If your laptop has SATA I'd look into replacing your hard drive with a solid state drive (SSD) if you want to get extra performance, you'll see a bigger performance increase doing this than by overclocking. If you're only using it to do homework on and browse the web don't bother replacing the hard drive. If Windows is being slow try re-installing the OS from the recovery discs if you can or consider switching to Linux.Raz3rD said:well i just want to know if i can get a higher performance out of it lol.
For a college laptop, overclocking would be pointless for web browsing and word processing. And yeah, most OEM computers have their BIOS locked.
well i dont do a normal college course for web and word processing. im studiying Application Development, so programming. and i still need enough cash for a gaming build so i just want to use this as a temp gaming solution eventhough i have a ps3 i still think some games should only be played on pc
With intel onboard graphics, you won't be doing much gaming, no matter how much you overclock the CPU.
yeah that sucks. unless i could "hack" into the memory settings of the intelHD card and set it to 512MB system/gaming or w/e its called. but sadly intel being the not so friendly towards the warranty voiding people, wont allow it
Laptops aren't generally great gaming systems, just keep using your PS3 for the time being until you get the gaming machine. By the way with programming you probably aren't going to need to overclock the CPU or anything.