I want to buy a laptop, it has 1, 6 GHz with Turbo boost 3.5 Ghz
what does that mean? Is it harmful if I permanently demand 3.0 GHz through programs?
No. You worry too much. Nothing can happen…
This means that by default all cores run at 1.6 ghz. In boost however always a core with up to 3.5 ghz can clock. And the other nuclei then clocked slightly lower than the 3.5ghz. No, that's not harmful. (When overclocking) You can also clock with 4 or more ghz, if the processor makes this possible from the architecture and the temperatures are not limited. (usually you have to pay attention to the voltage at some point, but it is not relevant for the laptop, because it is already very hot, before the critical voltage can even be reached)
My desktop pc says that the processor should not run permanently at over 80 * C. In the laptop, it is unfortunately the case that the parts often run with almost 100 * c. Since then brings only modding something
Well, if you never clean the laptop, the permanently more and more hidden and hotter and eventually burns through. But of course not the boost, but in general the then lack of heat dissipation
No, harmful is nothing.
In practice, however, it is the case that under constant load, the clock drops further and further, until at some point it only starts to clock on the base clock, ie the 1.6 GHz.
So if you have a program that requires a CPU, such as a quad core with 3.0 GHz, then the laptop with 1.6 GHz will most likely have too little power, because it can't keep the turbo clock permanently and then after a few minutes rumdümpelt at 1.6 GHz.
Even that does not happen. He only clocks down and if that does not help, he drives down.
Except the cooling is good. But if the architecture of the specified processor is far superior (fx xxxx intel core ix xxxx) with 1.6 ghz may still be far superior and has no problem with the program. But that would go too far at the point now.
Well, at least I do not know a laptop that can hold the turbo-clock. In addition, yes even after a few minutes (probably on the BIOS side) is always down-regulated due to the higher power consumption. But okay, in principle it might be possible.
And yes, of course, depends on the architecture. Was just a simple example.
