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need help building my own laptop - DIY laptop

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  • Gaming
  • Desktops
  • Barebones
  • Homebuilt
  • Laptops
  • Customization
  • Do It Yourself
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August 5, 2014 1:09:58 PM

So I've built a few desktops, but now I need something more portable. I've heard of people putting together barebones laptop systems and I'd like to build my own, in order to customize it my way. This seems like a much harder and more expensive task than building a desktop so I'd like some help.

I'd like to know a good starting point - somewhere I can pick out everything I want (cpu, gpu, memory, blah blah blah). If you can link me a great site, that'd be awesome.

I'm more or less trying to make a budget-business-gaming-laptop that runs linux.

PS- if possible i'd like to get a keyboard that is backlit and preferably not slim like most laptops.

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August 5, 2014 1:17:29 PM

What do you mean, "somewhere I can pick out everything I want"? A pre-built custom laptop? XoticPC and ibuypower are two I've read about.
There's a nice little guide here about assembling a barebones laptop: http://www.computershopper.com/feature/build-your-own-l...
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August 6, 2014 1:58:03 PM

Ytyoussef said:
What do you mean, "somewhere I can pick out everything I want"? A pre-built custom laptop? XoticPC and ibuypower are two I've read about.
There's a nice little guide here about assembling a barebones laptop: http://www.computershopper.com/feature/build-your-own-l...


No I mean I want to avoid the labor charges and assemble it myself.
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