A Question about overclocking a laptop CPU

[ebonarm]

Hi,
I have a Dell 17r Laptop with i7-3612qm that is clocked at 2.1GHz. I was wondering if it is possible to overclock it to at least 3GHZ.
On the page http://processors.specout.com/l/819/Intel-i7-3612QM it seems to imply that it is possible.
I am not an expert on this field so I would appreciate your help.
So any info about whether the Dell Bios will lock me out,how to do it or if it's a good idea in the first place will be of much help.

My goal with this is to be able to play games that require around 3GHz CPU. Even though the i7 is good for multitasking it is not so good at single high stress processes.
(As far as I know anyway, would like to be corrected)

BTW. I changed the cooler pad for a cooling paste of the highest quality and now even on near 100% stress on all cores, the temperature does not go over about 50degC (Cleaned also)

Thank you in advance!
P.S. Sorry for any grammatical errors in the post as English is not my mother tongue.

 

[kanewolf]

The processor WILL overclock itself up to 3.1Ghz for short periods. The CPU is constantly monitoring the thermals and will automatically overclock when possible. Laptops will generally prevent manual overclocks because the thermals are too high.

Make sure you have the power profile set to maximum performance.

 

[ebonarm]

Thank you for the quick answer!
Is there a way I can check if the CPU gets Overclocked on it's own. I am on windows 7, not sure if Win7 has that functionality

 

[Dunlop0078]

Yah I agree the cpu will go to 3.1ghz by itself if required. I doubt you can overclok on that laptop in fact im almost positive the dell bios wont let you (my dell laptop does not even give me the option) and even if you could a small laptop cpu cooler would not be enough to keep it cool.

 

[Dunlop0078]

Thank you for the quick answer!
Is there a way I can check if the CPU gets Overclocked on it's own. I am on windows 7, not sure if Win7 has that functionality

Download the program cpu-z, put the computer under load and you should see the clocks start to rise.

http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

 

[ebonarm]

Thank you also, so that is settled!
So now, does anyone know if the "Overclocking when needed" feature is available on Windows 7 or is it available by default, regardles of OS?

 

[ebonarm]

Thank you for the quick answer!
Is there a way I can check if the CPU gets Overclocked on it's own. I am on windows 7, not sure if Win7 has that functionality

Download the program cpu-z, put the computer under load and you should see the clocks start to rise.

http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

Oh sorry, didn't see you reply so fast. Will try that

 

[Dunlop0078]

Thank you also, so that is settled!
So now, does anyone know if the "Overclocking when needed" feature is available on Windows 7 or is it available by default, regardles of OS?

They call it speedstep or turbo boost. It should be enabled by default.

 

[ebonarm]

Thank you also, so that is settled!
So now, does anyone know if the "Overclocking when needed" feature is available on Windows 7 or is it available by default, regardles of OS?

They call it speedstep or turbo boost. It should be enabled by default.

Thank you!

 

[ebonarm]

Just checked with CPU-Z, It overclocks. Thank you all!