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Colors scheme: Red/White/Black Material: (all white fittings) EKWB X3 250 Reservoir PrimoChill PETG Hardline Tubings PrimoChill Ridgit Revolver SX Fittings Monsoon 90 Degree Fittings Bitspower G1/4" Mini Valves (for drainage, one at pump level and one lowest point radiator connection) Bitspower Stop Fittings Bitspower D-Plugs (for connecting Mini Valves) EKWB EK-Supremacy EVO CPU Water Block (Nickel) EKWB Dual D5 PWM (with 2x Swiftech MCP655 vario pumps) 2x EKWB EK-Coolstream 480mm Radiators 2x EKWB EK-Coolstream 240mm Radiators EKWB EKoolant Premixed Blood Red Coolant Loop Layout Pump (running at 4/5 speed setting, 5 was too high causing too much bubbles) 1 inlet pulling water from the reservoir 2 outlets 1st outlet push coolant to the CPU -> Gigabyte Z170 Gaming G1 Board -> 480mm radiator -> reservoir 2nd outlet push coolant to 1st EVGA 980 ti hydro copper -> 2nd EVGA 980 ti hydro copper -> 480mm radiator -> 1st 240mm radiator -> 2nd 240mm radiator -> reservoir Reservoir accept 2 inlets from the top with dual EKWB foam thing to reduce and eliminate bubble within the loop 1st foam place at the top near the inlets to reduce splash 2nd foam at the bottom near the outlet to stabilize water going out After the system run for a few minutes, all the bubbles will be eliminated within the loop, this leave an air pocket at the top within the reservoir The reason why I set inlets on the top is because I want the liquid to flow in a single direction instead of having dead zones within the reservoir where liquid will never cycle through because the newly incoming liquid might push straight to the outlet due to the shortest flow distance when having inlet(s) and outlet(s) nearby each other Performance: CPU Idle: ~22-25 'C Max: 60 'C GPU Idle: ~24-26 'C Max: ~33-35 'C Pictures:

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Rig Name: Bloodinator CPU: i7-6700K RAM: 32GB DDR4 Corsair Dominator 3200 GPU: 2x EVGA 980ti Hydro Copper Score: 11

I agreed that the best M.2 SSD is the Samsung 950 Pro, specifically the 512GB version have higher r/w speed than the 256GB version. It's the main reason why I got 2 for RAID 0. Here's CrystalDisk score: 2x Samsung 950 Pro 512GB on RAID 0 Fresh install with Windows 10 Pro

I think it depends on your purpose. Do you need it for work and gaming? Or gaming only? And need mobile? For gaming only, I would lean toward a dedicated desktop since you can have much more power. Of course the big downside is mobility, with so much hardware on your list, it will be very heavy and risk damage if you want to move around too much. For work and gaming, I would go for the gaming laptop route Just a quick look between the Asus and Razer, the Asud seems to have bettet value, same price, you can get an Asus with GTX 980m vs Razer GTX 970m. Better grapgic card will provide better gaming performance. But the Razer looks much better. So the biggest point is mobility. If you like to go to LAN party, I think the gaming laptop is the best, just get an external monitor, mouse and keyboard for better use when you are stationary.

Agreed with Brother printers. With their inkjet, you can find cheap inks on amazon or ebay. I got a 24 cartridges for $18 on ebay http://www.ebay.com/itm/271963235380 Wireless printer is very helpful if you need to printer on mobile, so pick one you can afford. Brother is best for standard paper printing. But if your mom look for photo printing regularly, look at Epson printers

For hardware, there is not really much you can do other than getting better/faster RAM and SSD. If you do not want to spend money, try to tweak your Windows system. Minimize any non-critical services or software from running that would be using your RAM and CPU power. When you actually want to play games, do not run software like antivirus scanner which will use up some of your system performance. Along with those Windows tweaking, you can modify Windows appearance and reduce everything in System > Advanced System Settings > Advanced > Performance Settings... The point is freeing up as much resources as possible and maximize Windows resposiveness use settings only. Another option if you still want to keep using your laptop is check ebay for the same model and if someone sell the same model with better CPU and GPU included. Even if everything is broken, all you need is the functional/working motherboard and swap with yours. Should be a lot cheaper than buying new laptop.