I thought this was going to be a series that never finishes like all the other crazy builds, and then you uploaded the completed thing. This is very hype.
It's the ryzen 7 5700x and Radeon RX 6750XT a good combo, I bought with them a Corsair 650w psu, and 32gb 3600mhz kit of ram. You helped me massively building my first pc thank you ❤.
The best thing of this laptop is you uploaded all progress in one video. And trust me, when I didn’t see any “EP” thing in title, I didn’t skip a second.
no they are totally a scam. every. last. one. i had one up and quit 3 days after the warranty expired. it was in pristine condition too. then when you consider that the things are ewaste in 2 years, and you cant reuse anything neatly. i cant just upgrade core components /gpu / everything else in alternating fashion every 2 years. in fact i think i have 20 years of desktop builds in the house and they all still work. that's before you consider things labeled as things they are not.
@@LordOfNihil same. Exactly the same. £2000 laptop died immediately after warranty expired.... Never buying a laptop again... i took great care of it for nothing... Now i have a PC from 2019 and works like a charm. Recently upgraded to 5700X3D and with a 3070ti feels like a brand new one.. hell i can do another gpu upgrade and prolong its life some more. I expect 10 years of usage from it before motherboard or psu fails
@@barbusbogdan7 You do need to consider the cpu bottleneck when upgrading gpus... I'd hate to see a wasteful setup running a high end recent gpu along with a 10-year-old cpu and mobo... ;)
@@eboethrasher True, coz he compare the mobile version GPU to an actual GPU that we typically use on PC. like ofc there is some drawback when using a compact ver of that specific GPU, bro didn't realize how big and powerful the 4090 compare to a laptop GPU (4090 is almost a laptop size tho HAHA). but still, this dude is nuts to make his own laptop.
This is really History in the making....Dude really brought in a heck of a revolution......Now just as Armstrong once said "One small step of a man is one giant leap for mankind"....Dude literally proves it true...... Congratulations to the youtuber who posted the first ever "Gaming Laptop Build" on RUclips and through his contribution....I can say that the day in not far behind when one will be able to build his/her own custom laptop.....And all this started from here....... A grand hatsoff to you......
Cheat code: JW H610i-P motherboard. It is a board that natively takes 18-20v and has a 160w modular GPU power header. It also lays the video card down flat off the top of the board with no risers. There is also another cheaper (80 vs 100-140) board that only has 120w power for a video card. Either way, simpler. Nice job finishing the project! Looks great.
Theres 2 major things i take away from this project. 1 being the amount of time designing and planning this took, which many people fail to realize. 2 just how competitive a retail version of something like this could be. I like the idea of gaming laptops and their portability, but at the end of the day, they have miniscule upgradability and are generally very overpriced compared to their desktop counterparts. With that being said, i applaud this build and keep up the awesome work!
There were a few gaming laptops with desktop hardware a few years ago but you can imagine how well those sold. We do have 18in laptops that are massive but even then they look thin compared to those
@@crestofhonor2349Yeah the Area-51M line of laptops from Alienware are probably the most notable. They had actual desktop CPUs and the GPUs were higher tdp variants (in the R2 at least, the 2080 super could use 200 watts). They were actually pretty good but the upgradability wasn't amazing, and Alienware pretty quickly abandoned it. Intel just changes sockets too often to warrant the high price too, AMD would've been a much better option
@@crestofhonor2349 - A lot of people just want portable gaming desktops though. That said, it MIGHT be possible to get the best of both worlds - battery life and gaming performance, by using a hybrid system with an arm based Raspberry pi, so you're technically carrying two computers instead of just the one, and they link together for sharing data.
@crestofhonor2349 fair enough, much like itx pc's, this would definitely be a niche product but it's definitely a concept I can get behind. Either way as a one of one custom project it's pretty awesome.
This is awesome, and I've been waiting for someone to do this for ages. When I was in high school I spent a lot of time trying to design a DIY, "thin" laptop based around the thin-mini-itx standard. I've been planning on revamping my design for years, but there were just some things I couldn't figure out how to do well enough, mostly cooling related. If I ever get to it, I definitely will return to this vid. Thanks!
They've gotta be planning a followup video. No way they'd go through the process of making that custom cooling solution and not show off how well it performs.
Amazed that it actually runs. A couple of things. 1. You are brave sir to trust the structure of this thing to 3d printed parts heat-welded together. An aluminum frame would go a long way to making it stronger, but it does seem to hold together for now. 2. Usually, heat-pipes are brazed together with their heat-sinks, but if it works it works. 3. Totally understand the battery bit. Granted, without a battery I donno if it's still a "laptop" but overall it's kinda insane that this idea worked at all.
Posting for safety Do not try to use regular solder or high temp brazing on sintered heatpipes. Use proper solder with REALLY LOW MELTING POINT. The stuff manufacturers use goes liquid before leaded will soften. Severely oveheated vapour chamber will swell, might even burst.
This has got to be one of the coolest things I have ever come across. I've always wondered if something like this was possible, I'm glad you bought it into reality. Mad respect for your patience and effort on this build!
