I Turned This Broken Laptop Into A Powerful Desktop Gaming PC
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this was once a laptop now its a powerful gaming desktop pc.
This laptop was given to me by a friend who claims it was dropped, But this was defianly a case of etrame rage quitting from losing a game, im thinking Modern Warefare 2? or DOTA, LOL, Anyway this screen complatyly gone and ant the laptop casing destroyed the best couse of action would be tuning this broken laptop into a gaming desktop. POwered by an Intel 11370H and backd by an Nvidia RTX 3060 this set up can play AAA GAmes! This video is sponsored by URCDKEYS
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00:00 Introduction
00:16 Overview
00:51 Video SPosore Ad Spot
02:01 What needs to be done
04:04 Seeing if it will Boot Back Up
06:19 Specs
07:12 Cyberpunk 2077
07:47 Injustice 2
08:08 Benchmarks
08:35 God Of War
09:09 Doom Eternal
09:34 Spiderman Miles
09:53 COD Modern Warfare 2
10:15 WHats Next?
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Got an awesome idea to case this up using Palight. But if you have ideas let me know. Not looking to do any 3d printing
What if you put it in a retro wooden AV box or made a wooden case for it? Would be kinda cool. Maybe a dark walnut stain and do some wet sanding to give it that smooth finish
Could pair it up with a monitor to make an AIO by slapping it on the back or get creative with a portable display and make a chonky gaming tablet
Pizza box
I'd take off the beat up old cooler & I'd attach old huge zalman copper coolers I've been saving for something like that, & if I had no way to attach them to the motherboard, I'd use thermal epoxy & just glue them straight to the CPU/GPUs/ChipSet/RAM anything holding it back.
I'd just make it an open system. Make a upside down T shape out of wood or metal & cut threads for stand offs, all mattering how the coolers looked best is how I'd mount it, if I had to cool things on both sides, I'd do it out of wood & cut holes in the wood so I could attach coolers to both sides.
I live at a beach resort town, & the amount of construction is just non stop around here, & all million+ dollar homes, & when I walk my dogs if I see a nice size slab of finishing solid white fake wood ($50 a half sheet) on the top of their construction dumpster I always grab it for little projects like this.
How about pmma?
It wasn't dropped... It was drop *kicked* .
I’m pretty sure he punched the screen off!!!
He was definitely mad
nah. it's after the comparison between TURBOFLEX laptop
Mostly drop kicked then power bombed
@@AbbasDalal1000 bro special cancelled all over that laptop.
love reusing old and damaged tech like this
i7 11th gen and rtx 3060 isn't old lol
@@sanesttatefan4907 it is in tech world
@@sanesttatefan4907 Both things are around 2 years old, give or take. Not "old" old, but definitely not new either. Laptops with 13th gen cpus and 4000 series Nvidia gpus already exist in the market.
He said he likes reusing BOTH old AND damaged tech. He didn’t say the laptop was old just that he likes reusing tech whether they are old or damaged or both at the same time
I don't like seeing 2 year old laptops getting nerd smashed into oblivion, but that's just me.
You should make a custom cooling solution for it using desktop CPU coolers. Also you could make a custom case for it
easier said than done
@@Megatog615 for sure for sure. Just throwing ideas
That's pretty much what he said at the end of the video. There will be a sequel to this video.
I believe DIY Perks has a vid where he did this.
He could repurpose a shell from a broken game console. Maybe make a case from sheet metal and plexiglass. Or modify a beige box 90s case to make a sleeper PC. Put it in a reproduction Commodore 64 breadbin shell.
Just 2 thoughts from a old IT worker who repairs laptops all day.
1. Clean those fans with canned air! They look fuzzy with dust.
2. Re paste the heat sinks with your favorite thermal compound.
I look forward to seeing the next video!
liquid metal ideal for such a build
@@johannsmith5697 hell no, you have no way to make it not spill and the surface is so small.
@@cosminmilitaru9920 yeah, liquid metal is scary stuff. Leaking has been a reported issue for PS5 consoles that have been worked on. You need a perfect seal for the stuff not to leak out. Thermal compound is the only way I'll go for general usage.
