FL92 with X9000, compononent & bios questions

I am looking into putting together a FL92 and getting rid of my overworked Dell E1505. Currently I have a T7600 and 4gb ram with crappy Intel graphics. I do some video work so I need to step up my GPU. I am looking at the FL92 as opposed to spending real big and getting a quad core clevo 901c. In order to justify stepping up to a new laptop, I need to make a pretty big CPU jump as well. So I'm looking at the X9000 because it's 2.8ghz clock speed has an unlocked multiplier and if the BIOS allows it could be stepped up above 3.0+ ghz. If the FL92 doesn't allow this I may continue searching, but if it does I'm going to snatch one up and start building.

Also I have things priced like this, if anyone knows of less expensive places to find the components please let me know.

FL92
$670.00 including standard barebones plus WSXGA+, DVDRW, 1gb intel turbo cache, wifi
from Micro Express

Seagate Momentus 200gb 7200rpm hard drive
$150
from Newegg

GEIL 2x2gb ram w/ heat spreader
$85
from Newegg

Penryn x9000 2.8ghz processor
$580 (average)
from Ebay Seller

Thanks

 

What about Graphics???

You dont need to get a D901c to get a fast notebook, look at the Sager np5793

 

I think the FL92 barebones comes with a 512MB GDDR2 8600M GT, or am I thinking of something else?

 

Yes it does.

 

The x9000 is seriously overkill you get higher heat and lower battery life for a 200mhz only increase o frequency over the t9500. I would save my money and get the 500gb samsung, bluetooth, and the tv tuner. Today games are bottlenecked by the gpu, not the cpu.

 

There is no provision in the BIOS for overclocking the CPU. I asked the same question about a month ago after I bought a X9000. This is the 1st post I've made with my new FL92 I put together today. I could have saved some money by buying a "T" Penryn. The X9000 isn't noticably faster than the T7500 I had in my FL90.

 

Thanks all for you replies.

This is what I really need to know. I had been looking at a T9300 ($320 Newegg) for this if the X9000 isn't overclockable. That is probably the path I'll take, but any other information about this configuration anyone can give is extremely helpful.

 

The X9000 is for desktop not for laptops. You should ask the vendors if they suggest the x9000 for their barebone before getting deep into your project.

 

The x9000 is for laptop, its complete name is:
Intel® Core™2 Extreme Mobile Processor X9000

 

Who implements them?

 

Aren't they just the next version of the x78/79 00 cpu's. I would love to have any extreme mobile processor, for if the bios would allow it, then I can oc when I need to render and cut the time down. IMHO

 

Me too, I wonder which vendor offer some configurations.

 

I know Asus came out with an extreme version of the G2S with a X7xxxx in it.

 

They're generally for performance laptops like the Alienware m17x or Sager NP5793-- basically the fastest notebooks that don't run on desktop processors.

 

The X9000 I have came out of a Dell laptop. The Dell cpu part number was GY428. This info was in the eBay listing where I bought it.

 

When you do price comparisons you must take into account taxes and shipping.

Taxes are probably not going to be a big issue but you can't be sure until you check. If any of the stores you buy from has any physical presence in your state, they'll have to charge you tax. In the past, I've been surprised: I thought online store so-and-so was out-of-state but then found out that they had some distribution center or something in my state and I had to pay taxes.

Shipping can add up quickly. It is very likely that buying 5 items from 5 sellers will cost more in shipping than buying 5 items from one seller. (5 is just an illustrative number.)

Last summer when I priced a barebones IFL90 plus parts vs buying a Sager NP2090 (which is an IFL90), I found that it was cheaper to buy the Sager. I made sure that I was comparing identical (or near-identical) parts and made sure to include all applicable taxes and shipping charges. The difference in favor of the Sager was not much so if I had not taken shipping into account I would have thought the barebones was cheaper. But this conclusion would have been incorrect.

That's what I have to say about price. Of course there may be other considerations which override the price issue. (E.g. the quality of service provided by one vendor is better than the others, customizing in a way which is only possible with a barebones, the joy of building your own, etc.)

 

WD Scorpio 320GB 5400rpm: $139.99 (newegg) or Samsung HM500LI 500gb 5400 ($250-$299.99 zipzoomfly or google shopping)
A-DATA 4GB (2 x 2GB) 200-Pin DDR2: $71.99 (newegg)
Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 2.5GHz: $319 (newegg)
Bluetooth $25.76 (Avadirect)
TV-Tuner $76 (Avadirect)
BD-Drive $399 (Newegg)