There's no point, just get silver solder and look around for a business that does silver soldering locally. You support a local, and you get exactly what you want with 100% performance AND resilience. Solder can break from stress, silver solder ... does too, when you put a lever on it.
Aerospace Engineering Lecturer here and this has given me a brilliant idea after seeing the segment on cooling... You know those Briefcase Laptop Bags? There's always this section either side of the laptops for tools etc... Just... make the whole briefcase the laptop. Gives you room to slap in even the stock heatsinks / coolers for components, have slats you open (or bonus points for auto opening when you turn it on) to keep it weather proof...
Time truly is a flat circle You described what the first portable computers were like, and I have always wondered why that form factor totally died off. Like, I can see how it isn’t ideal for all use cases, but a portable gaming solution/heavy duty media processing machine sounds like just large enough of a niche that I can see someone trying to make it happen. Pretty much essential equipment for any RUclipsr that does a lot of traveling.
If this man can do it there's no reason those big companies can't put the same desktop level hardware in their laptop. Imagine if you can change any of the component to your own liking.
they used to do it till 1060, gtx 1060 in laptops were actual desktop cards and the battery life wasnt even that bad compared to currrent gaming laptops!
they don't because then their gaming laptops would cannibalize the sales of their desktops. they need to maintain a hierarchy within their different devices. would be cool tho
@@smartcucumber7559 that was because the difference in power limits between laptops and desktops got bigger in Turing(desktops raised it and most laptops hadn't caught up at that point), but it wasn't Nvidia's fault, more like of laptop manufacturers for not improving cooling on time. But they were still honest GPUs, exactly the same as in desktops. And laptop 2080 was only 10-12% slower than the desktop 2080. But since 3000 series, Nvidia started scamming laptop buyers and naming laptop GPUs 1 tier above their actual desktop counterparts which often resulted in massive difference in performance. Laptop 3080 was basically slightly better binned desktop 3070.
look at Nvidia 1000 and 2000 series, they were literally that. Heck, even now 4060 is exactly the same in both laptops and desktops, and laptop 4090 has(mostly) desktop 4080 specs. They are just named wrong.
I was literally talking with someone else about how crazy this was yesterday. And I wake up to this at the top of my recommendations. Incredible. Have a good day
0:40 They aren't the same GPU at all, a desktop 4090 uses the AD102 chip, while the laptop 4090 uses the AD103 chip. It's actually a desktop RTX 4080, then binned, downclocked and equipped with GDDR6 instead of GDDR6X memory. But long story short, yes it's absolutely a scam by Nvidia.
You can use up to 15% of water or water-alcohol mix on petrol engines and they will still work somewhat normal. With proper tuning you can even run more boost/ keep timing advanced as the mixture lowers intake temps nicely when evaporating. The answer to most engine problems has been literally vodka since before leaded fuel was invented. But then what would DuPont, GM and some mining company sell. Profit margin was more important than health to them. Then NOx emissions were a big talk... turns out you could halve them by just using a bunch of water.
As a mini pc enthuisiast, i love this, would like to see one with the batteries aswell though. Also on a gaming laptop, who ever uses the trackpad? I think a good solution to my problems is a all in one screen based pc, with a kickstand and my own keyboard and mouse, can be thicker so as to not cut off or desolder the rear mb ports. Would love to see if @socketscience will make one like that.
Thanks for proper captions❤❤ Its still missing for a few of the memes/gags but thats fine imo. Honestly baffles me that much larger channels put no effort into this.
This is a very cool project but I still have the same reservations about it from the first video: even though you used primarily off-the-shelf Parts you heavily modified practically every single component which means that can't actually upgrade any of these things. Sure you can upgrade the CPU which is something that is very uncommon these days in gaming laptops but the GPU is so specialized in highly modified that if you want to replace it you will have to build a whole new cooling system just for it. Overall all of the modifications to all of the components, though understandable, to me defeat the point of this project. Still a very impressive build though and I do love it!
Nvidia wouldn't allow him. desktop GPUs are better value because Nvidia are trying to scam laptop buyers by naming laptop GPUs 1 tier above what they actually are. Laptop 4090 is basically a desktop 4080 with slower memory and lower power limits, other than that they are exactly the same GPUs. But if they called it a 4080 they wouldn't be able to sell it for 4090 prices, now would they?
@@TabalugaDragon its just naming thing, its not that serious and gaming laptops are made for those that want portable power so its good for knowing the level of power you are buying and basically gives you a general idea of what to expect. For people like me that travel globally and I have a 4080 laptop, im not disappointed. I personally have owned two DTR laptops with desktop internals and ive given the same argument that those laptops are out of the price range of pretty much everyone except people like me that have the spare money to afford them. I bought one with dual 2080s and a 9900k and 128gb of ddr 4 ram and at times even with one 200w 2080 OC i was either on par or beating a desktop counterpart and when I used freesli I would destroy the desktop side on benchmarks.
@@prodigy455 naming makes worse value is what I'm saying. 4090M would be way cheaper if it was called a 4080. But due to high end name it has according pricing. And desktop 4060 ti 16GB and 4070 basically don't exist in laptops at all due to Nvidia's greed, because they are best value GPUs.
