Building a laptop

2009-05-19 13:03:37

#1

TSI: Cholera in the time of love; +247|6244|Toronto

So, a mate of mine wants a good gaming laptop. He doesn't want to sepnd money at Alienware or Hypersonic or those kinds of things.

He wants a 17 inch screen, a SLI combo to run Crysis on high (his demand), and under 2100 CAD (about 1800 US)

Starting with the Intel X9300, what should I go with? My plan is to get a crappy one with a decent mobo, then strip the parts and upgrade them with mine.

I like pie.

2009-05-19 13:05:27

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TSI: Cholera in the time of love; +247|6244|Toronto

I realise that this somehow became a duplicate thread. Could the mods please electrocute it?

I like pie.

2009-05-19 13:06:57

#3

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6677|Finland

TSI wrote:
I realise that this somehow became a duplicate thread. Could the mods please electrocute it?

you can delete the first post from the other thread

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2009-05-19 13:41:42

#4

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6460|Winland

You can't really build a laptop just like that.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2009-05-19 14:54:46

#5

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|7034|PNW

Any reason he doesn't want to build a desktop for the same price with faster parts?

Freezer7Pro wrote:
You can't really build a laptop just like that.

You can get a build a laptop kit, but the specs are limited and the 1.8kUSD budget is restrictive for how time consuming gathering the parts would be. OP: you might as well have an actual company build it. I recommend http://www.digitalstormonline.com/

Laptops//Model A17 looks about right.

2009-05-19 17:51:27

#6

TSI: Cholera in the time of love; +247|6244|Toronto

Yeah...I tried to persuade him to get a desktop, to no avail. He's stuck on that idea. he wants top of the line, but doesn't want to pay for it. ><

I like pie.

2009-05-19 17:54:44

#7

FFLink: There is.; +1,380|6954|Devon, England

Building your own laptop is way different to building your own desktop.

I don't think it's in the same "That's cool and it will be better and cheaper if I build it myself" category.

But, I'm not too knowledgeable on laptop components, so you can prove me wrong.

My advice would be to tell your friend either a custom desktop or a store-built laptop.

2009-05-19 17:57:48

#8

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6051|Catherine Black

Tell him if he wants to run Crysis for $1800 he can (almost) only do it with a desktop.

2009-05-19 18:41:12

#9

Reddhedd: trolawlawl; +188|6708|EE Chat

Yea, 1800 isnt gonna get crisis on high.
http://www.alienware.com/customize/M17- … SKU-WALLET
Why not that alienware?
or
http://www.powernotebooks.com/configure.php?special=637

2009-05-19 19:01:50

#10

TSI: Cholera in the time of love; +247|6244|Toronto

Hmm...never mind, he found one by Sager. It's good enough.

Thanks for all.

I like pie.

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