We can find on the market laptops designed for gaming that offer great power and great features. These systems obviously never offer the same capabilities as a desktop computer. The YouTuber, SocketScienceDIYcreated a laptop based on parts advertisements for desktop computersa task that lasted a total of 14 months.
Components for laptops have two limitations: power consumption and the amount of heat generated. These two restrictions are not present on desktop computers, which have no real limits in this regard.
This means that laptop hardware often has significant TDP limitations. Clear limits on heat consumption and production are set, due to existing space limitations. Thus, the gaming laptop with the most advanced components for this task will never be able to beat its desktop counterpart.
YouTuber Builds His Own Laptop With PC Parts
I am one of those people who owns a gaming laptop, in my case because the circumstances at the time I bought it did not allow me to have a desktop computer. From the first moment I looked for the best configuration that would offer me the best performance, knowing that with the same budget I could build a more powerful desktop PC.
I was a conformist, so to speak, but YouTuber SocketScienceDIY wouldn’t conform. He worked for no less than 14 months to develop a laptop with desktop components that can be found at any hardware store.
The entire system is based on the Gigabyte A520I AC motherboard, which is in the mini ITX format. The power of this system is provided by the Ryzen 5 5600X processor with 6 cores and 12 threads that can reach a frequency of 4.6 GHz. In order to run any available game, the XFX Radeon RX 6600 graphics card was used.
The most complicated part of all was the process of fitting all the components into such a small space. To make it as compact as possible, all unnecessary elements were eliminated. He removed some rear I/O ports from the motherboard, the graphics card heatsink, and adjusted various parts of the design.
To dissipate the heat, he created a custom heatsink based on copper heat pipes and contact bases, as well as aluminum heat sinks. SocketScienceDIY points out that this is the most “sloppy” part of the setup. And we don’t take away his rightness, since they seem to be somewhat “glued” parts somehow.
The keyboard and touchpad were the next items to be installed on a custom 3D printed tray which, after the printing process, was sanded and painted.
Specifically, a 16-inch QHD portable display was chosen with a 120Hz refresh rate. An interesting option that was disassembled and optimized to better fit.
Initially, I had planned to install a custom battery system so that I could use it at any time. In the end, they chose not to install them, which saves space and weight, but above all improves airflow. He emphasized that his result is “good”.
It must be said that the system does not look bad at all. Moreover, it reminds us a bit of the ASUS TUF in design, keeping of course the differences.