@@TabalugaDragon I still get the issue, if someone is buying a laptop then they should know theres sacrifice in performance and that branding just means as for the 4090 that you are getting the best of what they could put in it, even if means its only slightly better. Im glad they dont make multiple names because theres already more than enough. Its like the 4080 in my laptop, its a 4080 in mobile form, its plays everything I want and I can edit videos no issue. I just dont get people being upset about a name when whatever gpu delivers and if people cant afford the latest and greatest then theirs budget laptops that work just fine.
I love how you literally build something no company ever wants to build, make it seem useless even thought it's the most portable desktop and then after going through all that, didn't even benchmark just to mark it as good enough. Savage
10:49 my gaming laptop lasts 6-8 hours on battery during office tasks, browsing, watching movies etc. So even if you're not gaming, you'd carry a huge, bulky charger with you anyway? Interesting.
@@qoloc You probably have your Nvidia GPU enabled all the time. Switch to iGPU(Intel integrated GPU) and it'll last much longer(either using Alienware software or bios). Ryzen laptops last up to 2 times longer on battery though, some even reach 10-11 hours, like Asus TUF A15 with 90 watt hour battery.
@@qoloc you can always select the desired GPU for each game in Nvidia control enter or Nvidia app. So Nvidia GPU would only work when you are playing games and the laptop would use a low power iGPU when you're doing non-demanding tasks like browsing.
It would be great to see how this pc performs in terms of temps, could you test it with heavy load maybe in another vid?? Pretty interested in this project though you did incredible job and i'm speechless...
I love that I didn't watch this like DIYPerks doing an outlandish mega build, but like actually thinking that even I could pull this off if I wanted to. This is top tier diy, amazing!
Here is a recommendation for your next project. Make an AIO Gaming PC instead. It would still be relatively portable and you would have much more real estate to play around with when designing.
You've made a great laptop that's actually practical rather than ultrathin, limited by ports selection and possibly thermals, you could also make use of an RTX 4060 if you want to make an Nvidia laptop since it's also power efficient. The design reminds me of the old alienware gaming laptops, which is great, maybe even better since the specs are those of a fully fledged desktop, hopefully you'll be hired to make good quality laptop, whether they're for gaming or mobile workstations, we need more people like you.
I completely agree with you about laptops being a scam, not only the bottomline laptops usually running on embarrassingly inadequate processors, but the amount of bloatware installed when purchased almost puts them on a self destruction timer, that prevents them surviving longer than a few years.
At a time when companies are obsessed with making laptops significantly harder to repair and barely have any upgrade prospects, I can only give nothing but praise for you dear sir.
There is thermal epoxy for when you want to attach a heatsink to something permanently. It's much more thermally conductive than jb weld, but it still needs to be applied as thin as possible.
honestly, i totally agree with your reasoning about the battery in a gaming laptop. If you really need a portable computer for the boring stuff like school or work, then get a much cheaper thin laptop like a macbook air that is designed for all day battery life. Why spend 3k on a laptop that can’t run more than like 3 hours? Plus, you’re probably always going to plug in the laptop when you’re gaming because you get more power and thus more performance for more of that sweet sweet fps. So why not remove the battery entirely and make it more like a portable desktop which is what a gaming laptop was kinda trying to do anyways? Makes perfect sense to me. Also great video, i look forward to your future builds 👍
You should work with companies to build better gaming laptops like the one you have built here. This is absolutely amazing and looks stunning even for a diy build.
I can help with the math. A mini pc with a U series processor can usually use between 10-70W and a laptop size 15.6" portable monitor can use 5-15W power depending on the resolution, refresh rate, and brightness. Small speakers can use maybe 4-8W power but varies a lot. For simple math I am going to assume at idle the computer uses 15W power. And under full load, 80W. 15W x 8hrs = 120Whr , 100Whr is much more common and shkuld last maybe 6-7hrs and about the limit for most people for ease of carry. Keep in mind after a year or two of regular use, the battery might have a shorter lifespan of 4-5 hrs. It's also possible during normal use you will pull 20-25W web browsing and watching videos and etc that you might get 4-5hrs. Under full load a 100Whr battery can last 100Whr / 80W = 1.25 hrs = 1 hr 15min. If you're fine limiting your power consumption like 50W then you can get 2hrs of battery life under heavy load. 100Whr usually is advertised as a 256,000mah battery. Look for a usb c pd 20V 100W battery with a 256,000mah capacity or similar for sale.
now that's what i call a laptop not bad for you're first build good job... who has to look the maker... does it work yes... here is a idea a external battery if lights go out just a idea @Socket Science you're more then welcome to take that idea and do anything you would with it
Wow! I was planning to build a much more bulky version of this that would house a desktop gpu with its stock cooler, using the fans as intake. Very fun to see that somebody else made a more elegant version even if it is not as upgradable/repairable.
It is a super cool build, you might have been able to desolder the ram sockets and solder in 2 25 degree ram sockets by Molex allowing you to use regular ddr4 ram sticks. This in combination with thin heat spreaders and aluminum heat sinks on the sides might be able to get it even thinner possible well under an inch.
