That's right. Looking to purchase a new laptop and came across this little beast. Just wanted to ask whether anyone has any experience with said laptop (it has various other names too; same chassis, different name). Done some searching for a bit and the most significant issue seems to be temperatures, which have all been fixed with the use of decent cooling stands.
Also, I need to try to figure out what I should build to get the best bang for my buck from here: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/notebooks/2845/
Obviously it will be used for playing TF2 (and perhaps a couple other not very graphically intensive games) but also video/photo editing alongside the usual word processing etc. I'm unsure whether it's worth me just going all out and max'ing out pretty much everything...seems kind of wasteful. I would def. need at least 500GB of HDD space. Whilst I have no set budget, something around the £1000 mark would be ideal. Going over by a hundred quid or so shouldn't be too much of an issue.
Any ideas?
Before anyone asks, I need something very small and portable for uni/work use. Having looked at ultrabooks, I've come to the conclusion I can probably squeeze more horsepower out of this little thing than ultrabooks in a similar price range.
On a side note, looking to sell my current laptop if anyone is interested. Will take £700 + shipping for it. - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281133529973
That's right. Looking to purchase a new laptop and came across this little beast. Just wanted to ask whether anyone has any experience with said laptop (it has various other names too; same chassis, different name). Done some searching for a bit and the most significant issue seems to be temperatures, which have all been fixed with the use of decent cooling stands.
Also, I need to try to figure out what I should build to get the best bang for my buck from here: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/notebooks/2845/
Obviously it will be used for playing TF2 (and perhaps a couple other not very graphically intensive games) but also video/photo editing alongside the usual word processing etc. I'm unsure whether it's worth me just going all out and max'ing out pretty much everything...seems kind of wasteful. I would def. need at least 500GB of HDD space. Whilst I have no set budget, something around the £1000 mark would be ideal. Going over by a hundred quid or so shouldn't be too much of an issue.
Any ideas?
Before anyone asks, I need something very small and portable for uni/work use. Having looked at ultrabooks, I've come to the conclusion I can probably squeeze more horsepower out of this little thing than ultrabooks in a similar price range.
On a side note, looking to sell my current laptop if anyone is interested. Will take £700 + shipping for it. - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281133529973
Do not get a laptop please, they have extremely bad cooling and as such are horrible for streaming.
I recommend building a PC from PC Part Picker. Pick your parts and report back here.
Do not get a laptop please, they have extremely bad cooling and as such are horrible for streaming.
I recommend building a PC from[url=pcpartpicker.com/] PC Part Picker[/url]. Pick your parts and report back here.
DeepDo not get a laptop please, they have extremely bad cooling and as such are horrible for streaming.
I recommend building a PC from PC Part Picker. Pick your parts and report back here.
MuerteBefore anyone asks, I need something very small and portable for uni/work use. Having looked at ultrabooks, I've come to the conclusion I can probably squeeze more horsepower out of this little thing than ultrabooks in a similar price range.
Did you even read the OP?
[quote=Deep]Do not get a laptop please, they have extremely bad cooling and as such are horrible for streaming.
I recommend building a PC from[url=pcpartpicker.com/] PC Part Picker[/url]. Pick your parts and report back here.[/quote]
[quote=Muerte]Before anyone asks, I need something very small and portable for uni/work use. Having looked at ultrabooks, I've come to the conclusion I can probably squeeze more horsepower out of this little thing than ultrabooks in a similar price range.[/quote]
Did you even read the OP?
http://www.xoticpc.com/ is where you should be looking. They have great selection of laptops and they are all highly customizable. The Sager laptops on this site are more customizable Clevos. Also high-end gaming laptops ($1000 - $1500) are more expensive but can be pretty close to mid-high end desktops. For example a GTX 780m is slighty worse than a 660 ti. Just make sure you get a nice external laptop cooler and you will be fine.
http://www.xoticpc.com/ is where you should be looking. They have great selection of laptops and they are all highly customizable. The Sager laptops on this site are more customizable Clevos. Also high-end gaming laptops ($1000 - $1500) are more expensive but can be pretty close to mid-high end desktops. For example a GTX 780m is slighty worse than a 660 ti. Just make sure you get a nice external laptop cooler and you will be fine.
@Prototypes
Aye, I have come across xoticpc before. My main issue, being in the UK, is Import Tax (and shipping costs). Alongside that, the cost and time involved in returning the item should anything occur (in terms of Warranty etc) is something I'm not to keen on. If anyone knows of similar sites within Europe however, it would be greatly appreciated. The only companies I know of that provide custom laptop builds are Overclockers and PC Specialist (since they're both UK based).
@Prototypes
Aye, I have come across xoticpc before. My main issue, being in the UK, is Import Tax (and shipping costs). Alongside that, the cost and time involved in returning the item should anything occur (in terms of Warranty etc) is something I'm not to keen on. If anyone knows of similar sites within Europe however, it would be greatly appreciated. The only companies I know of that provide custom laptop builds are Overclockers and PC Specialist (since they're both UK based).
I'm personally not sure why you sold your old laptop only to get another similar one. Looks to me like your old laptop did everything you needed. Am I missing something?
I'm personally not sure why you sold your old laptop only to get another similar one. Looks to me like your old laptop did everything you needed. Am I missing something?
Aye. The MSI was far too clunky and heavy for me. I purchased it a couple years ago with the intention of using it mainly at home. Having recently bought a desktop I now need something which is much more portable. Screen size doesn't matter since when I require a large screen I can just connect it to projectors at uni/work, hence I'm looking at this much smaller alternative.
Aye. The MSI was far too clunky and heavy for me. I purchased it a couple years ago with the intention of using it mainly at home. Having recently bought a desktop I now need something which is much more portable. Screen size doesn't matter since when I require a large screen I can just connect it to projectors at uni/work, hence I'm looking at this much smaller alternative.