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Bo$$ · Dec 31, 2009

Hi

Samsung Q45
12.1" WXGA TFT
T7100 1.8GHz
160GB HDD (Currently dead)
Win vista (may change it)
4GB Patriot Ram 667
1280 x 800

can play cod4 quite well despite it's X3100

kurosagi01 · Jan 1, 2010

Bo$$ said:
Hi

Samsung Q45
12.1" WXGA TFT
T7100 1.8GHz
160GB HDD (Currently dead)
Win vista (may change it)
4GB Patriot Ram 667
1280 x 800

can play cod4 quite well despite it's X3100

wow 12.1"?? thats a pretty good netbook you got there.

Error 404 · Jan 1, 2010

Count me in, I just got my shiny new laptop for christmas!

Dell Inspiron 1545
CPU: 2.1 GHz T4300, 1MB L2 cache, 800 MHz FSB. Rated 5.3 by Windows 7
RAM: 4 GB DDR2-800, 6-6-6-18 in dual channel. Rated 5.3
GPU: Intel's 4500MHD, rated 4.1 for graphics, 3.4 for gaming graphics.
HDD: 320 GB Samsung 5400 RPM, rated 5.7
Screen: 1366x768, 15.6", gloss coating.
Battery: 6-cell 44whr li-ion battery, in Power Saver mode its good for about 2-4 hours of web browsing.

Pics:

Overall I'm pretty happy with it, it cost AU$900 with Office 2007 Home & Student, I use it for web browsing, text editing, watching videos, and even some light gaming. The cooling on it is adequate, keeping the CPU below 60C at all times and usually idling at 30-40C. The fan is practically inaudible when idling, but does become fairly loud when it needs to cool down, which it does in short bursts.
The keyboard is nice to type on, the touchpad is pretty good to use and the buttons for it are very nice full-throw switches. It has enough ports for the job (3 USB, Ethernet, VGA, mic/headphone), and an expansion card slot, an SD card reader. The webcam is 1.3 megapixel (I think) and has an inbuilt LED for low-light operation, as well as a stereo microphone array.
The laptop is fairly light, thinner than my old one, and the screen is quite nice to look at (unless there's glare. glare is evil).
Performance is great once its started up, taking about a minute to a minute and a half to go from powering on to being able to launch apps. I might run some benchmarks later...

Question: Is there any way to overclock/get more performance from the Intel IGP? I'd like to be able to run TF2 with less lag, or a higher resolution (it currently runs DX8, all low settings, 800x600 at ~20-40 FPS).

kurosagi01 · Jan 2, 2010

i must say,i love the design of new dell laptops i would definitely purchase dell laptops over their desktops.
i would say you could of probably got better laptop for the price you paid but yeah i still would get that dell laptop since it looks amazing.

I don't think you can overclock intergrated graphics,and to be honest with you error intel intergrated gpu for laptop is terrible =(
I don't think you should try use it for light gaming,maybe to play super old games like diablo 2 or something in that line.

Error 404 · Jan 7, 2010

Well I've managed to get TF2 running at playable frame rates, HL2, gmod and Portal all run fine, and EVE Online runs good on medium settings. I also bought the ID Games Pack on Steam, so now I've got stuff like DOOM and Return to Castle Wolfenstien to play (which it managed to run at max settings).
I've still got my main rig for serious gaming though. I reckon I could've gotten a better laptop for the price, but my parents kind of sprang it on me. I'm happy with it though, it was able to run EVE Online for 2 hours on battery (which I found out by accident).

And no luck overclocking anything on it, but it'd probably overheat anyway. The cooling system works fine, but only for what its got.

kurosagi01 · Jan 8, 2010

Error 404 said:
Well I've managed to get TF2 running at playable frame rates, HL2, gmod and Portal all run fine, and EVE Online runs good on medium settings. I also bought the ID Games Pack on Steam, so now I've got stuff like DOOM and Return to Castle Wolfenstien to play (which it managed to run at max settings).
I've still got my main rig for serious gaming though. I reckon I could've gotten a better laptop for the price, but my parents kind of sprang it on me. I'm happy with it though, it was able to run EVE Online for 2 hours on battery (which I found out by accident).