This is incredible man! Also I always keep my laptop plugged in and removed my battery. Batteries in laptops will bulge over time so removing it makes more sense or not having one at all. You need to have your own custom laptop company. I know this took 14 months but imagine a stream line process with parts you know will work after trial and error like this 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 massive kudos man
The only reason PC parts are so big is because of heat sinks angled connections. It's entirely possible to shove every desktop parts into a Laptop from factor, the problem then is the cooling. I honestly wish there is a culture and market for DIY gaming laptop building just as there is one for gaming Desktop PCs.
I wouldnt mind having prebuilt desktop cases in laptop format, my work really benifits from such a workflow as i really need the horse power. What i usually do is lug around an aging gaming laptop that connects with my home worksation via a game stream program to access the computer remotly and edit the project without having to lug around the desktop to the client
I thought this was going to be a series that never finishes like all the other crazy builds, and then you uploaded the completed thing. This is very hype.
ikr he is actually a genuine person not an algorithm obsessed youtuber
Same i thought so
@@jamncheese-2024 Fr fr
Yeah
yup not like ETAPRIME whose build never finishes, it just make me mad 😅
Super impressive man, very cool!
I literally thought building laptops wasnt possible
I came from your recommendation
Yeah man has talent I see him becoming big 😀
I love you
It's the ryzen 7 5700x and Radeon RX 6750XT a good combo, I bought with them a Corsair 650w psu, and 32gb 3600mhz kit of ram. You helped me massively building my first pc thank you ❤.
Finally, someone answered my question: "Can you use desktop parts for a laptop?"
I mean im pretty sure alienware used to make laptops with desktop parts ages ago
Eurocom and Clevo have been doing this for years.
@@deathdrop I mean I'm pretty sure in 1000 and 2000 series Nvidia used exactly the same GPUs in both laptops and desktops.
@@TabalugaDragon no they were not the exact same
@@TabalugaDragonand i’m also pretty sure they used the desktop cpu’s too
The best thing of this laptop is you uploaded all progress in one video. And trust me, when I didn’t see any “EP” thing in title, I didn’t skip a second.
Same
What's an ep thing?
@@MrGamelover23episode
this is part 2, if u check the channel there was a part 1
Things I learned from this project series:
-JB Weld is OP af
It's the duct tape for serious builders 😤
Right???? 😂
8:15 Ahh yes, *Duracell Laptop*
thanks RUclips for recommending me this hidden gem of a channel
I’m still waiting for RUclips to comment np
Agreed
@@moji3812 true
Hidden gem is an understatement, much respect to all work put into setting this laptop up
There are lots of hidden gem out there and what I’m fascinated right now is customizing or building a gadget from scratch just like this one
0:47 laptops arent scam.. nvidia naming is
no they are totally a scam. every. last. one.
i had one up and quit 3 days after the warranty expired. it was in pristine condition too.
then when you consider that the things are ewaste in 2 years, and you cant reuse anything neatly.
i cant just upgrade core components /gpu / everything else in alternating fashion every 2 years.
in fact i think i have 20 years of desktop builds in the house and they all still work.
that's before you consider things labeled as things they are not.
Could just use a mini PC, egpu, portable monitor, mouse, and keyboard
@@LordOfNihil same. Exactly the same. £2000 laptop died immediately after warranty expired....
Never buying a laptop again... i took great care of it for nothing...
Now i have a PC from 2019 and works like a charm. Recently upgraded to 5700X3D and with a 3070ti feels like a brand new one.. hell i can do another gpu upgrade and prolong its life some more. I expect 10 years of usage from it before motherboard or psu fails
@@barbusbogdan7 You do need to consider the cpu bottleneck when upgrading gpus... I'd hate to see a wasteful setup running a high end recent gpu along with a 10-year-old cpu and mobo... ;)
@@barbusbogdan7 what laptop it was? I got hp omen with 3070 and an older y530 legion and got no issues..I also of course got a desktop gaming pc
bro i love how he says "built at home by an idiot"
yeah totally ironic!
bro no one cares stfu
he's not wrong.
@@eboethrasher True, coz he compare the mobile version GPU to an actual GPU that we typically use on PC. like ofc there is some drawback when using a compact ver of that specific GPU, bro didn't realize how big and powerful the 4090 compare to a laptop GPU (4090 is almost a laptop size tho HAHA). but still, this dude is nuts to make his own laptop.
@eboethrasher Spoke like the guy who didn't build himself a gaming laptop
This is really History in the making....Dude really brought in a heck of a revolution......Now just as Armstrong once said "One small step of a man is one giant leap for mankind"....Dude literally proves it true......
Congratulations to the youtuber who posted the first ever "Gaming Laptop Build" on RUclips and through his contribution....I can say that the day in not far behind when one will be able to build his/her own custom laptop.....And all this started from here.......
A grand hatsoff to you......
Cheat code: JW H610i-P motherboard. It is a board that natively takes 18-20v and has a 160w modular GPU power header. It also lays the video card down flat off the top of the board with no risers. There is also another cheaper (80 vs 100-140) board that only has 120w power for a video card. Either way, simpler. Nice job finishing the project! Looks great.
