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jimithing   06-26-2009 at 08:26:23 PM

Have we reached a point in geekdom where PC system builders can cross-over to laptops, safely unlatching ourselves from the teet of the big-time manufacturers (Dell, Apple, etc.)?

I sure hope so.

I posed a similar question to Google, which returned seemingly helpful articles that detailed some pros and (mostly) cons of starting with a barebones, modular laptop case and building up from there. Unfortunately, said articles were quite dated; ie. tomshardware circa 2005 and pcmech crica 2007.

So now I turn to you guys...

Anyone on these forums have experience building a custom laptop? If so, what should I look out for? Is functionality and/or performance sacrificed?



Cheers!

Brady

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thingieing   07-01-2009 at 11:01:27 PM
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jimithing wrote :

Have we reached a point in geekdom where PC system builders can cross-over to laptops, safely unlatching ourselves from the teet of the big-time manufacturers (Dell, Apple, etc.)?

I sure hope so.

I posed a similar question to Google, which returned seemingly helpful articles that detailed some pros and (mostly) cons of starting with a barebones, modular laptop case and building up from there. Unfortunately, said articles were quite dated; ie. tomshardware circa 2005 and pcmech crica 2007.

So now I turn to you guys...

Anyone on these forums have experience building a custom laptop? If so, what should I look out for? Is functionality and/or performance sacrificed?



Cheers!

Brady



barebone laptop r pretty expensive still....OCZ came out with some, but it wasn't a big hit, really the only that u can modify itz the CPU, RAM and HDD, motherboard and graphics u can't change them, and mobile CPU are pretty epxensive and hard to find, u r better off buying a pre-built, unless u can get hook-up w/ 1 of ur buddies that work at those big company, then maybe he/she do sth for u

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Bronze Laptops badge lostandwandering   07-01-2009 at 11:21:19 PM
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thingieing wrote :

barebone laptop r pretty expensive still....OCZ came out with some, but it wasn't a big hit, really the only that u can modify itz the CPU, RAM and HDD, motherboard and graphics u can't change them, and mobile CPU are pretty epxensive and hard to find, u r better off buying a pre-built, unless u can get hook-up w/ 1 of ur buddies that work at those big company, then maybe he/she do sth for u



I agree with most of that except the part about CPUs. AMD mobile CPUs are near impossible to find. Intel on the other hand are easily found at newegg.com. They even have the high-end T9600 (2.8ghz) for $340 which isn't too bad.

But yes, building your own laptop is not nearly as cost saving as building a desktop, nor do you get all the customization options.

------------------------------ LAPTOP: Sager NP5760|T7200|2gb DDR2-667| 100gb 7200rpm HDD| 512mb 7950GTX|17'' WUXGA

Desktop: Core2 E7200 | Corsair 2gb DDR2-800 | Gigabyte EP35-DS3L | 250gb Seagate Barracuda | MSI GTX260 (192 SP) | Corsair VX550 | Antec 300 case
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