OCZ 15inch DIY Notebook

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Despite poor battery life and an inability to upgrade the graphics on this apparently self-serviceable notebook, OCZ has still proven there's potential in an upgradable notebook. Certainly if you can source your other components cheaply, this could be exceedingly good value for a gaming notebook. It's just a shame this particular model is no longer available so you'll probably have to wait until OCZ release the updated version before having a go yourself. Read more...
Design Score 5 for Design
Features Score 7 for Features
Performance Score 8 for Performance
Value Score 8 for Value
Overall Score 7 for Overall


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comment ilovethemonkeyhead said on 17th April 2009

what kind of temperatures did you get with that laptop cpu?

comment Ed said on 17th April 2009

Er, hot. I didn't record any actual temps but it was certainly pretty toasty.

comment AlmostDone said on 18th April 2009

I Agree with Trevor. This is more of a barebones laptop rather than DIY... Most laptops the hard drive and memory are upgraded in the same way. Even the CPU upgrade is not so diffe... more

comment Ed said on 20th April 2009

While I mostly agree, upgrading the CPU on most laptops is not a trivial matter. Then again it is probably the part you're least likely to replace, DIY or not.

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