http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834280007
I recently bought this laptop due to its price[700 dollars] and nice specifications for the price[8600M GS]. I apparently bought the last one in stock, and a day after that it became deactivated on Newegg. However, after reading through their slightly inactive forums, I am having second thoughts. This laptop ships on Monday, and the order can not be canceled.
Temperatures
I hear a lot of people talking about high temperatures. As such, most of my post consists of topics relating temperatures.
RMClock
I see mention of RMClock a lot due to the high temperatures the CPU gets. I know this is needed to prevent throttling, which will make the CPU go down to 800MHZ and slow down the system.
Are these good voltages for RMClock for an AMD Athlon TK-53 (1.7 GHZ)?
4x
.75 V
8x
.925 V
Cooling Products
I scoured Newegg for a few cooling solutions/RAM to add onto the laptop. Please give me your opinions?
Arctic Silver 5
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100007
Evercool Notebook Cooler/Stand
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834992012
Evercool Exhaust Fan
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834992015
G.Skill DDR2, 667 MHZ 1GB RAM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231069
The Arctic Silver 5 and RAM are pretty self explanatory. The notebook cooler was my personal choice. It looks sleek, cools pretty well according to the numerous reviews I read about it, and also acts as a stand, which is nice.
The exhaust fan is the one I'm a bit iffy about. One of the reviews I read said it doesn't lower temperatures at all. However, looking at this fan, it's like it was made for this notebook. Even the evercool demonstration looks like this notebook, with only a right-hand side exhaust! Do you think I should buy the exhaust, or not? If I do, it's an extra 15 dollars.
[Note, I am only 15 years old, my dad is buying me this stuff. Laptop was only 700, unexpectedly cheap, so I may be able to get away with more things. Any opinions?]
Other than those concerns, I'm pretty happy with the rest of the laptop. I'll just slap an extra 1 GB of RAM on there and tweak Vista for my needs.
I recently bought this laptop due to its price[700 dollars] and nice specifications for the price[8600M GS]. I apparently bought the last one in stock, and a day after that it became deactivated on Newegg. However, after reading through their slightly inactive forums, I am having second thoughts. This laptop ships on Monday, and the order can not be canceled.
Temperatures
I hear a lot of people talking about high temperatures. As such, most of my post consists of topics relating temperatures.
RMClock
I see mention of RMClock a lot due to the high temperatures the CPU gets. I know this is needed to prevent throttling, which will make the CPU go down to 800MHZ and slow down the system.
Are these good voltages for RMClock for an AMD Athlon TK-53 (1.7 GHZ)?
4x
.75 V
8x
.925 V
Cooling Products
I scoured Newegg for a few cooling solutions/RAM to add onto the laptop. Please give me your opinions?
Arctic Silver 5
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100007
Evercool Notebook Cooler/Stand
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834992012
Evercool Exhaust Fan
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834992015
G.Skill DDR2, 667 MHZ 1GB RAM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231069
The Arctic Silver 5 and RAM are pretty self explanatory. The notebook cooler was my personal choice. It looks sleek, cools pretty well according to the numerous reviews I read about it, and also acts as a stand, which is nice.
The exhaust fan is the one I'm a bit iffy about. One of the reviews I read said it doesn't lower temperatures at all. However, looking at this fan, it's like it was made for this notebook. Even the evercool demonstration looks like this notebook, with only a right-hand side exhaust! Do you think I should buy the exhaust, or not? If I do, it's an extra 15 dollars.
[Note, I am only 15 years old, my dad is buying me this stuff. Laptop was only 700, unexpectedly cheap, so I may be able to get away with more things. Any opinions?]
Other than those concerns, I'm pretty happy with the rest of the laptop. I'll just slap an extra 1 GB of RAM on there and tweak Vista for my needs.