[Despotes]

I'm in the market for a laptop (my first) and was curious if there are particular makes that are more overclocking friendly than others. Also, ease of upgrade is a plus too.
Sager?

Thanks IA

[ozzlo]

well Dell is easily upgradeable (and taking the entire laptop apart don't void the warranty) but overclocking is very restricted... my inspiron 8600 is being extremelly difficult as no overclocking programs work with dells p-m mobos that I have seen... i think some of dells p4 lappies can oc but I RECCOMEND NOT OVERCLOCKING A P4 IN A LAPTOP because 8 out of 10 instances theyre allready running way too hot.

supposidly you can oc most lappies that have desktop chipsets using a program called clockgen...

and supposidly if you can obtain the laptops pll specifications (by cracking open the laptop and looking for the pll on the mobo) then with that info you can use cpu msr to oc... this is my last option for overclocking... if this method don't work then the only way to do it would be to update my bios to cracked version but I dare not try flash my bios with a cracked one...

[Sentential]

Originally Posted by Despotes

I'm in the market for a laptop (my first) and was curious if there are particular makes that are more overclocking friendly than others. Also, ease of upgrade is a plus too.
Sager?

Thanks IA

AFAIK you cant overclcok a lappy cuz you cant gain access to the clockgen. So technically they are all the same unless you know the manufacturer of your motherboard.

OEM = not overclockable, most times not even with clockgen

[ozzlo]

Originally Posted by Sentential

AFAIK you cant overclcok a lappy cuz you cant gain access to the clockgen. So technically they are all the same unless you know the manufacturer of your motherboard.

OEM = not overclockable, most times not even with clockgen

umm Cpu-z tells you what you got.... duh. so does sisoft sandra... It's a gamble... some oc and some don't just figure out which ones do first...

[jnev_89]

the sager 9860 is really big (more space to cool the cpu) and has 5 internal fans. *probably* more ocable then other, thinner, laptops. it uses a pentium 4 also, so hat should make it easier to use with clockgen.

[Arkaine23]

Non-gaming DTR's-

ECS A928 and A929

Both can go from 133 to 150 FSB in the bios. The first is P4-based the second is AMD. Graphics are SIS an about equivalent to a GF2mx200. Use desktop CPU's and ram.

[Despotes]

Thanks for the replies. I guess oc'ing may not be really necessary, but it would be nice.
The apparent top 3 makes seem to be Dell, Sager and Toshiba. Sager looks like it may give me a bit more for the $$ than the other 2.
It's going to be used primarily for photo editing(need accurate colors and details) and some gaming, DVD watching. <= $2000-ish
Are the Sagers easily upgradeable and parts replacement(Hdd's, RAM, Mobo)?
Thanks