I think he mentioned something like that in the last video and said it was too rare to be reliably upgradable.
That's sick! Is there any video of anyone doing anything with it??
6:29 Every time he says "and then i used JBWeld to secure it" he had my full attention 😅
Theres 2 major things i take away from this project. 1 being the amount of time designing and planning this took, which many people fail to realize. 2 just how competitive a retail version of something like this could be. I like the idea of gaming laptops and their portability, but at the end of the day, they have miniscule upgradability and are generally very overpriced compared to their desktop counterparts. With that being said, i applaud this build and keep up the awesome work!
There were a few gaming laptops with desktop hardware a few years ago but you can imagine how well those sold. We do have 18in laptops that are massive but even then they look thin compared to those
@@crestofhonor2349Yeah the Area-51M line of laptops from Alienware are probably the most notable. They had actual desktop CPUs and the GPUs were higher tdp variants (in the R2 at least, the 2080 super could use 200 watts). They were actually pretty good but the upgradability wasn't amazing, and Alienware pretty quickly abandoned it. Intel just changes sockets too often to warrant the high price too, AMD would've been a much better option
@@crestofhonor2349 - A lot of people just want portable gaming desktops though. That said, it MIGHT be possible to get the best of both worlds - battery life and gaming performance, by using a hybrid system with an arm based Raspberry pi, so you're technically carrying two computers instead of just the one, and they link together for sharing data.
@crestofhonor2349 fair enough, much like itx pc's, this would definitely be a niche product but it's definitely a concept I can get behind. Either way as a one of one custom project it's pretty awesome.
Framework laptops seem like the best option however the cost is just too high.
0:09 countless curse words 💀💀💀💀
I don't get why you would reply to that part.
@@Gaetano.94 coz it's funny bro
12 year old?
@@NeoEarthCollectibles wdym
@@CYB3R_Officials Because it's something that a 12-year-old would probably find funny, but pretty much no one else who has any more maturity
This is awesome, and I've been waiting for someone to do this for ages. When I was in high school I spent a lot of time trying to design a DIY, "thin" laptop based around the thin-mini-itx standard. I've been planning on revamping my design for years, but there were just some things I couldn't figure out how to do well enough, mostly cooling related. If I ever get to it, I definitely will return to this vid. Thanks!
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Dapz, have my babies.
"your mom inside" might be the greatest thing ever. I legit busted out laughing at work hahaha
Would love to see a video which goes into a bit of the specifics and your testing on it! Like playing games and showing us its performance and temps.
I second this
Read my mind
This. As well as a a better look at the final build itself. Do a 360 on the laptop and whatnot.
They've gotta be planning a followup video. No way they'd go through the process of making that custom cooling solution and not show off how well it performs.
Me too
What a genius engineering. Great work mate 👍👍
Amazed that it actually runs. A couple of things.
1. You are brave sir to trust the structure of this thing to 3d printed parts heat-welded together. An aluminum frame would go a long way to making it stronger, but it does seem to hold together for now.
2. Usually, heat-pipes are brazed together with their heat-sinks, but if it works it works.
3. Totally understand the battery bit. Granted, without a battery I donno if it's still a "laptop" but overall it's kinda insane that this idea worked at all.
It's still a portable one at very least
Posting for safety
Do not try to use regular solder or high temp brazing on sintered heatpipes. Use proper solder with REALLY LOW MELTING POINT.
The stuff manufacturers use goes liquid before leaded will soften. Severely oveheated vapour chamber will swell, might even burst.
It could work for a socket science laptop gen 2
The battery situation would be solved pretty easily with power tool batteries, since they are self-contained and have built in bms
The first laptops and portables in the 80s often required wall power
This has got to be one of the coolest things I have ever come across. I've always wondered if something like this was possible, I'm glad you bought it into reality. Mad respect for your patience and effort on this build!
Tip: You can use solder to put the heat pipes and heatsinks together with no performance loss
There's no point, just get silver solder and look around for a business that does silver soldering locally. You support a local, and you get exactly what you want with 100% performance AND resilience. Solder can break from stress, silver solder ... does too, when you put a lever on it.
My friend and i planned to do this thing i while ago with lower end parts this is one of my dream thank u so mutch for making it
Aerospace Engineering Lecturer here and this has given me a brilliant idea after seeing the segment on cooling...
You know those Briefcase Laptop Bags? There's always this section either side of the laptops for tools etc...
Just... make the whole briefcase the laptop. Gives you room to slap in even the stock heatsinks / coolers for components, have slats you open (or bonus points for auto opening when you turn it on) to keep it weather proof...
And all of a sudden, the laptop isn't much of a laptop anymore.
@@eboethrasher probably? But a portable pc sounds dope. And I can't hear you over the sound of my Solidworks booting up 😂
People already do this with pelican cases look on sffpc forums
Time truly is a flat circle
You described what the first portable computers were like, and I have always wondered why that form factor totally died off.
Like, I can see how it isn’t ideal for all use cases, but a portable gaming solution/heavy duty media processing machine sounds like just large enough of a niche that I can see someone trying to make it happen.
