Future Plan: use functional laptop parts in a PC build

[Al_]

Budget (including currency): My budget would vary, although I would like to stay under 1000$

Country: US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Steam games like Elden ring, Nier: Replicant, or GTA V.

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): I currently have a ROG Zephyrus laptop that has 240hz/3ms monitor, 16gb RAM, Intel core i7 10th gen(intel core i7-10750H cpu @ 2.60GHz  2.59GHz), nvidia rtx 2070 max-q, and 1TB HDD. Additionally, I have an acer monitor 75 hz refresh rate, a wireless usb Logitech mouse, and a usb MSI full keyboard.

 

In the future I would like to be able to salvage as much from this particular laptop as possible and buy things as needed, which I presume would be things such as: a case, some additional fans (since my laptop has been in the 60-90 Celsius range entering summer weather), a power supply, and some other parts. 

I have not built my own PC before and find it challenging to pick a case, that will house all the components I need, on newegg. So, I am looking for tips on how to pick parts on newegg and tell if they will fit together before purchasing as well as suggestions on other PC parts that I would need to make this work when the time comes.

 

Thanks in advance,

 

 

[dizmo]

Honestly, i wouldn't bother.

You'd need to build your own standoffs to have the motherboard in the case.

By the time you need to move on from the laptop, it'd make more sense to just buy a low end PC that will likely have the same performance.

 

IMO if you want to use the laptop as a desktop, just sit it on a cooling pad, attach your cables and go.

 

Welcome to the forum.

[Fasauceome]

1 hour ago, Al_ said:

In the future I would like to be able to salvage as much from this particular laptop as possible

That would not be much. The CPU and graphics card are built in, the power supply is not an ATX power supply it's a laptop power supply, the ram is sodimm instead of standard dimm.

 

I recommend saving money to get a proper desktop, you can manage a pretty decent upgrade for $1500

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

2 hours ago, Al_ said:

Budget (including currency): My budget would vary, although I would like to stay under 1000$

Country: US

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Steam games like Elden ring, Nier: Replicant, or GTA V.

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): I currently have a ROG Zephyrus laptop that has 240hz/3ms monitor, 16gb RAM, Intel core i7 10th gen(intel core i7-10750H cpu @ 2.60GHz  2.59GHz), nvidia rtx 2070 max-q, and 1TB HDD. Additionally, I have an acer monitor 75 hz refresh rate, a wireless usb Logitech mouse, and a usb MSI full keyboard.

 

In the future I would like to be able to salvage as much from this particular laptop as possible and buy things as needed, which I presume would be things such as: a case, some additional fans (since my laptop has been in the 60-90 Celsius range entering summer weather), a power supply, and some other parts. 

I have not built my own PC before and find it challenging to pick a case, that will house all the components I need, on newegg. So, I am looking for tips on how to pick parts on newegg and tell if they will fit together before purchasing as well as suggestions on other PC parts that I would need to make this work when the time comes.

 

Thanks in advance,

 

 

The only thing you'll realistically be able to salvage from a laptop to use in a desktop are the drives (both M.2 and SATA), and WiFi cards. I would just keep the laptop as is and use it as a secondary desktop if you do end up buying another tower. 

 

My old IdeaPad for instance is just that. Because the hinge mounts exploded, the display is effectively stuck open. So it's just now a Hackintosh that sits long term in my room. 

[Queen Chrysalis]

Don't worry about those temps, they're fine for a laptop.  The chips are generally meant to run at up to 100C, and they'll lower voltage on their own to stay under.  Worst comes to worst they'll just shut off before anything could actually be damaged, but even then , that never happens, they just slow down to stay cool.

[LUC1D]

9 hours ago, Al_ said:

In the future I would like to be able to salvage as much from this particular laptop as possible and buy things as needed, which I presume would be things such as: a case, some additional fans (since my laptop has been in the 60-90 Celsius range entering summer weather), a power supply, and some other parts. 

I have not built my own PC before and find it challenging to pick a case, that will house all the components I need, on newegg. So, I am looking for tips on how to pick parts on newegg and tell if they will fit together before purchasing as well as suggestions on other PC parts that I would need to make this work when the time comes.

 

Thanks in advance,

 

 

 

8 hours ago, dizmo said:

Honestly, i wouldn't bother.

You'd need to build your own standoffs to have the motherboard in the case.

Yeah me too its just not worth it spending all the time and money on it, if i were you i would sell the laptop cuz you'd get a decent price for it now as opposed to a few years later and build a whole new gaming setup. You can build a pretty good gaming setup for under $1000 rn with a mix of used and new components

[Al_]

8 hours ago, Queen Chrysalis said:

Don't worry about those temps, they're fine for a laptop.  The chips are generally meant to run at up to 100C, and they'll lower voltage on their own to stay under.  Worst comes to worst they'll just shut off before anything could actually be damaged, but even then , that never happens, they just slow down to stay cool.

Thanks, I did not know that. The keys on my laptop would get very hot hence the additional keyboard.