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    barebones laptop for q9100+ddr3 ram?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by whitrzac, Jan 7, 2011.

  1. whitrzac

    whitrzac The orange end is cold...

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    I have an ocz diy 17in laptop that just doesn't have the cooling capabilities that the q9100 and gt130m need, idle temps are around 60* with everything done properly...

    that being said, I was hoping to find a barbones kit on ebay that would allow me to reuse most/all of the parts I currently have, while still having a powerful dedicated vid card. It needs to have a nvidia video card that is equal or better than my 130m, screen size doesn't matter, but it needs to be under $6-700(without cpu+ram+etc)


    what I have
    q9100
    hyperx pc8500 DDR3
    SATA dvdrw
    SATA 64gb ssd
    SATA 320gb hdd
     
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    kaltmond Clepple

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    Clevo M570TU M860TU M980NU
     
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  3. whitrzac

    whitrzac The orange end is cold...

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    google/ebay search at work comes up with nothing... I get screens/ram/HDDs but no laptops... :confused:

    EDIT: I'm most interested in the M860TU model, because of the 15in size...
     
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  4. whitrzac

    whitrzac The orange end is cold...

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    anyone??????
     
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    Nick Professor Carnista

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    It appears to have been discontinued.
     
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    niffcreature ex computer dyke

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    whitrzac The orange end is cold...

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    the 130m is integrated...
     
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    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    whitrzac The orange end is cold...

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    by integrated I meant that it is soldered to the mobo in my laptop...
     
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    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    sorry misread..
     
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    niffcreature ex computer dyke

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    There is a version of the gx720 someone released with quad core, also the better heatsink for ATI 4850 can be found and purchased. Perhaps the cooling will be good enough.

    Any interested in the HP 8530w? I know, its ddr2 as well...
     
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    whitrzac The orange end is cold...

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    little bit, it depends on price...
    I was relay hoping for something with a more powerful GPU, and MXM cards are$$$$
     
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    ooh, not sure about BIOS support for quads on those, i've heard bad news.
    Also, someone else I was going to sell another laptop to said they were going to buy that instead. lol

    MXM cards don't have to be expensive... I know, the link in my sig is dead but search 2700m on Ebay. Pretty darn good card for the price.

    OH wait, heres something else... I was seriously considering it. Really good deal. Acer Aspire 8735G Intel Core2 Duo 2.2GHz 4GB 500GB 18.4 - eBay (item 140481516320 end time Jan-21-11 08:52:49 PST)
    I don't know about the cooling but this one has a serious upgrade path - a gtx 260m MXM 3.0 at least will probably work. And without any soldering to make space for type B like on the 7738g :D
     
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    whitrzac The orange end is cold...

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    FYI the link in your sig isn't working...

    that laptop is nice, but its $$$$, and comes with all the crap I don't need...


    this is my current cooling setup...
    [​IMG]
     
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