Building a notebook

[PotshotPolka]

Anyone know any good places to find barebones parts for laptops? I'm thinking about building one and newegg is pretty limitied on their selection.

 

Also I'm starting to read more into it and it seems like a difficult thing to do, since most parts are prefabbed for specific model.

[Shadowex3]

They tend to use proprietary parts, you can't really build a notebook.

[PotshotPolka]

They tend to use proprietary parts, you can't really build a notebook.

 

I know it's possible, but selection so far seems..... well shitty.

[Wrathek]

sure its possible. but give up.

[PotshotPolka]

sure its possible. but give up.

 

[Akaru]

It's like trying to build your own smart eco-friendly car from salvaged parts.

[tinkerbell]

ive found quite a few e-retails in the uk that have laptop components available for purchase, but im sure it would be worth your while even looking at it but hey, im nice.

 

http://www.misco.co.uk/

 

http://www.laptop-motherboards.co.uk/

 

 

for research

http://www.bit-tech.net/custompc/news/601390/scan_launches_build_your_own_laptop_barebone_kits.html

 

us retailer

http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2008/06/09/build-your-own-laptop-with-oczs-barebones-kit/

[Itch]

Sure it can be done.. but I don't think that it is worth doing..

 

Sorry man.. I work on laptops almost every day and they are incredibly proprietary.. so is it worth it.. probably not.. might be a fun endeavor.. but not cost effective and not going to be a great system when it comes down to it..

[Shadowex3]

^^ The problem with laptops is that there isn't anything like the ATX standards for desktops, so everyone just goes making proprietary parts. Esp since even among the same maker they tend to redesign their chassis every other year or so. The reason they can do it is because they're massively vertically integrated a lot of the time, for any ordinary person it's an exercise in frustration.

 

Now what you CAN do reasonably is find a decent laptop and see if you can customise it as you want before buying it. If you've get a decent knowledge of electrical work you could find compatible parts and swap stuff out, soldering it in place as need be and so on and so forth. Void your warranty for sure but blah >P

[PotshotPolka]

Done some research for a few hours, and this is what I came out with, and I'm actually kind of impressed.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856172010

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233087

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819111007

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226019

$1405.

 

Before you attack it, I'll explain the priorities behind it.

It most certainly is not a primary rig, my desktop is here for that. But what I want is something most notebooks similarly priced can't provide, which is above decent processing speeds, read speeds, and.... actually the hard drive. The SSD, puts this baby $300 higher than an equally sized HDD, and could drop this thing down to a VERY competitive price range, but the SSD is actually key here. It wipes the floor with HDDs in many ways, especially boot times, noise, and can open programs considerably faster. I couldn't find a laptop in the same price range with a sizeable SSD offered. The videocard is a mid-range type, its decent, can play COD4 pretty well, and is seemless in CSS, which is a real perk since that's my bread and butter. Also no other laptop in the price range with similar load outs utilizes DDR3 RAM, they usually go for the DDR2 800 instead, and it only reduces the budget by about $40-50.

 

So to be a bit objective:

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834117941

Is the biggest competitor I could find to rival it, slightly faster CPU, considerably faster GPU, 500GB HDD, and 6GB DDR2 RAM.

 

http://www.guru3d.com/article/corsair-p128-ssd-review/1

Review and performance comparisons on the SSD.

 

http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-9600M-GT.9449.0.html

^

Great site to compare mobile GPUs

 

 

 

fuckers said I couldn't do it.