Anyone know where to find laptop barebone kits?

L.Y.S.

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I've been searching for laptop barebone kits and can't find a reliable website for it. I'm just searching for the heck of it. I might want to build a laptop after 6 or 7 months for leisure purposes. I can't find it and it's puzzling to me. Any hint of where to look?
 
I don't think they exist anymore. I mean I've never seen one available but I haven't really looked.

What's the lappy going to be for? Most reputable manufacturers have good basic units available at very low prices now.
 
nvidiot said:
I don't think they exist anymore. I mean I've never seen one available but I haven't really looked.

What's the lappy going to be for? Most reputable manufacturers have good basic units available at very low prices now.
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I could potentially make it for a portable gaming and music station. I recently made another post about video cards in which I discussed that I was interested in making my own gaming computer, which I have successfully completed. This is why I’m in no rush to build this, but it would be nice down the line when I graduate to have my own personal gaming laptop to use in public without having to spend $ 2,000 on it. For $ 2,000 I could make the top of the Desktop P.C. So I figured it'd be cheaper to simply by the components.

I didn't know however, that they stopped making barebone kits for laptops. If this is true, it's a sad event indeed. I'm sort of skeptical because I did see online that they still offer memory for the laptop, yet they do not offer things like CPUs or video cards. I just want to buy one with an i-7 processor in the inside and an already decent video card. But this may now be impossible if what you say is true.
 
Wudang said:
I'd guess the laptop market is different because they're sold as a unit and have to be engineered to fit in as small a case as possible and those cases have different design constraints. Best I could find was http://www.laptopaid.com/
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So I'm guessing barebone kits are no. It would be nice if those did still exist for laptops, it would be a lot of fun to design a laptop. Oh well, I'm not complaining, I have a brand new computer. I just wanted a cool laptop to go with it.
 
L.Y.S. said:
I've been searching for laptop barebone kits and can't find a reliable website for it. I'm just searching for the heck of it. I might want to build a laptop after 6 or 7 months for leisure purposes. I can't find it and it's puzzling to me. Any hint of where to look?
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Some years ago, I bought a barebones MSI laptop from AVADirect. It's a pretty good little machine, and I hope to get it back some day.

Anyway, I just checked, and they are still selling barebones laptops. I have to admit that their customer service leaves a bit to be desired, though. My laptop came missing the metal piece that holds the harddrive in, and I had to argue with them for a bit before they finally got one sent to me. Otherwise, they will install the parts (assuming you bought the parts from them) and test it for free.
 
Eudaemonic Plague said:
Some years ago, I bought a barebones MSI laptop from AVADirect. It's a pretty good little machine, and I hope to get it back some day.

Anyway, I just checked, and they are still selling barebones laptops. I have to admit that their customer service leaves a bit to be desired, though. My laptop came missing the metal piece that holds the harddrive in, and I had to argue with them for a bit before they finally got one sent to me. Otherwise, they will install the parts (assuming you bought the parts from them) and test it for free.
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So no to the laptop. I wish I could find a cheap i7 laptop and just throw in some good memory and call it a day.
 
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