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    Project OCTITRON - From the Ground Up Custom laptop project

    Discussion in 'Notebook Cosmetic Modifications and Custom Builds' started by K-TRON, Sep 15, 2009.

  1. WaR

    WaR Notebook Virtuoso

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    OK, done reading.
    This is fantastic! Awesome job so far, man. Update us again soon.
     
    WaR, Oct 3, 2009
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  2. ganzonomy

    ganzonomy Notebook Deity

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    K-Tron

    I have read this thread and i am in awe and amazement over this "foldable desktop" you have construed. I must ask of one thing. What was the compelling point that made you go AMD as opposed to intel? And are there any plans to put a Solid State or two in to reduce energy usage and increase travel-worthiness? Lastly, are there any plans to upgrade the gpus from the 8800GTX's to the GTX 2xx series? I'm just curious, although I will say I love this thread.

    PS: new pictures! :D

    Jason
     
    ganzonomy, Oct 3, 2009
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  3. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    K-TRON, Oct 4, 2009
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  4. cookinwitdiesel

    cookinwitdiesel Retired Bencher

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    the relatively low amount you are spending blows me completely away

    congrats and awesome project!
     
    cookinwitdiesel, Oct 4, 2009
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  5. Batman_360

    Batman_360 Notebook Consultant

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    Sweet stuff, man.

    So, how does an eATX motherboard work? Do the two processors have any trouble working together to support one OS, or is it all perfectly fine? Also, do they have eATX boards which support regular i7 processors? I'm thinking that a few years down the road I would like to put a second i7 920 into my desktop (16 threads! Hooray for rendering!), since my architecture studies seem to be leading me down the road of computers and graphic design as well.

    EDIT: (I realize that the switch would require another set of triple-channel RAM and a new case for the mobo... PS, thanks to this thread and my discovery of Thermaltake's new Level 10 case, I'm thinking of building my own case for my next desktop! So thank you, k-tron!)
     
    Batman_360, Oct 5, 2009
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  6. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    K-TRON, Oct 5, 2009
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  7. DEagleson

    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    Nice, that sure would be a beast. :)
    Cant wait to see the final results and some nice benchmarks. :)
     
    DEagleson, Oct 5, 2009
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  8. Trottel

    Trottel Notebook Virtuoso

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    So K-TRON, how did you go about powering this beast? How did you integrate the battery into the power supply so that you could unplug it and take it across the room?
     
    Trottel, Oct 5, 2009
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  9. heliopath

    heliopath Notebook Guru

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    Man this is insane K-Tron, Though for a joke why dont you attempt to add an express 34/54 port and use a DIY vidoc setup for whichever gou your going to use... though It probably won't help unless you rig it to send information to that massive screen you got there. Oh well you probably know it but here's the DIY thread

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=418851

    enjoy, folks
     
    heliopath, Oct 5, 2009
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  10. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    Lmao no that would be insanely stupid

    1 he already made the design

    2 performance loss is humungus

    3 more money

    4 profit ?
     
    The_Moo™, Oct 5, 2009
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  11. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    K-TRON, Oct 6, 2009
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  12. Trottel

    Trottel Notebook Virtuoso

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    How so K-TRON, by calling you out on your bologna?
     
    Trottel, Oct 6, 2009
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  13. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    Thread closed as requested.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Oct 6, 2009
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