Did I make a good buy?

[lefudgelover666]

So about 20 minutes ago I jumped on an Alienware 18, the specs are

i7-4710MQ

16GB 1866DDR3

512GB SSD

1TB HDD

GTX 880M SLI

 

I paid $450, was this a good buy? I'm kind of clueless as to how older laptops hold up

[WereCat]

$450 ?

Best Buy

[Gamerguy207]

It depends on what you use it for if you use it for, hardcore gaming then more on the bad deal side (not all the way tho) or light task or LIGHTER gaming then possibly yes

[lefudgelover666]

Correction, it's an i7 4910MQ, will this thing still handle games well? I'm installing Skyrim atm

[onemanarmy720]

9 minutes ago, lefudgelover666 said:

Correction, it's an i7 4910MQ, will this thing still handle games well? I'm installing Skyrim atm

yeah it will handle most games, but don't expect to use ultra or even high settings on everything.  not a great deal but not a bad one. id say it was a good deal.

[Gamerguy207]

10 minutes ago, lefudgelover666 said:

Correction, it's an i7 4910MQ, will this thing still handle games well? I'm installing Skyrim atm

On ultra you should get a solid 30 fps but since this is a sli 880m then it should be way better

 

[onemanarmy720]

1 minute ago, Gamerguy207 said:

On ultra you should get a solid 30 fps but since this is a sli 880m then it should be way better

 

ahh did not see the sli part lol. thts a pretty good cpu too.

[Gamerguy207]

Just now, onemanarmy720 said:

ahh did not see the sli part lol

Lul, this laptop is actually a good buy I would just replace the battery since it's probably pretty bad by now

 

[onemanarmy720]

Just now, Gamerguy207 said:

Lul, this laptop is actually a good buy I would just replace the battery since it's probably pretty bad by now

 

it is a great buy tbh now lol

[Orangeator]

Replace the battery and take a can of pressurized air and spray the thing out (older laptop, lots of dust build up inside heatsinks = poor thermals). Other than that you should be good to go.

 

Also, question, what resolution is the screen? 

[Damascus]

You can actually use an external GPU and that CPU will run most modern GPU's really well

[lefudgelover666]

1 minute ago, Orangeator said:

Replace the battery and take a can of pressurized air and spray the thing out (older laptop, lots of dust build up inside heatsinks = poor thermals). Other than that you should be good to go.

 

Also, question, what resolution is the screen? 

Where can I find a new battery? As for thermals do you think TG Conductonaut would help on a laptop? I have a ton left over from my 6700k 

 

Its 1080p, haven't checked the refresh rate but it's a glossy IPS which I like

[lefudgelover666]

3 minutes ago, Damascus said:

You can actually use an external GPU and that CPU will run most modern GPU's really well

Wouldn't that require thunderbolt? Or is there another way to use an egpu?

[Damascus]

2 hours ago, lefudgelover666 said:

Wouldn't that require thunderbolt? Or is there another way to use an egpu?

mPCIe is how most laptops connect to wifi cards so you can run a GPU through that connection.

[Orangeator]

4 minutes ago, lefudgelover666 said:

Where can I find a new battery? As for thermals do you think TG Conductonaut would help on a laptop? I have a ton left over from my 6700k 

 

Its 1080p, haven't checked the refresh rate but it's a glossy IPS which I like

Yes, if you can access the GPU's and CPU, then I would for sure clean them off (clean out the entire thing while you're at it) and apply new thermal paste. 

 

As for the battery just open the laptop and look at the stats and model number of the battery. Find one online with the correct voltage/kwh and voila, problem solved.

 

Nice! I was praying it wasn't some nasty 1366x768 TN panel.

[lefudgelover666]

According to eBay I should be able to get around $1500 for it parted out, would this be a good idea? Does a current $13-1500 laptop outperform 880m SLI? And are there any laptops in that range with HDMI IN?

[sicily428]

On 30/11/2017 at 6:40 AM, lefudgelover666 said:

So about 20 minutes ago I jumped on an Alienware 18, the specs are

i7-4710MQ

16GB 1866DDR3

512GB SSD

1TB HDD

GTX 880M SLI

 

I paid $450, was this a good buy? I'm kind of clueless as to how older laptops hold up

are there mxm gpus?