building a laptop?
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Doubt it's much cheaper. Custom PC had a feature on it a few months back, might be worth having a look around their site to see if there's anything on there if you don't have the mag. The way to go about it is buy a bare bones chassis which consists of case, mobo, screen, battery, charger, kb and touchpad etc. Then the CPU, RAM, HDD and graphics module are bought and installed separately. So not *that* much in the way of customisation that you can do really, imo, since most prebuilts have that much and more customisation available at buy time (e.g. Dell). Other advantage of prebuilts is that they are generally much better integrated if you know what I mean (i.e. nice function key combinations for control of bluetooth and wifi, that sort of thing).
Still, if that hasn't put you off, I think Acer for one make the above mentioned bare bones chassis, if you want I can have a look at the CPC article for the others.
Hope this helps, null
Still, if that hasn't put you off, I think Acer for one make the above mentioned bare bones chassis, if you want I can have a look at the CPC article for the others.
Hope this helps, null
null said:Doubt it's much cheaper. Custom PC had a feature on it a few months back, might be worth having a look around their site to see if there's anything on there if you don't have the mag. The way to go about it is buy a bare bones chassis which consists of case, mobo, screen, battery, charger, kb and touchpad etc. Then the CPU, RAM, HDD and graphics module are bought and installed separately. So not *that* much in the way of customisation that you can do really, imo, since most prebuilts have that much and more customisation available at buy time (e.g. Dell). Other advantage of prebuilts is that they are generally much better integrated if you know what I mean (i.e. nice function key combinations for control of bluetooth and wifi, that sort of thing).
Still, if that hasn't put you off, I think Acer for one make the above mentioned bare bones chassis, if you want I can have a look at the CPC article for the others.
Hope this helps, null
Well said.
It won't be cheaper than buying a prebuilt one, same goes with desktop; you can build what you like but it won't be cheaper than Dell's machines for example with similar specs. But what you do get over prebuilt pcs are quality components and better upgradability.
The only reason I can see to do it is if you wanted some random component that isn't available, or you can't get part X until you buy the top of the line model. For most laptops, a pre-built is better.
Tip: If you are buying a pre-built and you find you're adding loads of extras, don't start at the bottom of the rung thinking you'll only get the bits you need, look at going to the model up. Often the prices of the standard machines are low, but adding extras quickly increases the cost.
Tip: If you are buying a pre-built and you find you're adding loads of extras, don't start at the bottom of the rung thinking you'll only get the bits you need, look at going to the model up. Often the prices of the standard machines are low, but adding extras quickly increases the cost.
