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    Guys!!!!!!!!!

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by arya24, Apr 19, 2009.

  1. arya24

    arya24 Notebook Enthusiast

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  2. MidnightSun

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    Congratulations - you might want to think about a laptop cooler, depending on how hot it runs. You can use HWMonitor (link in my signature) to gauge that.
     
    MidnightSun, Apr 19, 2009
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    camf1217 Notebook Consultant

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    nice, specs look good especially for the price.
     
    camf1217, Apr 19, 2009
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    nice, but this should definitely be in the gateway section... :)
     
    ARom, Apr 19, 2009
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  5. mEatWad

    mEatWad Notebook Consultant

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    there was a thread on this few weeks ago.
    this is happening to a lot of people including me. i think u have to go to nvidia control panel and mess around with the power settings to be always on full. or mess around with hard drive power settings. not sure exactly. look for the thread.
    i'm not touching that cause, it did solve the issue for most people but results in higher temps.
     
    mEatWad, Apr 19, 2009
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    FPS_Sean Notebook Consultant

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    some small but expensive upgrade options are always, intel turbo memory/intel 5350 wifi card/faster cpu and definately a laptop cooler.
    nice specs bro :)
     
    FPS_Sean, Apr 20, 2009
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    InfectedSonic Notebook Evangelist

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    hmmm upgrades... i would say get another hdd an run it in a raid 0 setup.
    a nice mouse like the razer mamba.
    the xfi surround usb sound card or xfi notebook card.
    a usb hub for sure.
    a notebook cooler (need one myself was considering a cryo)
    some headphones.
    glow in the dark keyboard keys.
    an external for an optical drive (e-sata compatible) and put a blueray drive in it.
    a portable hdd.
    wireless 360 controller plus receiver.
    of course something to carry all that stuff (i recommend any bag from targus)

    cant think of anything else right now but will add in later if i think of anything.
     
    InfectedSonic, Apr 20, 2009
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  8. arya24

    arya24 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have most of the stuff you are saying. And for a mouse I have a logitech g5 which i love. I jsut need a cooler, external, and some ehadphones.
     
    arya24, Apr 20, 2009
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  9. strife1013

    strife1013 Notebook Evangelist

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    how much better is the intel 5350 over the stock wireless card? Also does intel tubro memory work with vista ult. 64 bit? And what does it do?
     
    strife1013, Apr 20, 2009
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    5350 vs the stock 4965agn in 6860fx increases signal/battery life/cpu resources by a bit, not tons! but enough.. The 5350 also has WiMax, which is why it has 3 antennas. intel turbo memory i think only works with vista 32/64bit.
     
    FPS_Sean, Apr 21, 2009
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  11. nacr05

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    The 5300 WiFi card is great aswell, turbo memory increases boot times aswell as launching applications.
     
    nacr05, Apr 21, 2009
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  12. strife1013

    strife1013 Notebook Evangelist

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    Well compared to the notebook I have in my sig. Is there an install guide somewhere?
     
    strife1013, Apr 21, 2009
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