Canned air can shoot out liquid wireless air blower is the way now, me and many others have fried stuff with canned air don’t use it
Tbh, I'm a bit confused. If you're repairing laptops all day, why wouldn't you recommend to disassembly the fan shell and do a deep cleaning over just canned air? It's literally 3-4 small screws and it'll be as good as new.
This was super slick. Immediately started looking for busted up laptops. This would be a really fun project.
You can't easily find them, because anyone with a brain would give this to a local pc repair, or sell it to them. If repair guys can't fix it, they would then sell it. Of course thats the case If the gpu-cpu is that good, If you go for something that was made in 2015, you can probably find a motherboard thats working.
@@adamfarmer7665 For damage like this it's typically more economical to get a new laptop than try to repair it. PC repair shops are going to have a tough time finding the very specific parts required for the casing and it wouldn't be cheap. They could use the board for parts, but if the board is still working they'd probably find that to be a waste.
If it was just a cracked screen then that's another thing.
The owner would probably either throw it away or sell it for like 20-40 bucks.
@@shanez1215 find me one of these for $40
@@adamfarmer7665 You can't usually find them with this kind of damage because laptops are pretty strong and usually only get this damaged if someone breaks it on purpose. shipping usually cost more than the laptop would be considered worth so you would have to get it locally. But a lot of repair shops would not have time to pursue a project like this that is unlikely to make money.
Talk to pc repair shops. They use them for parts, but that inventory gets full quick and they can call if they have something like this people often leave them there when they find out it's a lost cause. Also put out an ad in the local resale apps like 5mile and offer up.
Need more videos like this on this channel.
I love all the shade thrown at the beginning of this video, even through the teardown. Now build a little case for it!
Definitely would like to see a case for this. I've always wanted to try and do that, would be good inspiration. As always, a great video!
This was really interesting and I enjoyed watching it a lot. I always enjoy videos about reviving and/or repurposing cheap, old, and/or broken stuff - I'm also subscribed to Hand Tool Rescue for the same reason. Between your thrift store DS haul, the Legion Play prototype, and this broken laptop; in my opinion this has been a really good week of Prime content. Especially so if all of these videos prove popular enough with people who aren't me to receive a Part 2.
Just a heads up, you lose CPU/GPU power relying on powering via PSU only.
Couple of options is, plug in the battery or trick the motherboard to thinking it has one by adding a 12v input to where the battery was.
Aren't laptops at full power plugged in? I don't think there's any loss of power by pretending there's an internal battery
@@kilroy5680 Sadly not, its too much power via PSU unless it is an actual high performance power adapter, but most laptops rely on the battery for performance and the power adapter for stable input voltage.
@@Doyle69 yeah I dont think you're right because whats usually taught about gaming laptops is that you can expect max performance plugged, and I looked online and there is no voltage difference with or without a battery
@@kilroy5680 Most laptops out there, when no battery connected it puts less power to the CPU and GPU throttling it.
Heres some Google results:
"What happens if I use my laptop without battery?
Power variations could cause components on the laptop's motherboard to fail, which is something that the battery can prevent by acting the way a UPS would. And speaking of power, you probably shouldn't use a laptop without a battery if you live in an area where high-intensity electrical loads are likely"
"It could be that the power supply is not strong enough to "ride out" brief surges in power demand, or it may be that the power supply relies on the battery to provide filtering.) If possible, try with a power adaptor one size bigger, i.e. if the current one is 65W, use the 90w one"
You should add a magnet to the lid hall sensor.
You can use the external monitor as the primary screen even in bios.
Amazing that its still working, I expected the motherboard to be destroyed!
I would build it into the table or something to make an "invisible" pc
There is a RUclipsr known as DIYperks who made one inside a monitor built in.
@@tidjane2001 yep, I saw that one.
I like how broken laptops can be easily turned into tiny computers
Something like this not only shows the a busted pc may get a second life but also is just fun to see if it’s going to work. I hope you get more out of it but it working at all is an achievement. Well done
I had a old HP notebook ...and I did the same exact thing you did ETA its quite a nostalgic memory now. I made a case for it did the same cooling solution, worked properly for 2 years but it eventuality K.O'ed...I've moved on to my second laptop a 2021 Asus ROG Strix G15 it have a RTX 3070 8GB Vram, 32GB Memory, AMD R9 5900HX...works like a a dream I couldn't be more grateful to have something like this!
