Hey guys!
My m14xr2 goes out of warranty in 6 days, so its time for a new laptop
I wanted something bigger and more powerfull, I had been waiting for the new models to come out, but I really dont like the new design.... so I got me a nice refurb r4
I had 3 requirements when looking for my r4
gtx680, 1080 screen (wanted 3d) and a bluray drive.
All of the machines in the outlet with bluerays were all 660s and 900p screens, but I found a lone 680 model with a 1080 screen, but had a dvd drive.
I decided it would be alot cheaper to get the 680 model and put in my own blueray drive than it would be to make one of the 660/900p models into what I wanted.
So, now I have my self a I7-3630QM, gtx680, dual 500gb drives, 1080 screen, intel wifi, and a dvd drive.
I need to make a few more upgrades to make it into what I really want, but they shouldnt cost all that much.
First, I need to bump the ram to the max, I DJ with the computers, so having maxed out ram is actually very helpfull.
Going to swap out the 500gb drives for a pair of 1tb drives, and toss in a 64gb cache drive.
Putting in a blueray drive
Going to pull the m17x, along with my m14x and both m11x's apart this weekend for some full repastes (m14x is on original past, m11x's are about 1 year old paste)
Last of all, I need to get rid of the intel card thats in there and put in a nice killer wifi card.
Any other suggestions you guys can think of?
Possibly something to get rid of the keyboard flex on the m17x? the m11x's and m14x dont have near the keyboard flex as this thing does.
My m14xr2 goes out of warranty in 6 days, so its time for a new laptop
I wanted something bigger and more powerfull, I had been waiting for the new models to come out, but I really dont like the new design.... so I got me a nice refurb r4
I had 3 requirements when looking for my r4
gtx680, 1080 screen (wanted 3d) and a bluray drive.
All of the machines in the outlet with bluerays were all 660s and 900p screens, but I found a lone 680 model with a 1080 screen, but had a dvd drive.
I decided it would be alot cheaper to get the 680 model and put in my own blueray drive than it would be to make one of the 660/900p models into what I wanted.
So, now I have my self a I7-3630QM, gtx680, dual 500gb drives, 1080 screen, intel wifi, and a dvd drive.
I need to make a few more upgrades to make it into what I really want, but they shouldnt cost all that much.
First, I need to bump the ram to the max, I DJ with the computers, so having maxed out ram is actually very helpfull.
Going to swap out the 500gb drives for a pair of 1tb drives, and toss in a 64gb cache drive.
Putting in a blueray drive
Going to pull the m17x, along with my m14x and both m11x's apart this weekend for some full repastes (m14x is on original past, m11x's are about 1 year old paste)
Last of all, I need to get rid of the intel card thats in there and put in a nice killer wifi card.
Any other suggestions you guys can think of?
Possibly something to get rid of the keyboard flex on the m17x? the m11x's and m14x dont have near the keyboard flex as this thing does.