Can I overclock?

[jakemalta22]

Hi, I have an Alienware 14 laptop and would like to know what overclocking would do to my laptop exactly  and IF it can be overclocked.
Thanks, Jake

[Gypsy_Joker]

It can be overclocked, but overclocking laptops especially the CPU will make them overheat due to the confined space in side it. IF you can cool it to the right temperature with the cooling pads and other fan accessories it can work alright. I'm not too sure about the GPU inside alienware i presume it will end up the same.

Good luck in advance.

[camerongray]

It is not a good idea to overclock a laptop - The cooling systems are simply not designed for it.  If you are overclocking a desktop you would generally upgrade the cooler.

[jakemalta22]

Well i can personally tell you that the cooling system on this laptop is incredible. Sounds like a jet engine when I'm gaming on full graphics for a long period of time and the air coming out would be, lets say, on a scale of 1-10, 1 being the coolest and 10 being the hottest, I'd say a 6.5. Btw the laptop has this as a GPU: 2GB NVidia GeForce GT 765M

[patio]

I think it's a reach for someone to say it can be overclocked without even knowing the components...not all PC's can be OC'd...

[camerongray]

Well i can personally tell you that the cooling system on this laptop is incredible. Sounds like a jet engine

Being loud means nothing.  The cooling system is still not built for overclocking.

on a scale of 1-10, 1 being the coolest and 10 being the hottest, I'd say a 6.5.

How on earth does that work?  You can't just create an arbitrary scale for temperature.

Laptops are not designed for overclocking, end of story.

[BC_Programmer]

You can't just create an arbitrary scale for temperature.

If only we had well-established scales for measuring temperatures. Oh well...

[jakemalta22]

If a laptop shouldn't be overclocked then okay, it can't. And excuse me for 'creating' a scale but how else am I supposed to explain to you if I don't have any temperatures that I can give you. I'm not an expert in computers and gaming and that's why I'm asking questions like these on this forum.. Thats why everyone is here I guess. And obviously modern computers would have developed quite fans by now, so a 2014 1800euro gaming laptop would have top of the range hardware so if it's loud, I'm sure it means it's doing a superb job on keeping the laptop as cool as possible.

Thanks to the ones who gave me useful advice

[patio]

That leaves us to the definitive answer to the question...
Until we know what components are involved we can't advise on OC'ing or not...
Up until know all i see is a model #...
You may wanna research this yourself once you know what you have...

[BC_Programmer]

And excuse me for 'creating' a scale but how else am I supposed to explain to you if I don't have any temperatures that I can give you.

You can get your actual Temperatures using Speedfan or hwMonitor, which is probably preferred.

And obviously modern computers would have developed quite fans by now, so a 2014 1800euro gaming laptop would have top of the range hardware so if it's loud, I'm sure it means it's doing a superb job on keeping the laptop as cool as possible.

Two false premises here. The first is that "a 2014 1800 euro gaming laptop would have top of the range hardware", and the second is that "if it's loud, it must be keeping things cool". Neither of these is necessarily true.

Laptops- regardless of how much you paid for it or in what year, or what company makes the fancy shell- are not designed to be overclocked. If it did not come overclocked from the manufacturer, overclocking it is typically going to be a ticket to what is known in the business as "a bad time", particularly given that doing so will void the warranty.