Nice work! Would love to see an update on this after you've properly cooled the system.
FYI most laptop keyboards have a button to switch which display is active. Idk if it works in bios but worth a shot if you don't have a working monitor for your laptop
Change the thermal paste would help a lot.
Thermal paste may even be cracked already, surprised so many heat pipes can't keep the temps down. And in my experience, the application is usually only just "okay" from the factory, which is a shame.
My old Lenovo has the setting in bios
But it defaults to on board LCD, not external VGA out
Do you mean like a physical button on the outside of case?
I've always wanted to try doing this. If you have a 3D printer, you could design and print a simple case for it. As for cooling, there isn't a lot one can do without having a shop and and an Alex like Linus does.
Alex mentioned 😱
I love this channel! Waking up on my day off with pre workout and Eta Prime
Very cool. Great to see it up and working after the beating it took
My brother watching this would be absolutely livid. Broken from a rage quit? A terribly callous waste.
I would certainly convert it. I'm not sure what all I would try, as I don't have any way to design a custom case, but that might make it perfect for a stealth build, essentially building it into your desk.
The funny thing is it's actually more like an single board computer at this point.
Just screw/glue bunch of thin wood together, drill holes etc. Wood is non-conductive + light so it will work like a charm. DIYPerks did a similar build.
@@kovrcek Cool. But I literally mean I have no tools. No saws. No grinders. No drills. Just screwdrivers and wrenches. In reality, I'm an enthusiast and not a hobbyist. One day that will change, but money is in the way.
I got this same exact laptop (not broken, has a 3050 TI instead, have 8 onboard + 32 upgraded GB RAM) and I love it. It's an emulation beast and plays pretty much everything I throw at it
Hey do you know the laptop name plz
I really enjoy watching you get your hands dirty making this great job.
It's pretty awesome that it still works. I've seen things with less damage that didn't work.
any news where is the next video?
Just came across this vid and love this sort of stuff. So cool reinvigorating a decent gaming laptop. Well worth it, great job. :)
I love this kinda video. These are always my favorites.
Congrats on the million subscribers!
When i no longer had a desktop i had an old MSI GS63VR with an i7-7700hq and a 6gb GTX 1060. The fans are notorious for going on these (was on my second set) so i actually took the whole thing out and made a custom open air case out of some soft wood from a previous project. I then screwed 2 x 120mm corsair fans (jankily wired to a dc wall adapter) to the front for cooling and due to this was able to keep my temps (without throttlestop) around 80c both CPU and GPU. The fans ran at 100% of course all the time. I was able to overclock the GPU even and it never even got above 85 afterwards. Proper cooling makes these laptops absolute monsters if you get good deals on them or are looking to bring one back to life. Can't wait to see what you come up with for it!
I have found it super helpful just doing a re-paste and cleaning of the existing solution. I'd be doing the same thing if handed a partially broken laptop.
I had same issue with some laptops with missing batteries. The cpu watts does not go higher than 30% or 20% of it's full potential, untill u connect a battery then the cpu will pull all the possible watt. For this laptop because it is a modern and a known brand, there should be a bios mod that unlocks using the full power without a battery connected
Hate the 1 stick ram even if 16g with how ram works today
can't wait to see the cooling mod you'll add in next video!
It would be awesome if you'd make a custom case for that laptop mobo, maybe even put a bigger heatsink with a 90mm fan strapped to it to hold the CPU cool and quiet at the same time. Noctua has some 5V fans that could run off of some SATA Pwr, not to mention that most modern fans run on 5V but at a much lower RPM and can't be controlled with PWM like this. Anyway, awesome videos on your channel since forever, love seeing this budget tier gaming PCs/systems.
They also do 40mm fans so he could make a super slim case, like how a server is cooled
Pretty good vid. I did a couple of these and one thing I noticed is that those heat pipes are super delicate in the vacuum seal gets busted very easily. I bet that's the issue with the cooling. You're better off getting a new heat sink or rigging up some kind of custom solution and just taking that busted thing off.
