Big Ted

I use a razerblade. Its not cheap but I like that I had the choice between getting the stealth or normal dependant on how much weight and size matters to you based on performance. My stealth cant play anything but low graphic indie games so if its super important to you could go for the normal blade. Also heard Dell XPS is good for school. Hope this helps

Ur looking at only 8% bottleneck from what I've seen online. You would be reaching fps like 80-90 on ultra with Apex legends. Hope this helps

@Crunchy DragonIts an MSI laptop from around 2016 I don't really know much more than that. I'm guessing you're referring to the fact you need thunderbolt for an egpu. Is there any way I can connect one without this as it Doesn't have one. It currently has a 950M if that helps. Thanks

Hey Guys, I'm a newbie to custom design and modify of hardware as I have only ever built systems they way their intended and bought cases. I have this really wacky idea to take out my second laptop from its case and pretty much just stick it on a piece of plywood and customize it from there. The reason is that the system itself struggles heavily with cooling and I would really like to do something like hook up a liquid cooler to the CPU. Another idea was to get an external GPU on the wood as well so I can put my own full-size card. I'm worried about a few things. Is it compatible, Dust and having an "open case" and whether or not this is just a really bad idea. Just a heads up this is not some rig that I'm trying to save money by using the old laptop motherboard but more of a project. I would also like to add more ram but all the dims I think are taken up. If I could either get told how much of a bad idea this is or a few tips it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks