I bought a Dell Inspiron 6400 laptop for uni, but my course is so easy i NEED to get a better laptop to play games on as my one only has the crappy intergrated sound/graphics...

I just need to know a decent motherboard caus i have everythin else, including superglue AND ductape!!!

Cheers for any help given

I havent had my hands on a decent laptop recently but I dont think its possible to replace something as major as a mobo within a laptop without extreme modification.

Try looking for a premade gaming laptop Alienware etc should give you a good start.

Youre much better off getting a small case a building a proper gaming rig.

Your save alot of money having a Gaming PC instead of laptop, plus gaming laptops are generally bulky and run out of power in minutes

I bought a Dell C600 (a PIII!) for my uni course (I study multimedia!) and I just make do with GTA I & II

Quote from: LokiI bought a Dell C600 (a PIII!) for my uni course (I study multimedia!) and I just make do with GTA I & II

Make do? Fine games sir count yourself lucky!! :bowdown:

I just got an XPS M1530 as my new work laptop (Like a free gift from work as we keep them!) - it has

Core 2 Duo T7700 2.4GHz
4 GB RAM (667 MHz)
Geforce 8600M GT 256MB with HDMI port
320GB HDD
BluRay drive


Gimmicks include a multimedia player you dont need the pc to be on for, a slide out remote control, a 2 megapixel webcam and a fingerprint scanner - and HDMI port

It plays crysis and bioshock perfectly at high res. The slower models in the range get in the 4-5000 3mark range in 3dmark06.

It is *JUST* portable enough for my job

I would reccomend them

nobody else suspexts this post as a wind up? duct tape? laptops? cant be for real can it?

Matt

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Matt

I used to do worse to my Athlon 500.  

Quote from: Celestial-DrunkI bought a Dell Inspiron 6400 laptop for uni, but my course is so easy i NEED to get a better laptop to play games on as my one only has the crappy intergrated sound/graphics...

I just need to know a decent motherboard caus i have everythin else, including superglue AND ductape!!!

Cheers for any help given

If you dont know where to source one from then you really dont want to be tackling this project.  Its VERY difficult to update components in a laptop let alone a motherboard.  Unless you source an updated motherboard from the same manufacturer for a later system in the same casing it almost certainly wont fit in the case and thats before the hardware complications.

Sounds going to be integrated anyway on a laptop but you can get plug in sound cards for laptops.  Graphics youre not only limited by the GPU but probably going to have shared memory in there and a slow response screen.


edit: Ive had tons of laptops held together with glue guns and tape.
Still have a mac lying around that only works when pressed against a desk using a G cramp

Quote from: bytejunkienobody else suspexts this post as a wind up? duct tape? laptops? cant be for real can it?

Matt

No, duct tape is a very important item for modding. Its the nick that bothers me (Celestial-Drunk?) and only one post, which is why I havent bothered.

Quote from: bytejunkienobody else suspexts this post as a wind up? duct tape? laptops? cant be for real can it?

Matt

The custom cooling solution on my gfx card is tied on with cable ties and uses halfords copper grease for interface material.

Hey cheers for the help guys/gals!! and i like my user name, The Celestial-Drunk is f*****g original!! Cmon!

plus ive got loads of stuff held together with super glue and duct-tape!! a carlsberg chair and side table and many computers and the like! and most recently was my PS3, which is now covered in superglue from the pound shop!! 8-)

So, the general consensus is that i should just buy a premade upgraded laptop instead to avoid all the hassle then??


Cheers everyone!!

and im not jokin about the duct-tape and superglue...

Youre not the only one whos had stuff held together with superglue and duct tape...

This project was doomed to failure before it even started

All good modders know you need blu-tack as well as duct tape.