If you do that, you're sure to see a vast improvement. Do you have any old Zalman flowers? A couple of those would be ideal. Don't forget the vrms
I really love these kinds of videos :)
Yep, laptop to thin desktop conversion is definitely I thought many times about to upgrade on the cheap, but I never found a machine so cheap to buy that I was confident enough I could fix up
Great idea. People are constantly giving me damage laptops like this. Saves these things from the land fill site.
Very cool experiment, I dig it!
I remember seeing a video on the DIY PERKS channel reusing a laptop as a desktop pc with good results.
Cool to see someone else that has done this. I did this with my ASUS. It use to run at 100 degrees but I added cpu coolers and just built a perspex case for it. CPU never goes above 50c now and GPU(GTX 1050 4gb) tops out at 60c. It permanently boosts to the highest with the added cooling and I was able to 200mhz to the GPU as well. It has become a nice streaming PC.
P.S asus fx570ud
man thanks for the idea! im going to do this withe my old gaming laptop and water cool it on a open bench reg of some sort 🙌
Waiting for the next video, excited to see that outcome.
I think you could get a couple short single stack tower coolers, and use thermal epoxy to mount directly to the heatpipes above the chips. Obviously would need to scrape away all the paint first. I assume the laptop fans/heatpipes will still wick away some of the heat.
If those heatpipes weren't also cooling the VRMs and video memory, you could remove the heatpipes entirely and epoxy a cooler directly to the plate. But maybe just some regular heatsinks on the VRMs/VRAMs would be sufficient.
This is content man, good job
Cool Frankenstein project. Look forward to seeing it evolve. 👍
I've 3D printed a case for a couple of similarly broken systems; one became a home server and the other a desktop for a friend.
Love your vids man, I'd love to see you mod this
This was so awesome. thanks
I would love to see you make a shell and cooling improvements in a next video!
This is a fun project. I'm looking forward to seeing if that CPU can get any better performance
Very interesting upload!! Well done 👍
I've done a few broken laptop into desktop conversions. It's a lot of fun and there are several cool examples around RUclips.
I was actually doing something like this years ago, i have an empty shell for a Compaq SLT 286, luggable, and i wanted to put a modern laptop in it. I found the ipad 3/4 screen fits perfectly so that was settled, used an hdmi driver board. But the laptop motherboards i was able to get was one of those pre-ryzen amd APUs.
The last one i tried had like.. sudo dedicated gpu+APU setup in dual graphics mode. But i couldn't use the "dedicated" gpu by itself. It would either use the apu or both in hybrid crossfire. And the hybrid crossfire was absolutely horrible. Every game i threw at it stuttered like mad, even if it had playable FPS.
So this motherboard that you got would have been perfect for my project. Since it's modern and new enough to actually game on. But i'd definitely need to figure out a custom cooling solution. Probably watercooling.
My project has been sitting for years, I'd be surpised if the old plastic was even viable anymore. I was just never able to get a decent laptop motherboard for cheap.
This takes me back to the days where i would recycle and repurpose machines found in dumpsters around college towns. My Friends thought i was nuts putting all the work in. Long before the days of youtube i made arcade cabinets, standing and sit down table variations, picture frame pc's, custom desks. Briefcase pc's, render farms for raytracing (slow CPU clusters) I was alone... though people bought some the finished products. Now in 2023 with chip shortages, economic crisis and looming trouble with china this makes sense. I hope to see everyone doing this. there is more than enough ewaste to go around.
Freaking awesome, I enjoy tech rescue and repurpose.
Amazing transformatiom.
I have a laptop like this sitting around that Id love to be functional again so Ill be looking forward to the next video! If you can find a way to case it that would be incredible!
great video and idea!
dude I would absolutely love to have something like this! I could see it going inside a old console shell.
this is very cool< when is the part 2?
Great video, about a case for that nice machine DIY Perks channel probably get some great ideas for that 👌
I feel as though you should have run the benchmarks at 1440p instead of 1080p, even though the original screen (I believe) was 1080p. 1440p would be more appropriate in sight of the CPU holding the GPU back so drastically in most cases.