And no luck overclocking anything on it, but it'd probably overheat anyway. The cooling system works fine, but only for what its got.

well long as you are getting playable frame-rate its all good,its a very nice design laptop

Cuzza · Feb 16, 2010

Hey guys in the laptop club, haven't been here much lately but thought I'd lean on you for some help

My Samsung NP-Q45 notebook was running on battery today, the battery had recently been fully charged. Then it died suddenly. It will not switch back on on battery power. It runs fine when plugged in to the wall, both with and without the battery connected, but unplug it and it loses all power. The indicator light on the front glows red to indicate it is plugged in and charging. The icon in windows indicates the battery 74% available and charging. However, this number does not increase, so it seems the battery is not actually charging. The battery has a charge indicator on it, normally you press the button and up to 5 lights come on to show the % charge. Now, I push the button and 3 of the 5 lights flash 3 times and go out. This occurs whether the battery is connected or not. My best guess is the battery is stuffed. Any other possibilities or ideas to try? Thanks.

Bo$$ · Feb 16, 2010

kurosagi01 said:
wow 12.1"?? thats a pretty good netbook you got there.

not really a netbook, can run cod4 at a playble framerate! find me a netbook that can do that! :nutkick:

@cuzza:

buy a new one, the power* cable on mine is a bitch, can't get it to work anymore

Cuzza · Feb 16, 2010

Ribbon cable? Not sure what you mean by that?

kurosagi01 · Feb 16, 2010

i was going say same thing,your battery must of died by overcharged or something so i guess you might need buy new battery.

HalfAHertz · Feb 16, 2010

Cuzza try cleaning the contacts with a pencil eraser. They might have oxidized over time.

Cuzza · Feb 17, 2010

I tried cleaning the contacts, didn't help. so i guess it's new battery time

(FIH) The Don · Feb 20, 2010

mmmmh i have new toy

specs,

C2D P8600 2.4
9800GTX 1gb
2x2 gb 1066mhz DDR3
full HD 17"
8cell batt

i might put on some new thermal paste, and yes, will clean it today + i have a 100gb 7200 rpm hd on its way

kurosagi01 · Feb 22, 2010

holy crap D: nice system specs for a laptop man! is that an actual 9800GTX or is it a 9800MGTX??

Lazzer408 · Feb 22, 2010

Is there enough laptop members on TPU that might need LCDs and motherboards?

Nice lappy Don.

(FIH) The Don · Feb 23, 2010

it is a 9800GTX, it was pretty hardcore imo, played MW2 full hd without lagging, but now its sold so i could get i7 again, got 959$ for it :laugh:

mlee49 · Feb 27, 2010

Just picked up this beauty:

Clevo M86eTU
T9600 2.8Ghz Dual Core
4GB DDR3 1066 ram
GTX 260m(full 1GB Vram

)
15" 1680x1050 WSXGA

Plays MW2 excellently w/2xAA well over 30fps. I'll snap some pics and show you this is soo much better looking than a mac.

hv43082 · Feb 27, 2010

Update: new laptop.

kurosagi01 · Feb 27, 2010

hv43082 said:
Update: new laptop.

wow that looks pretty nice whats the make?? and specs?

A Cheese Danish · Feb 27, 2010

mlee49 said:
Just picked up this beauty:

Clevo M86eTU
T9600 2.8Ghz Dual Core
4GB DDR3 1066 ram
GTX 260m(full 1GB Vram )
15" 1680x1050 WSXGA

Plays MW2 excellently w/2xAA well over 30fps. I'll snap some pics and show you this is soo much better looking than a mac.

That is a great setup for a laptop man! How much did that set you back?

hv43082 said:
Update: new laptop.

kurosagi01 said:
wow that looks pretty nice whats the make?? and specs?

OH gawd a VooDoo! Too bad HP owns them now

FreedomEclipse · Feb 27, 2010

kurosagi01 said:
wow that looks pretty nice whats the make?? and specs?

Looks like a novatech. not sure of the spec though.

hv43082 · Feb 27, 2010

kurosagi01 said:
wow that looks pretty nice whats the make?? and specs?

Voodoo Envy 133. Spec. Carbon Fiber body at 0.7 in thick.

kurosagi01 · Feb 27, 2010

very nice laptop but with basic specs for basic needs,how much was it?? I like voodoo design of their chasis

chris89 · Mar 5, 2010

Well won't have it until Monday (after company screwed up)

But getting An Samsung R519 which is for doing course work etc on from OU course and maybe some game playing on the train.

Heres the specs:

Processor - Intel Pentium T3400 / 2.16 GHz (Dual-Core)
RAM - 3 GB DDR2 SDRAM - 800 MHz (1 x 1 GB + 1 x 2 GB)
Hard Drive - 320 GB - Serial ATA-150 - 5400 rpm
Screen - 15.6' TFT 1366 x 768 (WXGA)
Graphics - Intel GMA X4500

Has got Vista Home Premium installed, But most likely will upgrade it up to Windows 7.

