Thinkin About IFL90

Well I decided to go with a barebone IFL90 at xoticpc (With 8600 GT 512MB)
Going to buy most the rest off newegg (that is parts wise.)

BUt I got some questions if anyone can answer them
1. What speed memory am i Limit too?DDR2 677 Or DDR2 800
2. What interface is the DVD/CD at?EIDE or SATA
3. Can you have more than one HDD?
4. Is there a raid option? Hopefully 0
5. Is does nvida turbo cache help at all in performace? I just wondering

Thanks In advance.

 

1-I think you can use ddr2800 but it would only run at 667 anyway, so stick with the 5300/5400 ram

2-Not sure

3-No

4-Not sure

5-There is turbo cache but with 512mb onboard memory I dont think turbo matters at all in performance

 

The Cd/dvd drive should be IDE and the Hdd is Sata. You might need a tray/housing to screw the hdd on to too and the bezel of the Cd/dvd drive might not be flush with the side of the lappy.

Raid is for multiple hard disks so since the IFL90 can only take one hdd its not possible


Look at the Hot Ram Deals thread for great prices on Ram. Max you can go to is 4gb with a 64bit OS.

 

Once more I'm the guy who's going to deliver the Reality Check (TM).

If this is information you can't find by yourself at this stage, I do not think it is wise for you to build your own laptop.

 

lemur that why here to find that info.
Thank you very much.
Why should I go search all over the web when I know this site is very good for info.
And thank you for helping me out I off to build my laptop!.

 

just remember with the dvd drive look for the corresponding height dimensions.

 

Purchasing barebone than going off that.
But I see in your sig that mine and yours might not be so different.

 

Will the IFL Come with a Express card slot.

 

yes.
specs: http://www.xoticpc.com/product_info.php?products_id=1876

 

You don't have to search all over the web. Look into the user manual. You're going to get authoritative information out of there. expo25kr also gave a reference to one of the reseller's page which is another good source of information. Moreover, a lot of what you ask can be inferred just by being aware of what is going on in the laptop market right now. Basically, I would expect someone who has enough technical wherewithal to build his own laptop to be able to figure all of that by himself. I'm not saying it is wrong to ask those questions per se but someone who wants to build a laptop needs to demonstrate more technical sophistication.

By the by, have you ever done a full comparison (including taxes and shipping costs on all the various parts) between buying a pre-built Sager NP2090 with 1-year warranty and building your own Compal? I might find that the savings of building it yourself are not so great after all.

 

difference when Donald mentioned to be around 66 dollars the difference of a barebone + all the parts compared to a full built system + 1 year parts and labor and lifetime domestic tech support.

 

When I did that comparison, the Sager was a bit cheaper than buying a barebones and parts separately. That was after including all costs (taxes, shipping, everything). I have enough wherewithal to find good prices on parts. (It's not like I was ordering the parts from Dell! I checked prices at newegg and mwave.) I think the difference can vary depending on what configuration the buyer is looking for and what parts are desired.

 

66 dollars isn't enough to justify the inconvenience and risk that comes associated with buying a barebones laptop, I'd happily shell out that $66 to have a completed laptop at the door.

 

Agreed. I dont want to ever replace a processor in a notebook again...nightmare s from replacing it from an R32...

 

That's how the R32's motherboard got shorted?

 

nah. my sister did that about....3 months ago? she dropped it and then she popped something and she told me she got static electricty from the board and was like...that sucks. but it was a good laptop to me for the time being.

the processor change was about a year ago.

 

Well I haven't been in the laptop buisness for anytime at all that why ask
I have been in the desktop or tower per se since I was 12. Build to many machine to count.
Also Since Sata is now a standard I ask that for the dvd drive since I have many drives running under sata.
2. I don't have a owners manual compals site doesn't see to work for me.
Nor did I realize that the sager was a compal 90 (SO yes I can be blame for not looking around)
And I also want to say I'm sorry that I have been lazy Plz forgive me.

 

hey silentnite, there is a manual of the ifl90 online.

http://www.bizcom-us.com/support/IFL9091/UManual/030/IFL90-030_UM.pdf

 

Thank but i going to take lamur advice and stick with the sager np2090

 

lemur's was excellent advice, and yours is an excellent decision. You will be much happier

If you want a 3 Year Parts and Labor Warranty with Next Business Day shipping paid both ways, and Lifetime 24/7 DOMESTIC Telephone Customer Service you might also want to consider the PowerPro J 10:15 (Compal IFL90)

 

Is this the same computer that someone was saying they got a 2900something in 3DMark06? Because I'm looking at this computer too, but if I'm getting a 2.4ghz, 3gb DDR2, and an 8600M GT 512mb, I'd like to be getting higher than a 2900 in that benchmark.

Specifically I was looking at the Sager2090/IFL90/PowerPro J 10:15/whatever else you want to name it

 

Im not sure what the ram or processor was in the benchmarks you've seen, but that 2900 mark is right around where the Asus C90 and Dell 1520 are hitting as well. With slight OC'ing the scores have shot to the mid 3000's. With 3gig ram and the 7500 processor I think you're base would be slightly higher, but around 3000 seems to be standard with the 8600gt and gddr2. The GS version is only getting 2200.

 

I've seen benchmarks with this computer hover around 3300, but this French website got it to about 3900 with a lot of OC'ing.

 

Yep, see this thread:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=139569

Look at the stock benchmarks in the first post. With a T7300, the poster got 3281 with 3dmark06. I think the ~=2900 benchmark was with a slower processor (T7100, I think).

Just goes to show we have to pay careful attention to what hardware is used to produce benchmarks.

PS: By the way Donald, thanks for your opinion of my advice. I'd give rep for that but the system won't let me b/c I've given you some too recently.