Building a laptop. Need help

I'm interested in building a gaming laptop, but I don't know much about it. I've been asking around the internet, but most of the responses I've been getting are about custom desktops. What I'm looking for is as follows:

-Basics (internet, word processor, ect.)
-Can play any game on the market today efficiently (including older ones)
-As few glitches as possible
-The best virus/spyware/addware protection
-Less than $1,000

I have a good idea of the parts I need. I need a case (at least for a desktop, but I don't know what it's called on a laptop), monitor, hard drive, sound card, video card, motherboard, memory, CD-Rom, and processor. What I don't know is what make and model of each component would best suite my needs. What I'm asking is, make and model of each component (including any components I may have missed) would you buy if you were building a laptop to the given specs? If you know the price of each item, feel free to include it.

 

I almost did this... but i will need a battery so im going to go with M980NU or M17x... Those are 2 alternatives to making one... Are you using laptop parts or desktop parts? I dont know where to find a laptop motherboard but desktop parts are easy to find... dont expect a battery if your going with desktop parts though... I have actually even thought of building a laptop with laptop parts rather than those laptops because I could build it to my needs... still going with sager or alienware... enough about my decisions, i can help you a bit and k-tron can help you... give me a pm and pm k-tron too... just give me a little more info... have you layed out the design of the insides? you could do a cardboard box model just not to scale... do full-size model. How big do you want it? 17"? 18.4"? 20"? 22"? I wouldnt go 24" because k-tron built a 24" one and he said it was too big and he is going to go down to 21"...

 

Check out the Clevo/Sager machines in the Sager and Clevo forum.

 

you need a barebones kit ....

 

he could construct his own chassis and use desktop parts but if he wants a battery then i would go with a barebone notebook...

 

Lets see i will be optimistic....

Do you have any 3d rendering software ....Any tools to make a custom heatsink?

Any metal blocks to carve your chassis out of ....Any machine to do it with ? other wise your gonna have to carve it out by hand ...With the thermal requirements taken into account.

...there is the beginning................Now if you have a machine shop and 3d rendering software you can design it .....
but first you have to choose the MOBO your gonna build it around ....then your going to have to find fans that will fit. then.....ugh why

 

Seconded. The OP clearly doesn't know his way around building laptops, and a barebone is easily the best way to go.

Keep in mind that laptops are far more hazardous to build from the ground up than desktops. Go with what moo said, use a barebone.

 

The Moo(TM) brings up another good point vis-a-vis constructing one's own notebook - does the OP know how to do a thermal budget analysis? The biggest problem in every notebook design is understanding the thermals - heat sources and cooling resources - and it is right up there with rocket science.

Otherwise, what you build is, essentially, a very compact desktop with its own monitor and keyboard attached.