I shall post pics off it on Monday

Chris

strick94u · Mar 14, 2010

New I went and got a republic of gamers j60jx 16'9 screen i5 430 that hits 2.577mhz lit keyboard eax sound 4 gigs ddr3 ram and 2 open slots sigle 500 gig hard drive hdmi 1080p but no blueray.Asus of coarse runs a 360 gts 1 gig gddr5. it throtles down great for stuff like this running nice and cool but when 3d kicks in the i5 and the video card step up all in win 7 64 bit smoothness.

System Name	Desktop \| Server
Processor	Intel i7 2700k @ 4.6GHZ \| AMD 5350 @ 2500MHZ
Motherboard	Asus P7Z77-V Pro \| Asus AM1I-A
Cooling	Corsair H60v2 \| Stock Air
Memory	Crucial Ballistix 2x8GB CL8 1600MHZ \| Corsair Vengence 2x4GB CL9 1600MHZ
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 1060 6GB \| PNY GTX 750Ti
Storage	Samsung 840 EVO 250GB + 4TB WD Red \| 2x Seagate Barracuda 2TB
Display(s)	Samsung S27D390H + Asus VE276Q \| Headless
Case	Fractal Design R5 \| CM Elite 110
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar D1 w/Otone Stilo 5.1 and Creative Fatal1ty headset
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 850 G2\| Corsair CX430M
Mouse	Razer Imperator 2012
Keyboard	Corsair K90
Software	Windows 7 SP1 X64 \| Ubuntu 16.04LTS

System Name	Ultraman
Processor	Intel core i9 13900HK
Motherboard	Alienware/Dell inverted motherboard
Cooling	Alienware/Dell cooling solution + IETS GT500 cooling pad
Memory	Alienware/Dell 32GB 6000mhz DDR5
Video Card(s)	Nvidia RTX4080 12GB
Storage	1TB Dell supplied NVME + Samsung Evo 1TB NVME
Display(s)	AOC Gaming CU34G3S/BK
Case	Alienware X16
Audio Device(s)	onboard/Speakers: Logitech G560
Power Supply	Alienware/Dell battery + 330W charger
Mouse	Microsoft Pro Intellimouse - White
Keyboard	Ducky One2 SF White MX cherry Red
Software	Windows 11

System Name	QUACK
Processor	Intel i7 2600K (3.4 GHz, 8 threads)
Motherboard	Asus P67P8-V3
Cooling	Xigmatek Balder 120mm (4x120,1x140mm case)
Memory	Patriot 2 Viper Sector 5, 8GB DDR3 1600 MHz
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 G1 4GB
Storage	1x Samsung EVO 850 (500GB) SSD, 1x Fujitsu 256GB SSD
Display(s)	Dell Ultrasharp U2311h 23" (so sexy)
Case	CoolerMaster Gladiator RC-600
Audio Device(s)	Onboard 5.1
Power Supply	Antec 850w with yellow racing stripes
Software	Windows 7 HP 64 bit

System Name	Ultraman
Processor	Intel core i9 13900HK
Motherboard	Alienware/Dell inverted motherboard
Cooling	Alienware/Dell cooling solution + IETS GT500 cooling pad
Memory	Alienware/Dell 32GB 6000mhz DDR5
Video Card(s)	Nvidia RTX4080 12GB
Storage	1TB Dell supplied NVME + Samsung Evo 1TB NVME
Display(s)	AOC Gaming CU34G3S/BK
Case	Alienware X16
Audio Device(s)	onboard/Speakers: Logitech G560
Power Supply	Alienware/Dell battery + 330W charger
Mouse	Microsoft Pro Intellimouse - White
Keyboard	Ducky One2 SF White MX cherry Red
Software	Windows 11

System Name	QUACK
Processor	Intel i7 2600K (3.4 GHz, 8 threads)
Motherboard	Asus P67P8-V3
Cooling	Xigmatek Balder 120mm (4x120,1x140mm case)
Memory	Patriot 2 Viper Sector 5, 8GB DDR3 1600 MHz
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 G1 4GB
Storage	1x Samsung EVO 850 (500GB) SSD, 1x Fujitsu 256GB SSD
Display(s)	Dell Ultrasharp U2311h 23" (so sexy)
Case	CoolerMaster Gladiator RC-600
Audio Device(s)	Onboard 5.1
Power Supply	Antec 850w with yellow racing stripes
Software	Windows 7 HP 64 bit

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Motherboard	GA-78LMT-S2P
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Memory	8Gb DDR3 1600
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Storage	64GB SSD Super Talent
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Processor	R7 5700G
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Storage	ADATA SU800 512GB
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Processor	AMD Ryzen 5900x
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