Pretty much essential equipment for any RUclipsr that does a lot of traveling.
Just use a flight case instead.
I'm surprised that the person who uploaded this objectively amazing video doesn't have over 1 million subscribers yet.
You Mad Man i thought he would break this into like 20 episodes after the first one but he just uploaded it all and finished it in 2 episodes
2:08 I thought it was an ad😂
If this man can do it there's no reason those big companies can't put the same desktop level hardware in their laptop. Imagine if you can change any of the component to your own liking.
they used to do it till 1060, gtx 1060 in laptops were actual desktop cards and the battery life wasnt even that bad compared to currrent gaming laptops!
they don't because then their gaming laptops would cannibalize the sales of their desktops. they need to maintain a hierarchy within their different devices. would be cool tho
@@smartcucumber7559 the whole 1000 and 2000 series were, actually, including 1070 and 1080.
@@TabalugaDragon i though the 2000 series was underpowered compared to it's desktop counterpart!
@@smartcucumber7559 that was because the difference in power limits between laptops and desktops got bigger in Turing(desktops raised it and most laptops hadn't caught up at that point), but it wasn't Nvidia's fault, more like of laptop manufacturers for not improving cooling on time. But they were still honest GPUs, exactly the same as in desktops. And laptop 2080 was only 10-12% slower than the desktop 2080. But since 3000 series, Nvidia started scamming laptop buyers and naming laptop GPUs 1 tier above their actual desktop counterparts which often resulted in massive difference in performance. Laptop 3080 was basically slightly better binned desktop 3070.
Happy that youtube suggested this hardwork and awesomeness to me
I always had the idea to do a laptop with desktop parts in my head
They do exist
look at Nvidia 1000 and 2000 series, they were literally that. Heck, even now 4060 is exactly the same in both laptops and desktops, and laptop 4090 has(mostly) desktop 4080 specs. They are just named wrong.
@@TabalugaDragon I was meaning like creating a project like him in the video
@@_frayzzen there are laptops like that. You can get slightly older laptops with desktop grade CPU and GPUs. They never sold well though
@@crestofhonor2349 guys i think this is santa claus ^^^
If he keeps making content like this the channel will easily blow up to 1 mil subs.
i always wanted to see a custom laptop build and never found a video about that , then you came, this series is better than most bigger creators
maybe this video could help: Powering a Mini PC with Lithium Battery using a DC-DC Step up converter
I was literally talking with someone else about how crazy this was yesterday. And I wake up to this at the top of my recommendations. Incredible. Have a good day
Its because our phones are listening.
0:40 They aren't the same GPU at all, a desktop 4090 uses the AD102 chip, while the laptop 4090 uses the AD103 chip. It's actually a desktop RTX 4080, then binned, downclocked and equipped with GDDR6 instead of GDDR6X memory. But long story short, yes it's absolutely a scam by Nvidia.
It's not a scam it's a buisness practice, in the industry we call it a feature
Your hinge design will still hold up better than an Acer Nitro lol
But not better than Lenovo ThinkPad T530 series (2012). Just saying. I've had mine for 5 years and the hinges still work like new.
@@mikestanley9176 Yeah obviously not. But most modern gaming laptop hinges (specifically the Acer Nitro and MSI laptops) have hinge problems.
@@mikestanley9176 Funny, I had a lenovo before that and there could have been a class action lawsuit from how many people had fucked up hinges.
or H.P.
Hinge problem
The algorithm doing you justice sir, got a new subscriber 🙌🏾
if you're planning on making a water-powered car just remember what happened to the last guy
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damn true tho
You can use up to 15% of water or water-alcohol mix on petrol engines and they will still work somewhat normal.
With proper tuning you can even run more boost/ keep timing advanced as the mixture lowers intake temps nicely when evaporating.
The answer to most engine problems has been literally vodka since before leaded fuel was invented. But then what would DuPont, GM and some mining company sell.
Profit margin was more important than health to them.
Then NOx emissions were a big talk... turns out you could halve them by just using a bunch of water.
yeah dude careful
my first thought when i finished the vid, hope he stays anon
If someone asks what brand the computer is you can just say Socket Science lol
ITX enthusiasts will either be fuming or loving this lol
As a mini pc enthuisiast, i love this, would like to see one with the batteries aswell though. Also on a gaming laptop, who ever uses the trackpad? I think a good solution to my problems is a all in one screen based pc, with a kickstand and my own keyboard and mouse, can be thicker so as to not cut off or desolder the rear mb ports. Would love to see if @socketscience will make one like that.
I would actually buy this! If it were available.
I loved the last vid and i love this one as well. His videos are top notch when it comes to quality. Socket Science deserves more views and subs.
Amazing job man, I've always wondered what it would take to do this and don't think I'd have the patience or brains to finish such a project.
This guy deserves 100k subs
you are so genius bro, you just made a laptop that is more powerful than many laptops nowadays.
nah baking soda car engine gonna be funny as hell
9:00 slay queen
Thanks for proper captions❤❤
Its still missing for a few of the memes/gags but thats fine imo.
Honestly baffles me that much larger channels put no effort into this.
