Wanting to Rent a gaming laptop

mlee49 · Apr 2, 2014

I know this is weird but my gaming notebook recently died and I have a week long business trip planned coming up and I need a notebook with a dedicated gpu or I might die of boredom.

I am wanting to rent a notebook with a decent dedicated gpu equivalnt to an Nvidia 280 or AMD midrange.

I would prefer a 15" with removable hard drive bay so I can install my own SSD and install Windows 7 and the games I'll be playing.

For compensation I would be able to pay either with cash(up to $125(paypal)) or trade my Samsung 830 256GB SSD.

I do need the laptop no later than 4/14 so I need to strike a deal within the next day or two. I will be paying for shipping both ways.

Please message me with your laptop's details and heatware and we can work out something.

suraswami · Apr 2, 2014

Business Trips are for drinking with company money, why would u spend time on gaming?

mlee49 · Apr 2, 2014

suraswami said:
Business Trips are for drinking with company money, why would u spend time on gaming?

LOL I need to find a constructive way to fill my time after enduring 8 hours of training/coursework.

edit, I might have found one on EVGA's forums.

Easy Rhino · Apr 2, 2014

suraswami said:
Business Trips are for drinking with company money, why would u spend time on gaming?

you can always go to the hotel bar, buy a drink, and bring it back to your room...

Ja.KooLit · Apr 2, 2014

or look around the city or place you go.

Ryleh · Apr 2, 2014

Not sure if it would work for you but I have a express card eGPU connector i'd let you borrow for free. If you could find a laptop with a decent enough CPU and the slot it could make things easier for you.

Pciture here of what I'm talking about
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suraswami · Apr 2, 2014

Ryleh said:
Not sure if it would work for you but I have a express card eGPU connector i'd let you borrow for free. If you could find a laptop with a decent enough CPU and the slot it could make things easier for you.

Pciture here of what I'm talking about
:

This is cool, I didn't know such thing existed. So you can stick in any GPU you have and get performance boost?

Ryleh · Apr 2, 2014

suraswami said:
This is cool, I didn't know such thing existed. So you can stick in any GPU you have and get performance boost?

Pretty much. It just has to be powered externally. Obviously, throwing a Titan in it would be ridiculous though. Something like a 460/550ti/650ti/750 would be the way to go. Just threw it out as an option because I figured he had might be able to re-use some stuff from his desktop.

Here are a lot of cards/laptops people have used eGPUs setups with:
http://forum.techinferno.com/diy-e-gpu-projects/2109-diy-egpu-experiences-[version-2-0].html

Easy Rhino · Apr 2, 2014

Ryleh said:
Not sure if it would work for you but I have a express card eGPU connector i'd let you borrow for free. If you could find a laptop with a decent enough CPU and the slot it could make things easier for you.

Pciture here of what I'm talking about
:

I wouldn't try to get that past airport security...

Ryleh · Apr 2, 2014

Easy Rhino said:
I wouldn't try to get that past airport security...

I have gotten complex eCig mods, banana bread, ITX computers, and bags filled with arduino stuff with no problem through out the US. I'm sure he'd be fine.

Xazax · Apr 3, 2014

Hmm would an AMD APU Laptop /w HD5750 interest you?

mlee49 · Apr 3, 2014

Xazax said:
Hmm would an AMD APU Laptop /w HD5750 interest you?

Thanks for the offer but I found a guy on EVGA that has a massive 18" Toshiba with a 480m that will do great.

PM me if you'd like a great price on a 128GB Samsung 830 though

Ryleh said:
Not sure if it would work for you but I have a express card eGPU connector i'd let you borrow for free. If you could find a laptop with a decent enough CPU and the slot it could make things easier for you.

Pciture here of what I'm talking about #snip

Ryleh said:
Pretty much. It just has to be powered externally. Obviously, throwing a Titan in it would be ridiculous though. Something like a 460/550ti/650ti/750 would be the way to go. Just threw it out as an option because I figured he had might be able to re-use some stuff from his desktop.

Here are a lot of cards/laptops people have used eGPUs setups with:
http://forum.techinferno.com/diy-e-gpu-projects/2109-diy-egpu-experiences-[version-2-0].html

Awesome solutions, but dont have the time to set that up. Might be a great home solution though, an external gpu chamber/box but it would require a 12V source and output monitor. Thanks for the info man!

mlee49 · Apr 4, 2014

Found one, thanks for the offers people!

Mods, feel free to lock up this thread!

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Wanting to Rent a gaming laptop

mlee49

suraswami

mlee49

Easy Rhino

Linux Advocate

Ja.KooLit

Ryleh

suraswami

Ryleh

Easy Rhino

Linux Advocate

Ryleh

Xazax

mlee49

mlee49

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