Building your own “Laptop” is Terrible and I LOVE it!

[TannerMcCoolman]

If you’ve ever thought about building your own laptop, luggable, or briefcase PC, you probably came to the conclusion pretty quickly that building a portable chassis from scratch is just not something an average person should have to do. But now, thanks to Alibaba’s constant stream of weird oddity computer parts, we can fit a full gaming PC, complete with a desktop GPU, 600W power supply, and ITX motherboard, in a case that’s only slightly larger than a laptop that’s too big to be useful, and only slightly heavier than what would cause an average person to slip a disc.

 

Buy a Macase B21 "Briefcase" Case: https://lmg.gg/Ul7wB

Buy an AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU: https://geni.us/PQZs

Buy a GIGABYTE B650I Aorus Ultra Motherboard: https://geni.us/ZjlWN

Buy a GIGABYTE A620I AX Motherboard: https://geni.us/DACVZC

Buy a Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe M.2 SSD: https://lmg.gg/NPuKl

Buy a Samsung 980 Pro NVMe M.2 SSD: https://lmg.gg/zbYW8

Buy an Alphacool Isbaer Pro ES 80mm AIO Cooler: https://geni.us/lkKS9T

Buy a Noctua NH-L12S CPU Cooler: https://geni.us/4Deyan

Buy G.SKILL Ripjaws S5 6000MHz CL36 2x16GB DDR5 RAM: https://geni.us/5q2Vb

Buy a Noctua NF-A8 80mm Fan: https://geni.us/cgNkf

Buy a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 FE Graphics Card: https://lmg.gg/7tblp

Buy a SilverStone FX600 Platinum PSU: https://geni.us/OZFn

Buy a CoolerMaster MASTERACCESSORY Riser Cable: https://geni.us/0WUIT

Buy a CableMod 12VHPWR 180 Degree Angled Adapter: https://lmg.gg/nDVGQ

 

Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group.

[Uttamattamakin]

This would be great if it was easier to obtain for a reasonable price a

Spoiler

GPU with a blower style cooler.

The powers that be decided that only "professionals" might want that level of thermal management.  Ergo I can see a professional application wanting this if they just want the most Oomph they can get into a portable enough package.   The price demanded for that one professional component is so absurd when at the core it is exactly the same as the consumer version. 

[ARandomPerson]

Is it just me, or at 15:40, is the peel for the thermal camera screen not removed?

[penguino]

That GPU intake did a really good job on the table...

[xnamkcor]

Wouldn't a stronger fan use more power?

[aqarwaen29]

i am suprised that linus did not actually test this costum build laptop outside office.would it really hurted to have 2 minute footage test this computer at parking lot?i mean isnt this reason why this computer was built for,i mean mobile and being portable. 

would sure love it cooling tested outside office where this build was meant to be used actually.really sad it was not in video.

[Khiss]

@TannerMcCoolman Any info on what the final build weighed? Wondering whether it can still work as a carry on luggage

[YeshYyyK]

https://www.reddit.com/r/sffpc/comments/12ne6d7/a_comparison_of_gpu_sizevolume_and_tdp/

 

A 4070 can be <200mm in length, it's ~200W just like the ITX 1080/2070(S)/3060Ti

 

Nvidia/OEMs just too lazy to make/use competent cooler that they had 6 years ago

[Senzelian]

This would be a perfect on-the-go VR PC. The built-in screen, keyboard, and trackpad can be used for troubleshooting and setup.

[edmazing]

Man I wish they'd 3D print something lighter or better. Just do it again plz.

[Granular]

What exactly do you have against MediaTek wifi?
I can personally remember encountering 2 bugs (that were definitely the adapter's fault) with Intel wireless cards. No such experiences with my MT7922

[iLikeBananas]

This is my first time seeing one of these suitcase computers. Do any of you have links to ones that are somewhat useable? 

[sturedoc]

As some others have said, please do an AR900i or BD770i build, and obtain an "illicit" PNY 4070 blower card (everyone knows they exist for business to business customers its no secret) (you could cover the brand as a joke, everyone would know its PNY), and do labs benchmark testing on it

[Svinn.thefallen]

I'm actually planning to build in this thing. But I will probably go the route of an egpu.  I've been having trouble finding mini atx boards that support thunderbolt tho.

[Svinn.thefallen]

36 minutes ago, Svinn.thefallen said:

I'm actually planning to build in this thing. But I will probably go the route of an egpu.  I've been having trouble finding mini atx boards that support thunderbolt tho.

Unless having some unsightly external fans may reduce the technical "burning" wrist rest temps.  Or mabey if I squeeze in some 1u server fans as exhaust out the front?

[sturedoc]

14 hours ago, Svinn.thefallen said:

I'm actually planning to build in this thing. But I will probably go the route of an egpu.  I've been having trouble finding mini atx boards that support thunderbolt tho.

I would go with a Blower card, and Minisforum AR900i, this way both the GPU and CPU are exhausting through I/O shields out of the case, instead of mixing hot air swirling around not really going anywhere

 

4060 and 4070 blower cards do exist, just have to know where to find them

[Tim-2023]

Hats off to Macase for this excellent version. I did this concept several years ago with a custom build. Nice to see it's coming back in a more compact and refined case.

[Svinn.thefallen]

On 12/21/2023 at 1:32 PM, sturedoc said:

I would go with a Blower card, and Minisforum AR900i, this way both the GPU and CPU are exhausting through I/O shields out of the case, instead of mixing hot air swirling around not really going anywhere

 

4060 and 4070 blower cards do exist, just have to know where to find them

Wow I didn't know blower cards where still a thing!