Socket Science thought most of the higher-end gaming laptops were overpriced, so he decided to spend 14-months building his own. This custom creation was built using desktop PC parts, complete with a 3D-printed case.
Hardware wise, it boasts an AMD Ryzen 5 5600X, an XFX RX6600 GPU, a Gigabyte UD Series TX motherboard, 32GB of URAM DDR4 memory, a portable gaming monitor, a wireless keyboard / touchpad, and a DC to DC power supply. Getting everything to fit was another story, as it required things to be disassembled and cut down. Cooling is handled by a host of heatsinks and heat pipes, with the latter requiring some bending to fit properly. Fortunately, mounting the keyboard and touchpad were fairly straight forward, while the monitor had to be separated. What Socket Science ended up with was a laptop that rivals those from ASUS, Acer, MSI, etc.
- 15.6-inch Full HD portable anti-glare IPS display with an ultraslim and thin design, perfect solution for travel, on-the-go meetings, or business...
- Kickstand design to prop the monitor up in either portrait or landscape mode easily
- Features a hybrid-signal solution which supports power and video transmission, and enables compatibility with any laptop with a USB Type-C or Type A...
There’s 2 major things i take away from this project. 1 being the amount of time designing and planning this took, which many people fail to realize. 2 just how competitive a retail version of something like this could be. I like the idea of gaming laptops and their portability, but at the end of the day, they have minuscule upgradability and are generally very overpriced compared to their desktop counterparts,” said one commenter.
