How does building a laptop differ from building a computer?

I am familiar with building PC’s, but I am thinking about building myself a laptop during the summer before I head out for college. Is building a laptop any different than building a pc?

Yes, a laptop chassis comes in a variety of sizes, while most desktop PCs are in a case with room to add PCI/PCI-E cards, a variety of cooling methods, optical drives, and/or memory card readers. You don’t have as many customizable options in a laptop, for example, there aren’t too many choices for graphics cards in a laptop. You also need to worry about the internal heat, certain CPUs run hotter, certain RAM chips may run hotter, hard drives, etc.

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2 Responses to “How does building a laptop differ from building a computer?”

chileanseabass Says:
March 9th, 2010 at 10:05 am
Yes, a laptop chassis comes in a variety of sizes, while most desktop PCs are in a case with room to add PCI/PCI-E cards, a variety of cooling methods, optical drives, and/or memory card readers. You don’t have as many customizable options in a laptop, for example, there aren’t too many choices for graphics cards in a laptop. You also need to worry about the internal heat, certain CPUs run hotter, certain RAM chips may run hotter, hard drives, etc.
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Max M Says:
March 9th, 2010 at 10:17 am
You can’t build a laptop even if you want to. They don’t have the parts available for built.
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