Great salvage! 👏
You can probably get a cpu cooler resting on top of the laptop cooler and it'll already take some of the heat, doesn't really cost anything to try and you can decide from there if it's worth trying to make a somewhat custom cooling solution
I need to see this project!!
Please do a follow up where you put this in a compact/mini console...that would be pretty cool tbh!
I have a laptop with a i5 12500H and the 3060 and i think the extra 8 efficiency cores makes it a better match for the GPU... And I'm still stunned that even a laptop i5 is technically a 12 core cpu these days
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awesome project, maybe blow out some of the crud from those fan blades in the next step with this
If i could..i would try and re-apply thermal paste to the cpu first and see what that does. If the improvement isn’t enough, your idea of adding some heatsinks with fan might be a good one. I don’t know what you’ve done as i did not see another video on this but i do hope it’s still in your plans.👍
You should definitely 3D print a case for it! It'd be badass to stick some VESA mounting holes on it too and have it directly applied to the back of a gaming monitor.
You could go in the bios and adjust the fan curve to keep the temps lower.
A great idea. Print a 3d shell that nice and thin, mount to back of monitor for a make shift AIO PC like those monitor PCs from Dell or HP
I wish I even had this. A pretty nice thing as it is actually
it'd be fun to see what power you can push this to once you get a proper heat sink on it!
3D printing or C&C a case for it might fix things. I've always imagined this same scenario.
if you didnt already, I'd consider getting the HSF assembly off and re-apply thermal paste to both the CPU and GPU, i dont know how clean the fans are, but you could also see if theres slightly more powerful fans to replace those
any case you make for it id say make sure your giving those fans (and any you added on top of the main HS assembly, have access to unheated air..
going looking for the second video now to see what you did
I suggest reseating the coolers. They look kinda funky.
I'd probably do a water cooling solution for this with the case as a reservoir. But that would be a time consuming process to deal with.
Would love a follow up on this project 😍
I can see that the heat pipes have some bend in it so the laptop cooling do need to be replace.
You're so lucky for having a friend that gives out free very powerful laptop that still functions
Nice video, you need to do more videos like this
This kind of build i really want to try for diy project for fun
Hi, can you please continue this series and post the continuation of this video!!
This is fun, I love this kind of thing!
Quite amazing that motherboard survived that kind of abuse
thanks bro , i'll do this do my old laptop, pls do the second video, i need to know how to do the case
Would love to see this in a 3d printed enclosure, along with some possible upgrades
Check the heatpipes. Maybe some of them are bent or flatten because of the damage that your friend caused.
This is a great idea. I think I might try this when my Predator Helios 300 laptop is at it's last life. See what I might be able to upgrade and turn it into a desktop.
this will probably be one of your coolest videos
OMFG ETA!!! Please do a follow up and make it Franken-awesome.
In the end of the video i noticed the heatpipe is a little smashed, maybe that causes to not work properly because the evaporation process inside the heatpipe is blocked by the kink in it. That's my opinion, it's a scenerio you should test, maybe finding a replacing heatpipe, or using another thermal solution, but keeping the original fans, because they comunicate with the bios.
honestly surprised the outer shell got destroyed that much but no surface mount component got removed
I have a Legion Y720-15IKB i7-7700HQ, 32GB DDR4 2400, GTX 1060 6GB as my main work station (1440 wide screen + 1080 screen), I run all adobe suite 2023, office 365, games like (anno 1800, age of empire 4, etc.) and this 5 years laptop is still a beast, however, on heavy load, I manually crank the fans to 100% since it get really really hot with the lid closed, and I had to change the battery twice because of the heat.
I was seriously thinking to take the motherboard out and build a custom case with custom cooling system, and I want to see if you are going to keep those heat pipes and just cool them or are you going to get rid of the whole cooling system and implement a new one. Looking forward to see what will work best.
i would love something like this to play around with. frankly, i would love to make a custom cooler solution to get it going as cool as it can and overclock what small amount of overclocking they let you do
I kinda keep rewarding this like 10 times already hoping u have a new video about this it's soooooo interesting ooooohhhhj tinkering senses oh so tingling