ScriptMonkey00

Sorry about the wrong section, thanks for moving it I hadn't planned to mount it with mounting tape or anything, because with just the standoffs, I can easy change it to do various themes if I make more than one. Do you think that's a concern? I never really move my rig and it's quite stable (and heavy) so I dont think it slipping or moving around is a problem.

Hey guys, I've recently gotten into trying out using plexi and spraypaint to make some custom accents and deco for my rig. In this case, I'm making a backplate for my GPU (An MSI Armor 1070 OC). I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions about putting spraypainted plexi so close to a $400+ video card. I have friends who are asking me to make some for them and I enjoy making them, but I don't want to fry their hardware. The Plexi is coated on both sides with spraypaint, then I attach rubber "feet" that are about 1/8 of an inch thick or so. They backplate just sits on the GPU, no real attaching mechanism. Here's a glance of what I made, if you're curious. The real question here is if Spraypaint is conductive, and if I'm risking them brushing some metal while putting it on the gpu and turning a ton of money into a paperweight. Thanks in advance guys!

That's ok.. the 57 is actually a little better than the 54 and I think the 54 held up not badly in the comparisons.

That's EXACTLY what I was trying to find, thanks so much!!! I was sure I checked that site too.

Who doesn't plan on light gaming? but honestly would probably stick to actually light games, N++, maybe the shadowrun games, or some Metroidvania indies like unepic. I've got a rig at my desk for real gaming, this is really just for travel/work and ACTUALLY light gaming, so I think either of the graphics options should be fine.

I really appreciate the advice, and that's the way I was leaning. My only worry was that the super-low power option of the Y series would also give me lower muscle, hence the throttling worry I had. I don't want to end up with too little power for daily use with occasional compiles of apps. *Clarifying, I'm worried about too-little-power meaning not a strong enough CPU, not meaning out of battery.

Hey guys, Looking for a little advice on a NON-gaming laptop, and unfortunately I can't seem to find much on one of the CPUs because it's looking like it's really new. Here's the backstory: I'm looking for a lightweight (3 lbs goal) laptop/ultrabook that I can use for work and/or travel. I'm a software dev, but almost all of my compiling happens server-side so I don't need the muscle in the laptop to handle that, other than an occasional side-project in Android Studio. I had narrowed it down to the Razor Blade Stealth or the Venom Blackbook Zero 13 because they both had 8 ram, i5 or greater muscle, met my weight goal (Venom was 3.08 lbs, close enough) and a decent brand/experience. I was trying to decide which one when I saw two other options cross my desk. The X1 Carbon 4th gen swept in and even though it was pretty boring looking, I was sold on the fact that it was only 100 bucks more, but rocked a 14.0 inch screen (.7 larger than the Venom) and weighed in at 2.6 lbs. It also ran (at low end specs) with an i5 6200U. Then I saw Venom's answer, the Blackbook Zero 14. They dropped their second drive to save weight, I'm guessing, and now the're staying at 3.08 lbs carrying a 14.1 inch screen, nice battery life, and pretty solid (nothing insane) specs. This unit though comes with Kaby Lake mobile CPUs rather than Skylake, and running "Y" series rather than "U". the i5 option seems to be the 7Y57. Now skipping past how I'm really starting to hate the change from "m" series to call them "Y series i5" CPUS (to prevent confusion?? you mean it's LESS confusing to call different classes of CPUS the same thing?) I am having a hell of a time finding reviews/benchmarks with the two side by side. Using intel's site I can compare them, spec to spec, but I've not used/seen a CPU with such a huge base/turbo range until the Kaby Lake and I'm worried if that much of a difference is going to kill my experience. To the meat of the question: Sharing some points I THINK are key: They both have 2 cores, 4 threads, and ironicly the exact same MSRP. The 6200U has 3MB cache (vs the Kaby's 4) The 6200U has a base clock of 2.3 GHz, which is notably stronger than the 1.2 from the 7Y57, but the 6200U Turbo Max is only 2.8GHz, which is significantly lower than the 3.3 in the 7Y57. This is where I'm becoming unsure. The Venom runs fanless and I'm not sure what kind of load will cause the chip to throttle down to 1.2. If I try and run an android emulator and compile a game I'm writing onto it, will it start screaming then fall off a cliff into sub 1.5 GHz land? Will hosting a GoToMeeting and screensharing become molasses, or can it hold up? I'm looking forward to any suggestions/advice you could offer.

Thank you both for the advice.. in the end I went for cost/size over specs but picked up an LG 27" "Full HD" (ie 1080p in not-marketspeak). Ended up being 130, shipping included. got the 27MP38VQ and it barely fits on the space allotted, but it's pretty amazing... (Nearly returned it until I found the switch to turn off that darn LG "automatic power saving") but thanks again!