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    I want to play........

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by mattireland, May 30, 2007.

  1. mattireland

    mattireland It used to be the iLand..

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    I just want a really cheap laptop that might run Vista just to play about with the inside and mess about with a bit of software, but mainly for messing about with the inside.

    I'd also like to do a lot of overclocking but I want the laptop to be cheap so if I like overclock a p4 to 4GHz and it blows I really couldn't care less. It would be nice if it was chunky so I could fit a water cooler.

    I love EBay so I have no quarrels about second hand stuff - just as long as it works!!!

    (Also is this post icon thing new? - I've never had the option to do it before?)
     
  2. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    The Samsung R20 can be overclocked (see my review) but it won't yet be available in the second-hand market.

    The same could well apply to other notebooks which use the ATI chipsets.

    John
     
  3. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Unfortunately, notebooks aren't as cost effective as desktops, so you may want to reconsider.
     
  4. mattireland

    mattireland It used to be the iLand..

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    It probably won't be until the summer so do you reckon it will be on the second hand market by then? Thanks loads for you help.

    Yeh, I am already a bit of a desktop geek but I was sort of wanting to move onto notebooks abit to get the experience. Thanks though. Anymore ideas?
     
  5. Lil Mayz

    Lil Mayz Notebook Deity

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    I really would not overclock a P4 to more than 3GHz. I would suggest getting a Pentium M notebook. The Dell M170 would be perfect. It's got a decent CPU, a poweful nVidia 7800 Go, and you could stick some nice DDR II 553Mhz RAM in there.

    It's a discontinued model, so you'd have to look second hand.
     
  6. odin243

    odin243 Notebook Prophet

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    You didn't mention anything about graphics. Do you need a dedicated graphics card?