modding laptop into a desktop?

[sandvich64]

so im planning a project where i take an old crappy celeron laptop, put the mobo in a custom casing(probably 3d printed) and slap some aftermarket coolers on it, then flash the bios to try and unlock the cpu and overclock it. how plausible is this?

[TomvanWijnen]

Just considering the overclocking: an LTT video showed them trying to overclock a (I believe an i9 something from an alienware something) laptop cpu with plenty cooling, but it unfortunately was limited by the motherboard or power brick or something like that - it wouldn't go particularly far.

 

Just considering the custom case and custom coolers: you could do that, but I don't think it's really needed, as a laptop is quite small already. Perhaps you can remove the backcover and/or keyboard/topcover to help it cool itself better. If you're just in it for the challenge, then by all means go ahead.

[rEkmAInc1csBnlM6C85H]

I ran an AMD laptop with a Nvidia 8200m at about a 400% overclock for a while. It was upside down connected to a CRT and had a 3000 rpm fan out of an original Xbox blasting directly onto the cpu/gpu/chipset. It was great, played Killing Floor and Duke Nukem Forever.

 

The answer is yes you can probably manage what you want to do, but unless you can do it all for a budget of $0 like I did. DON'T DO IT!