K53TA.. The best deal ever... could be!

[Jarkeler]

Can everyone that has had successful Overclocks please post screenshots of their K10? I'm a noob to this and need something to compare to.

[HTWingNut]

Alright so I was able to OC the CPU to 2.3ghz at 1.36v and OC the GPU to 700mhz/950mhz.

If anyone has gone higher than that with some good results, please post. Screenshots too if you can.

I'm running CPU at 2.1GHz at 1.025V just to keep temps low. I can get 2.2GHz but even if I set all P-states to same speed and voltage once it hits 80C HWInfo64 is showing the cores starting to drop speeds anyhow and affecting game performance. Seems above 2.1GHz, the temps and voltage required rises exponentically.

I actually ramped my p-states up from 1.8GHz to 2.1GHz, and thought my voltage was ok, but after playing for 20 minutes in Bad Company 2, temps were < 70C, but game locked up. I attribute it to CPU voltage. May bump everything up a notch and see if it helps.

I can get the GPU to 660/1070 max, but running at 650/1050 just to leave a little breathing room.

I've turned off Crossfire just to eliminate that variable, and plays rather well without it.

[UnXpectedError]

Alright so I was able to OC the CPU to 2.3ghz at 1.36v and OC the GPU to 700mhz/950mhz.

If anyone has gone higher than that with some good results, please post. Screenshots too if you can.

your voltages are way to high.. for 2.3ghz you shouldn't even have to adjust the voltage for p0 state. for instance i can run 3ghz in p0 state on 1.275v.. though heat at that point becomes and issues with stuff like prime 95 or cinebench.

i hope to be able to post up a screen shot of my p states this week for everyone so they can have a reference point to start OCing with.

also im on my second k53ta as i ended up returning the first due to the dvd drive not working right... on the new one the cpu uses slightly less volts for OC but the GPU does not go up as high on the core 670vs 700 but the memory goes way higher 950 vs 1040 lol. over all this unit performs better. so it seems everyone is gonna be a little different when it comes to overclocking.

[link626]

it's weird how different units have different max voltages.

my first unit went up to 1.35v. my second one was capped at 1.2875 or something.

@unxpectederror- did you get any dead pixels ?


I returned my 2nd unit b/c of a dead pixel, but i also loaded the old bios back onto the unit, and used banding as a more solid 2nd excuse

since this is regular price, i am in no hurry to order again.

[cerealbox]

Thanks for your input guys, i'm definitely going to change the voltage a little bit. I figure I can lower it a bit since I do a lot of gaming, but not to the point where my games will lock up. I'm actually able to play SC2 on extreme with the native resolution, and so far the campaign plays very smoothly. Another game that plays very smoothly is Empire: Total War, with settings on "Very High" with "Ultra" sized units.

[Moravian]

it's weird how different units have different max voltages.

Well this is probably a reflection, and the sacrifice, of the low price point and getting parts with a much larger tolerance in QC and the best pieces are probably getting picked for higher end models by the company making the boards and chips.

How is the sound on this laptop? A friend of mine just bought the ASUS - Laptop / Intel® Core™ i5 Processor / 15.6" Display / 6GB Memory / 640GB Hard Drive - Lake Blue
Model: U56E-BBL5 for $599.00 and the sound is terrible. If they would have looked at the reviews on the best buy website they would have been warned.

Well any laptop isn't going to sound that stellar depending on how much you care, the best of them are really average at best in the big picture. You just can't produce amazing sound with dime sized speakers and a bad acoustic setup, physics and what not.

[dasaniblak]

so just got this laptop and wanting to upgrade the RAM with another 4gb stick. would any laptop 4gb stick work perfectly?

i was thinking of going with this but wanted to get your guys opinion first:
Newegg.com - G.SKILL 4GB 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Laptop Memory Model F3-10600CL9S-4GBSQ

or is there any preferred stick you guys can say?

thanks in advance

[textucker]

gotcha, lol. thanks

[textucker]

Can anyone tell me what warranty to get with this? Someone said they got squaretrade warranty..is that what i should do? I thought I read that if you buy an asus at best buy you have to use thier warranty?? I'm sorry, I'm new to this and just want to make a wise purchase. After reading reviews about squaretrade it sounds like a great deal, i guess. Please help a confused female out. Thank you

[YariiThinkpad]

Need help overclocking this laptop. What software should I use? any guides for this laptop would help, thanks!