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So I have an ASUS N61J laptop with nVidia GT325M GPU boasting 1gb VRAM, and I want to push that baby till it sweats (and I have 3rd degree burns on my thighs). Does anyone have an idea what is the max safe temperature for such core? I don't have a cooling pad, but I plan to invest into one soon. Also, does anyone know if that god-forsaken Optimus gimmick will hinder my endeavors in any way? Thanks for any reply in advance.

overcloaking @ notebooks is generally not a good idea.

it anyways lowers the lifetime, and even more if you un have a highend cooler like some PCs have.


better dun do.

Get the usual pack
http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/hwmonitor.html
http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/browse.php?c=18
http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=163

I hope it has normal bios/easy to clock/possible to clock all (RAM, CPU, PCIe lock etc.)
For cooling pad I would go zalman - the second on the test:
http://bestlaptopcooler.org/
since it is tested and works.
Anyway you wont get more then 10-15% more performance from this laptop so overloading is not that good idea.
Buy normal PC put nice water cooling and go to its limits.

I can hardly lug a proper PC back and forth between school and home, but you still didn't answer my question, at what temp would it be wise to stop pushing. But anyways thanks for the links, saves me lots of googling.

Well this is quite simple answer- dissemble your laptop. Clean it on all places possible, change the stock termopaste with something good like Silver 5 for example. Assemble it, buy the cooling pad. Google the normal working temps for the said configuration, check yours without overclock, do the tests from prime 95, monitor with the tools, tweak the fans then, go to push at the bios till it starts not to turn on and starts to give you bios error. Then you pushed to the limit. Do the stress tests again while monitoring the temps.
About the temps well they could vary a lot depending on the room temp and the cool pad. I wont push it over 75 C-78 C anyway since then it is bad.
Good working temp as it seems if this is I7 notebook will be around 55 C (idle). If you can keep it under load at around 75 C with the clock it will be really good.
If you go over 85 C-90C while clocked under heavy load then you can crash it/burn the whole notebook/lag spike it.
And this without looking too much into the detail for your Laptop, rather general laptop wisdom/experience info, you got now the basics do the legwork.

I thank thee for thy wisdom, may you live long and prosper

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Oh, and the cake.

Be careful with overclocking and Freelancer... seems there can be some issues.

Also (The Cake is a Lie)