Creating a desktop - can I use laptop components?

Hey, basically i've got an Acer 5920g, but what has happened lately is that i've been using it as a desktop PC and have no real need to move it around.

Sorry if I sound noobish but i'm quite amateur in this case...

My question is it possible to create a PC from scratch using components (ones that are possible anyway, and what can/can't be used) from my laptop to save costs or isn't it possible to do this at all? Thanks..

 

Not really. The processor wouldn't work with a desktop motherboard, the motherboard wouldn't work in a desktop case, and the graphics card is either permanently attached to the motherboard or is in a modular format that a desktop cannot accept. LCD screen isn't going to work for a desktop either, and the optical drive probably would not fit in a desktop case.

You could reuse the hard drive though. But that's about it really.

 

ok thanks, too bad

 

Why go through all the work? why not just get an external monitor, and a nice keyboard + mouse setup and have that all attached to your laptop?

 

Edit: Damn, too slow!

You could make a docking solution and use a external display with keyboard and mouse.
It will be like a desktop, but still have the notebook performance.
Also grab a notebook cooler for it, so it stays perfectly chilled.

 

Apple use laptop components in their iMacs, they have the money to make custom mobo's so they may as well. Anyway, it's not exactly like hey're going to get propper desktop components in there anyway, they'd die.

 

Well, if he could find a desktop case that fits a laptop mobo, then it would be fine.

I don't know about the DVD drive in that case though.

 

What you could do is migrate the laptop parts to something easy to work with like a suitable sized cardboard box, provided that you use a method of "standing off" the parts from the case somehow, so they don't short out. Much like how a desktop motherboard and case uses stand-offs to isolate the motherboard from the ground.

 

With the right motherboard you could harvest some choice laptop components.

 

Hmm, but the 5920G has a discrete MXM GPU.

 

You can use some laptop components, but most likely not everything. Your main concern would be getting a motherboard to support what you plan on using.

 

Buying a motherboard that takes sodimm and has a mobile socket just to reuse those components would be a step in the wrong direction. It would be cheaper and easier to get rid of what you have and start from scratch.

Also the suggestion to just hook up a mouse, keyboard, and monitor to the laptop to make it a quasi-desktop is a good one.