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    Building laptop from scratch

    Discussion in 'Notebook Cosmetic Modifications and Custom Builds' started by SantaClaws, Jun 30, 2012.

  1. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I wish I could see the photos of OCTITRON again, it looked good from what I remember.
     
    moral hazard, Jul 10, 2012
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    I remembered k-tron project very well. iit had a great chassis.
    the reason why it didn't worked was because of the component choice:
    dual AMD Opteron quad core processors (8 cores)
    4 x 2GB Pc6400 ECC memory (8GB)
    ATi 3870X2 (1GB) and 8800GTS (320mb) for Avivo and CUDA/Gelato
    that's just madness.

    It costs more or less money depending on what type of case and finishing you want. It's just a matter of machining it. and $1000 is a LOT of money to do it.
    Sure it's heavy, bulky, not very portable. but so is any current 18" notebook. If I needed that much power and weight was not an issue I would build such a system.
     
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  3. aBs0lut3z33r0

    aBs0lut3z33r0 Notebook Consultant

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    apple needs you
     
    aBs0lut3z33r0, Apr 25, 2013
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