How to get my i5 3230m to boost to 3.2 ghz

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Hi, so recently I picked up an Asus g46vw on ebay for dirt cheap in perfect condition to use as a secondary pc and so far the performance is pretty good! I've already overclocked the gtx 660m to 1085 on the core and +580 on the memory. However, the i5 3230m is only reaching 3.0 ghz in games when it should be able to hit 3.2 ghz. I've already checked HwMonitor, and the cpu never exceeds 71 degrees celsius, so it's not throttling. Also, the pc is set on high performance. What could be causing this? I know that it's probably not a huge performance difference, but I would like the cpu to operating at the maximum that it possibly can.
 
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The i5 3230m will only boost to 3.2Ghz when one core is being utilized, the turbo boost with two cores active caps at 3Ghz.

However, you may actually be able to change this. I do not recommend overclocking laptops for they often run very hot at stock settings, however if you feel like you are comfortable doing so, you may be able to use Intel Extreme Tuning Utility to both overclock and undervolt your CPU. On my home laptop, I raised all four cores to turbo boost to the same frequency, and undervolted the processor on top.

If your motherboard happens to support the program, and you are comfortable with doing so,you could try said route; however, do not expect anything more than a few +100Mhz bins for a mobile device due to thermal...
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The i5 3230m will only boost to 3.2Ghz when one core is being utilized, the turbo boost with two cores active caps at 3Ghz.

However, you may actually be able to change this. I do not recommend overclocking laptops for they often run very hot at stock settings, however if you feel like you are comfortable doing so, you may be able to use Intel Extreme Tuning Utility to both overclock and undervolt your CPU. On my home laptop, I raised all four cores to turbo boost to the same frequency, and undervolted the processor on top.

If your motherboard happens to support the program, and you are comfortable with doing so,you could try said route; however, do not expect anything more than a few +100Mhz bins for a mobile device due to thermal headroom.
 
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