active cores. Max temp 92, and 7.30 on cinebench. About a 4.5% boost.

[iMurderous]

how the heck did you overclock?

[EpIcSnIpErZ23]

Intel Extreme Tuning Utility.

[Dr4g0n36]

have you touched any voltage? i'm searching for some value to imput for a good OC

[roryh86]

Dr4g0n36 wrote:
have you touched any voltage? i'm searching for some value to imput for a good OC

No I didn't touch voltage, I only upped the multiplier. It was only a small boost so it wasn't necessary. Haven't tried seeing if a lower voltage works though.

[Anvirol]

Stock clocks and Cinebench 11.5 got my temps to 87C max on one CPU. Others were 85 or below. Not much room for overclocking IMO. I'll try adjusting fan profile to get temps down.

[roryh86]

Anvirol wrote:
Stock clocks and Cinebench 11.5 got my temps to 87C max on one CPU. Others were 85 or below. Not much room for overclocking IMO. I'll try adjusting fan profile to get temps down.

I was able to undervolt by -80 mV which allowed me to keep it at 3.6Ghz while having max temps of 85 degrees in Cinebench. Im sure with an unlocked bios, and people willing to access the CPU, delid it and reapply thermal paste, would be able to get the clock higher with stable temps.

[TX2000]

roryh86 wrote:
I was able to undervolt by -80 mV which allowed me to keep it at 3.6Ghz while having max temps of 85 degrees in Cinebench. Im sure with an unlocked bios, and people willing to access the CPU, delid it and reapply thermal paste, would be able to get the clock higher with stable temps.

cant delid it because it has no ihs, but you can replace the thermal paste