Overclocking a laptop!?

[Bruh171717]

Hello
I was wondering if it is safe or even possible to overclock a laptop. I am not familiar with overclocking and also if it is possible, what would be the recommended values?
Thanks!
-Bruh

Laptop Specs: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-omen...hard-drive-onyx-black/5319501.p?skuId=5319501

 

[Darren]

Some laptops will claim they can support it, but really IMO if you're trying to overclock you have no business being on a laptop period. That specific model I definitely wouldn't mess with it as those are pretty thin chassis with not a whole lot of cooling. You'd see marginal performance improvements at best, and likely nothing noticeable. A lot of times they have the BIOS totally locked down to prevent you from doing any overclocking anyway.

 

[Geoff]

If you bought a laptop from Dell, HP, Acer, Toshiba, etc., it's a very safe bet that the BIOS does not support overclocking. Generally, only specific enthusiast laptops have that capability, but even then it's generally not a good idea since laptops already run hot under load, and battery life will be much worse.