This is a very cool project but I still have the same reservations about it from the first video: even though you used primarily off-the-shelf Parts you heavily modified practically every single component which means that can't actually upgrade any of these things. Sure you can upgrade the CPU which is something that is very uncommon these days in gaming laptops but the GPU is so specialized in highly modified that if you want to replace it you will have to build a whole new cooling system just for it. Overall all of the modifications to all of the components, though understandable, to me defeat the point of this project.
Still a very impressive build though and I do love it!
as an electrician i want to try this for myself. gonna be quite the experience.
hear me out , you should become a laptop manufacturer , you look smarter than whoever designs modern laptops nowadays , you got a real shot at it.
This is the strangest comment here lol
Nvidia wouldn't allow him. desktop GPUs are better value because Nvidia are trying to scam laptop buyers by naming laptop GPUs 1 tier above what they actually are. Laptop 4090 is basically a desktop 4080 with slower memory and lower power limits, other than that they are exactly the same GPUs. But if they called it a 4080 they wouldn't be able to sell it for 4090 prices, now would they?
@@TabalugaDragon its just naming thing, its not that serious and gaming laptops are made for those that want portable power so its good for knowing the level of power you are buying and basically gives you a general idea of what to expect. For people like me that travel globally and I have a 4080 laptop, im not disappointed. I personally have owned two DTR laptops with desktop internals and ive given the same argument that those laptops are out of the price range of pretty much everyone except people like me that have the spare money to afford them. I bought one with dual 2080s and a 9900k and 128gb of ddr 4 ram and at times even with one 200w 2080 OC i was either on par or beating a desktop counterpart and when I used freesli I would destroy the desktop side on benchmarks.
@@prodigy455 naming makes worse value is what I'm saying. 4090M would be way cheaper if it was called a 4080. But due to high end name it has according pricing. And desktop 4060 ti 16GB and 4070 basically don't exist in laptops at all due to Nvidia's greed, because they are best value GPUs.
@@TabalugaDragon I still get the issue, if someone is buying a laptop then they should know theres sacrifice in performance and that branding just means as for the 4090 that you are getting the best of what they could put in it, even if means its only slightly better. Im glad they dont make multiple names because theres already more than enough. Its like the 4080 in my laptop, its a 4080 in mobile form, its plays everything I want and I can edit videos no issue. I just dont get people being upset about a name when whatever gpu delivers and if people cant afford the latest and greatest then theirs budget laptops that work just fine.
I love how you literally build something no company ever wants to build, make it seem useless even thought it's the most portable desktop and then after going through all that, didn't even benchmark just to mark it as good enough. Savage
10:22 but connectors hehe
Framework taking notes from this video
10:49 my gaming laptop lasts 6-8 hours on battery during office tasks, browsing, watching movies etc. So even if you're not gaming, you'd carry a huge, bulky charger with you anyway? Interesting.
How do you make your gaming laptop last that long. Longest I can do is around 1-2 hours. I have the Alienware x17 R2 with a 3070ti and an i9 12900h.
@@qoloc You probably have your Nvidia GPU enabled all the time. Switch to iGPU(Intel integrated GPU) and it'll last much longer(either using Alienware software or bios). Ryzen laptops last up to 2 times longer on battery though, some even reach 10-11 hours, like Asus TUF A15 with 90 watt hour battery.
@@TabalugaDragon that’s true I usually don’t have it enabled because it will swap to it when I’m playing games
@@qoloc you can always select the desired GPU for each game in Nvidia control enter or Nvidia app. So Nvidia GPU would only work when you are playing games and the laptop would use a low power iGPU when you're doing non-demanding tasks like browsing.
bro did what framework couldn’t
It would be great to see how this pc performs in terms of temps, could you test it with heavy load maybe in another vid?? Pretty interested in this project though you did incredible job and i'm speechless...
LOL, butt connecter.
What do you mean the keyboard also works as a stove while training stable diffusion, to fry eggs? 😂
1:27 No, there's not
Yes there is.
I love that I didn't watch this like DIYPerks doing an outlandish mega build, but like actually thinking that even I could pull this off if I wanted to. This is top tier diy, amazing!
Awesome video! I could watch this all day, I was sad when it was over.
Here is a recommendation for your next project. Make an AIO Gaming PC instead. It would still be relatively portable and you would have much more real estate to play around with when designing.
I have been thinking about doing this for months! it gives me hope someone has pulled it off
You've made a great laptop that's actually practical rather than ultrathin, limited by ports selection and possibly thermals, you could also make use of an RTX 4060 if you want to make an Nvidia laptop since it's also power efficient.
The design reminds me of the old alienware gaming laptops, which is great, maybe even better since the specs are those of a fully fledged desktop, hopefully you'll be hired to make good quality laptop, whether they're for gaming or mobile workstations, we need more people like you.
I wanted to do this years ago with a 9700k. Didn't even think about a gpu. Really great work you've done here!
I completely agree with you about laptops being a scam, not only the bottomline laptops usually running on embarrassingly inadequate processors, but the amount of bloatware installed when purchased almost puts them on a self destruction timer, that prevents them surviving longer than a few years.
