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    Barebones notebook

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Tsunade_Hime, Dec 20, 2012.

  1. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Okay so I am thinking about doing another barebones build, either from MSI or Clevo? Scouring eBay and Provantage hasn't yielded me as much success from a few years ago, anyone know of any other sources to get barebones? Doesn't seem like MSI directly sell them to customers..
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Dec 20, 2012
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  2. baii

    baii Sone

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    There are number of resellers that sell barebones with GPU, but the total cost in the end usually is not lower than ordering the whole thing.

    Rjtech I think is one of the more popular one
     
    baii, Dec 20, 2012
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  3. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Well like Provantage has this

    PROVANTAGE: MSI 937-175621-006 MSI Notebook 937-175621-006 17.3 inch Wide I7 5 3 DDR3 DVDRW WL Retail

    17.3" with GTX 660M, and all you need to add is CPU/RAM/HDD, but they used to have the older barebones closer to 300, and I can't seem to find anything like that anymore, seems like nobody carrys Capella platform barebones anymore.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Dec 20, 2012
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  4. cdoublejj

    cdoublejj Notebook Deity

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    hhhmm maybe i should get a bare bones i can afford to buy 1 or 2 parts at a time.
     
    cdoublejj, Dec 20, 2012
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  5. jaug1337

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    There's quiet the amount of MSi barebone resellers here in Europe... but quiet the opposite with Clevo in the US.

    Maybe you should look into a Clevo? They are usually good once you reach the 17" (more options +more space to "cool") :)
     
    jaug1337, Dec 21, 2012
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  6. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    What bothers me not is the cooling, but the price and what components I can get for the money (IE MXM card vs soldered GPU for the same price).
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Dec 21, 2012
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  7. cdoublejj

    cdoublejj Notebook Deity

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    are there any 15 inchers with decent cooling?
     
    cdoublejj, Dec 22, 2012
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  8. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The 15 inch clevo P150 notebooks have decent cooling, same heatsinks and fans as the 17 inch P170 versions.

    2 fans, 2 separate heatsinks, fans are big, can force to max usually with the key combo FN + 1.

    Copper fins on the GPU heatsink, aluminum on the CPU heatsink.
    [​IMG]
     
    moral hazard, Dec 22, 2012
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  9. StormJumper

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    Are you planning to go gaming or just everyday usage for the laptop? I would say everyday usage would look on Craigslist if you in the US for a used good working order laptop. Otherwise as others have said just buy a pre-made custom to order that fits the bill. All the money spent on barebones would cost more then one ready to go. And plus you have the warranty to backup the laptop.
     
    StormJumper, Dec 22, 2012
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  10. cdoublejj

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    are there any with core 2 socket p and mxm 2.1? EDIT: or maybe just mxm 2.1? or maybe not, the whole point would be to upgrade.
     
    cdoublejj, Dec 23, 2012
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  11. niffcreature

    niffcreature ex computer dyke

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    You can upgrade a Gateway nv78 to core 2 quad and MXM 3.0 type B.

    the Clevo m860tu has good cooling but its MXM 2.1

    There aren't any core 2 Clevo or MSI laptops with MXM 3.0 that I know of except the m980nu.

    RKcomputer has MSI barebones in the USA.
     
    niffcreature, Dec 24, 2012
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  12. cdoublejj

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    ahhh, i should just be happy with have. I can play an umber of games on high now anyways.
     
    cdoublejj, Dec 24, 2012
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