Question How to overclock Lenovo Legion 5i 2020 model (Laptop) ?

[MonkeyNoSee]

how do i overclock her? cant find any settings in bios.

Laptop: Lenovo Legion 5i 15IMH05
CPU: Intel Core i5-10300H (Comet Lake-H, R1)
2500 MHz (25.00x100.0) @ 1894 MHz (19.00x99.7)
Motherboard: LENOVO LNVNB161216
BIOS: EFCN56WW, 05/23/2022
Chipset: Intel HM470 (Comet Lake PCH-H)
Memory: 16384 MBytes @ 1462 MHz, 21-21-21-47
- 8192 MB PC25600 DDR4 SDRAM - Micron 4ATF1G64HZ-3G2E1
- 8192 MB PC25600 DDR4 SDRAM - Micron 4ATF1G64HZ-3G2E1
Graphics: Intel UHD Graphics (Comet Lake-H GT2) [R1] [Lenovo]
Intel UHD Graphics, 1024 MB
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (TU117M) [Lenovo]
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650, 4096 MB GDDR6 SDRAM
Drive: SKHynix_HFS512GD9TNI-L2A0B, 500.1 GB, NVMe
Sound: Intel Comet Lake PCH-H - cAVS (Audio, Voice, Speech) [A0]
Sound: NVIDIA TU117 - High Definition Audio Controller
Network: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 160MHz
Network: RealTek Semiconductor RTL8168/8111 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC
OS: Microsoft Windows 11 Home (x64) Build 22000.856 (21H2)

 

[Unolocogringo]

To be honest it is a bad Idea to overclock most laptops. Their cooling is not adequate. It is usually just enough for the installed components.
But if you insist?
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/17881/intel-extreme-tuning-utility-intel-xtu.html

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

^^ Yes, this!

Only top range gaming laptops allow some forms of OC'ing the CPU. Yours does not. There is a reason why, which @Unolocogringo has highlighted. Even if you could do it, the boost it would yield in gaming is practically negligable with the entry level GTX1650. There's no point even trying. It will only bring higher temps, or less performance as your CPU throttles.

 

[Nighthawk117]

This is an incredible mistake to even attempt this.

 

[MonkeyNoSee]

^^ Yes, this!

Only top range gaming laptops allow some forms of OC'ing the CPU. Yours does not. There is a reason why, which @Unolocogringo has highlighted. Even if you could do it, the boost it would yield in gaming is practically negligable with the entry level GTX1650. There's no point even trying. It will only bring higher temps, or less performance as your CPU throttles.

this is a stupid comment oc allowed but i dont know whats safe.

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

What exactly is stupid about it!!?

You've been told already that OC a laptop is often not possible. Sometimes you can OC the GPU, but you cannot change the power setting. So OC a laptop GPu is almost pointless.

As for any safe voltage.....There is none! To OC any component, you should know about the hardware, voltage etc. We cannot do that for you.

If you use MSI Afterburner, you can try the OC scanner. See if that helps. But, I suspect you will see errors and artefacts quickly enough. So, and as others have said, this is not a good idea.

Good luck with your issue.

 

[MonkeyNoSee]

click the link here this is even stupid. this is a gaming laptop its a 1650ti from 2020 intel 10th gen

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

click the link here this is even stupid. this is a gaming laptop its a 1550ti from 2020

Yes, that's what I've told you that's the GPU! Not the CPU. It helps to be clear.

Like I've said, you may get an OC on the GPU, but it will be limited, and will not give you any results much more than without the OC. The will be very little improvement, because the GPU is entry level to begin with.

In terms of normal OC. A good result might be 50-100mhz on the core. And maybe 100-200mhz on the mem. Then you test. If you get errors you have to lower the settings.

 

[MonkeyNoSee]

Yes, that's what I've told you that's the GPU! Not the CPU. It helps to be clear.

Like I've said, you may get an OC on the GPU, but it will be limited, and will not give you any results much more than without the OC. The will be very little improvement, because the GPU is entry level to begin with.

In terms of normal OC. A good result might be 50-100mhz on the core. And maybe 100-200mhz on the mem. Then you test. If you get errors you have to lower the settings.

i have some one writing me a bios with xmp and cpu overclock but im wondering whats safe.

 

[SkyNetRising]

click the link here this is even stupid. this is a gaming laptop its a 1650ti from 2020 intel 10th gen

Do you think gaming and overclocking is the same thing?
It's not.

If you can game on a laptop, that doesn't automatically mean, it is designed for overclocking too.
Laptops rarely are.
You can quite easilly kill that thing with aggressive overclock.

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

i have some one writing me a bios with xmp and cpu overclock but im wondering whats safe.

That's really hard to know. Laptop CPU's run with much less voltage than a dekstop CPU, and also within a certain power range (28-45w - sometimes more). This means it's very difficult to OC the CPU. If your new bios (which is very risky BTW becuase it could brick your machine) can allow you to OC in some form, then it really is a trial and error situation. There is no guide to OC a laptop CPU that doesn't OC? It could be done by increaseing the bus speed to 101 or 102, instead of 100. But this is risky because other components are linked to that bus, so it can also OC other components, which don't react well.

 

[Gam3r01]

i have some one writing me a bios with xmp and cpu overclock but im wondering whats safe.

This is a bad idea.
You are welcome to attempt modest OCs here and there, but this laptop simply isnt designed to handle the increased thermal load from whatever component you choose to OC. The end result is going to be earlier thermal throttling, resulting in even worse performance than you have now.
Switching over to a custom BIOS is already risky enough, these limitations are put in for a reason.
Leave it as is.

 

[Nighthawk117]

i have some one writing me a bios with xmp and cpu overclock but im wondering whats safe.

I would proceed with caution, I've come across people that have done this and it ended badly. As others have suggested I don't think the gains are likely to be worth the risk and hassle. Is there a game specifically that you want to boost performance in?

 

[Zerk2012]

i have some one writing me a bios with xmp and cpu overclock but im wondering whats safe.

If you live on the edge sometimes you fall off.

Very bad idea your either going to brick the LT or not really gain anything because of throttling.

If everything works you might get 3 or 4 more FPS.

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

It seems the OP has that facility baked into Lenovo software. Very similar to the Omen Gaming Hub that I use myself. I expect the OP thinks that 'because' the software is there, therefore its a good idea, or easy to do an OC. Whilst it's not.

At OP, whilst it's a relatively new laptop with recent gen parts, that is not indicative of weather those components should be OC'ed.

As with a lot of gaming laptops, if you want more power, you should buy one that suits.

In the meantime, with the best will and intention, messing with a non-proprietry bios is likely going to cause you hassle. I wouldn't do it. I don't think many people here would advise it either. Same can be said for OC'ing an entry level gaming laptop. The benfits do NOT out way the hassle.