- May 11, 2013
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Hi Everyone,
It's either that I buy a sexy new MacBookPro (extremely tempted, as long as I can dual boot with Linux?) or I learn something new by building my own laptop, which seems more fun.
Basically, aside from listening to music, and browsing/emailing, I just want to use this computer for 3D physics calculations (no 3D time-dependent simulations, not even youtube!, and no games.)
So, I'm guessing that the CPU is the most important part here? Or is a better choice to use the GPU? I'm also a bit worried about whether I can find a mobo+case/screen to work with this combo.
The cost isn't too much of an issue at the moment, but if it costs loads, I'd like its longevity to be good - or at least be able to upgrade the parts on the mobo.
Sorry, this is a bit mixed up now, but any suggestions of mobos/CPU/GPU etc etc gratefully received. Thanks!
It's either that I buy a sexy new MacBookPro (extremely tempted, as long as I can dual boot with Linux?) or I learn something new by building my own laptop, which seems more fun.
Basically, aside from listening to music, and browsing/emailing, I just want to use this computer for 3D physics calculations (no 3D time-dependent simulations, not even youtube!, and no games.)
So, I'm guessing that the CPU is the most important part here? Or is a better choice to use the GPU? I'm also a bit worried about whether I can find a mobo+case/screen to work with this combo.
The cost isn't too much of an issue at the moment, but if it costs loads, I'd like its longevity to be good - or at least be able to upgrade the parts on the mobo.
Sorry, this is a bit mixed up now, but any suggestions of mobos/CPU/GPU etc etc gratefully received. Thanks!
It just seemed like building a laptop would be more fun, especially since I have a ton of DDR3 and SSDs lying around. However, I found PC specialists online, and got them to build one and it turned out to be not too expensive, with i7 4800M processor and a good graphics card (not quite as good as dottorrent's suggestion!). It is a bit annoying that getting the Mobo and chassis is so hard, though, especially since I have so much unused DDR2, a couple of screens, keyboards, HDDs from old projects. Next time I feel the urge to build something, I'll hope I'm in a job with a tech-budget, and try dottorent's plan; since I have to use Linux, at least I can save 100 bucks!
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