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FINAL DECISION: LAPTOP OR CARBIDE AIR 540!

melias24
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Like the title says....fill out the poll, which wever one has most vote's i'll think about buying it!
Carbide Air 540, with 4 AF120 Performance series and braided cables (to replace my terrible Phantom 530)

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Dell inspirion 11 3000 2 in 1 laptop for school work and taking on holidays.

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You do realise you are comparing a computer case against a computer right? Its not really a fair comparison (point me out if I'm missing something or I'm just wrong)

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Unless you are really dissatisfied with the looks of your NZXT Phantom 530, I would go for a laptop. 

If it can help your school work, and entertain you on vacations, then it's the better investment in my opninion. 

But why does it have to be a 2 in 1 laptop? You could probably get a regular laptop cheaper than a 2 in 1.

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desktop not laptop and defiantly not dell

Workstation:
Intel Core i7 5820k @ 4.4Ghz, Asus Rampage V Extreme, 32Gb G.Skill Ripjaws 4 2400 DDR4,2 x Nvidia 980 Gtx Reference Cards in Sli,
1TB - 4 x 250Gb Samsung Evo 840 Raid 0, Corsair AX1200i, Lian Li PC-D600 Silver.

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I'm not a fan of the air 540. Is there a different choice for a case? lol

 

That said, I would go with the laptop since you're just replacing a case. The laptop is a better investment. 

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wtf ofc the laptop :D

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laptop since you already have a case

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Laptop, a case is simply something to house your hardware. A laptop will provide you actual utility.

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desktop not laptop and defiantly not dell

Well, it's either this or a Toshiba.

Main PC: Core i5 4670 | MSI Mpower Max z87 | G.Skill Ripjaws 2x4gb | Stock intel cooler | PNY GTX 770 2gb (hoping to upgrade) | Seagate 1tb 7200rpm | Corsair RM850 | Corsair Carbide Air 540 | PCCG custom sleeved black/yellow extensions | Corsair K70 Cherry MX Blue | Corsair M45 |

Phone: LG Nexus 5 | Headphones: Audio Technica ATH-PDG1, Shure SRH440 | Laptop: Asus 303la (i5 model, 1600x900 res) | Motorbikes: 2004 Sherco 290i, 2013 Husqvarna CR125 | Xbox one

 

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Laptop, a case is simply something to house your hardware. A laptop will provide you actual utility.

 

 

laptop since you already have a case

 

 

wtf ofc the laptop :D

 

 

Unless you are really dissatisfied with the looks of your NZXT Phantom 530, I would go for a laptop. 

If it can help your school work, and entertain you on vacations, then it's the better investment in my opninion. 

But why does it have to be a 2 in 1 laptop? You could probably get a regular laptop cheaper than a 2 in 1.

Alrgiht then, i guess laptop! Anyone know if the 

Microsoft Pen Stylus for Surface Pro 3 

will work on it, or scratch this laptop?

Main PC: Core i5 4670 | MSI Mpower Max z87 | G.Skill Ripjaws 2x4gb | Stock intel cooler | PNY GTX 770 2gb (hoping to upgrade) | Seagate 1tb 7200rpm | Corsair RM850 | Corsair Carbide Air 540 | PCCG custom sleeved black/yellow extensions | Corsair K70 Cherry MX Blue | Corsair M45 |

Phone: LG Nexus 5 | Headphones: Audio Technica ATH-PDG1, Shure SRH440 | Laptop: Asus 303la (i5 model, 1600x900 res) | Motorbikes: 2004 Sherco 290i, 2013 Husqvarna CR125 | Xbox one

 

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Alrgiht then, i guess laptop! Anyone know if the 

Microsoft Pen Stylus for Surface Pro 3 

will work on it, or scratch this laptop?

If it's a regular touch interface (no fancy sensor only works with our stylus bs) it should.

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Alrgiht then, i guess laptop! Anyone know if the 

Microsoft Pen Stylus for Surface Pro 3 

will work on it, or scratch this laptop?

That depends on how the touchscreen on the computer is made.

The stylus for the Surface Pro 3 is an active Bluetooth pen, and won't work on most devices.

However the pen for the Surface Pro 2 (and Surface 2) is not an active pen, which means it might work.

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Laptop of course... 

 

 

 

What is he defying m8?

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I don't want to sound like a fanboy or anything, just for the love of all that's holy avoid dell consumer products. I know too many people who have had to return laptops aio and pc's by them. So if your still considering the above I would say the air.

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I'd personally get the laptop unless there's something horribly wrong with your current case.

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Air 540.

Ketchup is better than mustard.

GUI is better than Command Line Interface.

Dubs are better than subs

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I am bias because I have a 540, over the few months I've had it the amount of airflow that you get thru the case really helps to cool my gtx 770

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