At a time when companies are obsessed with making laptops significantly harder to repair and barely have any upgrade prospects, I can only give nothing but praise for you dear sir.
The 3rd video and now he is making better videos than other people with thousands of videos do
ztt just made a short on this, cool to see you given a shoutout by big youtubers
This is cool. As a tech I always wish I could just upgrade and replace parts like a desktop on my gaming laptop. lol super cool build.
this is so dope and i really hope some companies do a more diy approach to their laptops (but it probably wont happen)
Man, I've always wondered if this was possible. might come back to this vid if I ever decide to try this myself
It has been done before. I just haven’t seen one this sleek. 👍
There is thermal epoxy for when you want to attach a heatsink to something permanently. It's much more thermally conductive than jb weld, but it still needs to be applied as thin as possible.
Amazing work bro, i would buy it without even blinking...
HATS OFF BRO
now i want to build my own laptop, thats really cool
honestly, i totally agree with your reasoning about the battery in a gaming laptop. If you really need a portable computer for the boring stuff like school or work, then get a much cheaper thin laptop like a macbook air that is designed for all day battery life. Why spend 3k on a laptop that can’t run more than like 3 hours? Plus, you’re probably always going to plug in the laptop when you’re gaming because you get more power and thus more performance for more of that sweet sweet fps. So why not remove the battery entirely and make it more like a portable desktop which is what a gaming laptop was kinda trying to do anyways? Makes perfect sense to me. Also great video, i look forward to your future builds 👍
You should work with companies to build better gaming laptops like the one you have built here. This is absolutely amazing and looks stunning even for a diy build.
Well look like someone finally do the thing I have thought of for a long time
This is cool as hell, might give this a try. Love projects like this
I can help with the math. A mini pc with a U series processor can usually use between 10-70W and a laptop size 15.6" portable monitor can use 5-15W power depending on the resolution, refresh rate, and brightness. Small speakers can use maybe 4-8W power but varies a lot. For simple math I am going to assume at idle the computer uses 15W power. And under full load, 80W.
15W x 8hrs = 120Whr , 100Whr is much more common and shkuld last maybe 6-7hrs and about the limit for most people for ease of carry. Keep in mind after a year or two of regular use, the battery might have a shorter lifespan of 4-5 hrs. It's also possible during normal use you will pull 20-25W web browsing and watching videos and etc that you might get 4-5hrs.
Under full load a 100Whr battery can last 100Whr / 80W = 1.25 hrs = 1 hr 15min. If you're fine limiting your power consumption like 50W then you can get 2hrs of battery life under heavy load.
100Whr usually is advertised as a 256,000mah battery. Look for a usb c pd 20V 100W battery with a 256,000mah capacity or similar for sale.
Fantastic project, well executed and documented. Thanks!
now that's what i call a laptop not bad for you're first build good job... who has to look the maker... does it work yes... here is a idea a external battery if lights go out just a idea @Socket Science you're more then welcome to take that idea and do anything you would with it
Really appreciate the native subtitles, thanks!
Wow! I was planning to build a much more bulky version of this that would house a desktop gpu with its stock cooler, using the fans as intake. Very fun to see that somebody else made a more elegant version even if it is not as upgradable/repairable.
Man, exactly what I need! I don't have enough money to allow myself for making mistakes, but a portable desktop is a dream of mine!
This is giving me inspiration to make my own laptop from parts i have laying around great video btw
It is a super cool build, you might have been able to desolder the ram sockets and solder in 2 25 degree ram sockets by Molex allowing you to use regular ddr4 ram sticks. This in combination with thin heat spreaders and aluminum heat sinks on the sides might be able to get it even thinner possible well under an inch.
I've always wanted to see a laptop thicker base to accommodate better air flows by larger cooling setup
This is pretty nice. Would love to see benchmarks vs laptop and desktop equivalents.
Best ad for JB Weld ive ever watched.
Ive been trying to do the exact same thing i just haven't really started because im not as crazy as you but now i have inspiration to be crazier 😭
This is wild. It turned out way better than I thought it would and still looks fairly thin. You got a sub from me!
This is incredible man! Also I always keep my laptop plugged in and removed my battery. Batteries in laptops will bulge over time so removing it makes more sense or not having one at all. You need to have your own custom laptop company. I know this took 14 months but imagine a stream line process with parts you know will work after trial and error like this 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 massive kudos man
Bro just shamed all the gaming laptop makers, great work on the vid!
when I watched the first video, I thought it was a joke lol
The only reason PC parts are so big is because of heat sinks angled connections. It's entirely possible to shove every desktop parts into a Laptop from factor, the problem then is the cooling. I honestly wish there is a culture and market for DIY gaming laptop building just as there is one for gaming Desktop PCs.
Definitely not an idiot. This is great stuff
I wouldnt mind having prebuilt desktop cases in laptop format, my work really benifits from such a workflow as i really need the horse power.
What i usually do is lug around an aging gaming laptop that connects with my home worksation via a game stream program to access the computer remotly and edit the project without having to lug around the desktop to the client
Jank computing is my favorite genre!
This phrase is gold at 9:45 😂😂😂