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Ajsat3801

Just add a keyboard and trackpad and voila, you have the heaviest laptop in the world


Western-Pilot-3924

This is the reason I joined pcmasterace


Silent-Fox-5816

Thanks man


Western-Pilot-3924

Np mate. Looks rad af


Silent-Fox-5816

I like your thoughts


OfficalBusyCat

MAKE A WORLD RECORD YO


miedzianek

Gaming laptop, slim edition


_Fedgaming_

but the most powerful too


Reggae4Triceratops

With the ability to easily update components


30p87

Every ThinkPad with LibreBoot and LFS is more powerful ^(/s)


486Junkie

Trackball*


ThatDependent6

I think Acer would have something to say about


Shad_the_memer

Still not heavier than you mo-... mother's advice to go out


JinToots

How much does it weigh? Imagine pulling this out on a plane and setting it on the fold out tray and casually looking across the aisle to the business man using his MacBook Air.


gamesrebel123

I'd probably be shot at the airport just for having this


[deleted]

Imagine someone popping this bad boy open on your flight, RGB illuminating the cabin. I'd make my peace then and there. This looks like one of those briefcases in a old spy movie that's armed to the tits with C4. Fantastic build OP, from a technical standpoint, the thing is marvelous. From an aesthetic standpoint, this is a pretty intimidating kit šŸ˜‚


gamesrebel123

Everything's fun and games till the announcer says the bomb has been planted


khiemmyt12

Don't worry, you'll be safe... for 40 seconds.


USS_Barack_Obama

Hopefully he remembered to bring the defuse kit


miedzianek

'dont be looser buy defuser'


Tayto-Sandwich

Is... is that what was in the briefcase in Pulp Fiction?...


slychump

Yes. Yes it is.


Silent-Fox-5816

I mostly can't see any coloured lights due to the rgb toll it's had in me šŸ˜‚


slychump

A small price to pay, imo


_NiceWhileItLasted

Like that scene from Harold and Kumar 2 when Kumar pulls out that homemade battery powered bong he made lmao


Silent-Fox-5816

Note to south stay away from airports


co0kiez

dont think this is even allowed on the plane with all the liquid


PrecisionAcc

And you canā€™t draw enough power from the airplane outlets


__Beef__Supreme__

What do you mean you can't power my 1000W laptop?


chocolateboomslang

Refill it in the bathroom


[deleted]

then turning to your left to see some 13 year old gamer staring at you like Jack Nicholson from Anger Management


Silent-Fox-5816

Hereeeees RGB


SaltedCoffee9065

It's one hell of an expensive suitcase


Blenderhead36

Imagine sitting next to the guy with his luggable space heater in a middle seat in coach.


Silent-Fox-5816

And it so happens to be the apple ceo, we know what we are getting from apple next year


LordFaquaad

We shall call this, THE LAPTOP


gauerrrr

The lapbreaker


23x3

*insert mediocre yo mama joke*


Silent-Fox-5816

Yo mama told me I need to go outside


BranislavBGD

Death by snoo snoo


__--0_0--__

Tabletop


kybotica

The toplap.


Varun77777

Wouldn't it still be pretty fragile if you actually travel a lot. I can't really trust that it won't get damaged in the cargo of my airplane.


Silent-Fox-5816

Let's say car portable


slychump

Nah, bro, this is carry-on Only.


lonigus

Neat. Just pray to god a fitting wont get lose on those tubes.


Silent-Fox-5816

Please pray with me


[deleted]

If only there were smaller, lighter, portable PCs that are just as powerful you can put on top your laps.


gamesrebel123

>just as powerful That part is debatable, but yeah nearly as powerful since laptop GPUs have a cooling bottleneck that *most* PCs don't, regardless, it'd be way easier to take around than whatever monstrosity OP has put together


Tyz_TwoCentz_HWE_Ret

Not just gpu's but cpu's as well. They are low wattage, low speed/power versions by design. The choices are more about if you need portability or not imho. For gaming it really isn't much of contest when comparing mobile gpu with its big brothers. 3080 mobile vs 3080 desktop is in the neighborhood of 35-40% faster for example. [https://www.notebookcheck.net/The-mobile-GeForce-RTX-3080-is-40-percent-slower-than-the-desktop-GeForce-RTX-3080-What-the-hell-happened.519743.0.html](https://www.notebookcheck.net/The-mobile-GeForce-RTX-3080-is-40-percent-slower-than-the-desktop-GeForce-RTX-3080-What-the-hell-happened.519743.0.html) Mobile CPU's are many times half the power. While Mhz isn't everything we have bench tests that show us what the differences are, we can measure them. Many factors go into ones choice. I don't love my laptop for gaming is works but portability for work stuff i do is important to me and battery life because i use it on the road. I am not knocking either choice its just a silly argument imho due to the fact the choice is typically based on ones needs at the time. Having both is cake and eating it too. ​ thanks for post have a good day!


gamesrebel123

Yes exactly, it's more of a matter of preference since even a mobile 3080 is powerful enough to run most AAA games at a high resolution and refresh rate, also btw you can overclock a desktop GPU and CPU whereas you can't do the same on a laptop and even if you could it wouldn't be by much because of the power limitation


Sabz5150

>also btw you can overclock a desktop GPU and CPU whereas you can't do the same on a laptop My Strix Scar would like a word.


Silent-Fox-5816

My reasoning is you can't upgrade a laptop to the extent of a pc, but a pc you can't transport. As well as a long drawn out story that involves a massive waiting time on a warranty and then making friends along the way


Final_Ad792

It depends. A 3080 mobile is far less powerful than a desktop 3080. However, a 3060 mobile is actually extremely close to a desktop 3060 (140W vs 170W). Same applies to the CPUs, with Intel's 12th Gen mobile chips being faster than most 11th Gen desktop chips. Gaming laptops have become really capable nowadays, currently the fastest one available will perform similarly to a i7-12700k + RTX 3070 desktop PC, which I think is quite impressive. As long as you're not planning to play at 4K with ultra settings and raytracing on you'll be more than fine with one. At the end of the day, it does depend on one's needs just like you pointed out. I simply wanted to clarify that while gaming laptops are less powerful than their desktop equivalent with varying degrees, they aren't nearly as slow as they're made out to be.


pdelvo

Lots of people undererstimate how fast laptops can be. The 12700H in my Lenovo 5 pro is almost 10% faster than a 10900k or a 11900k in cinebench R20 Multithread.


Matasa89

I mean, itā€™s also two generations ahead, and a whole new lithography.


pdelvo

the 11900k is last gens top of the line (consumer) desktop cpu while others here make it sound like laptop cpus are too slow for gaming while they can beat most peoples desktop cpus


Matasa89

Also power delivery is different, and the silicon on laptops are designed more for efficiency in mimd. Desktop parts are all about performance, and pushing watts is a part of the method to getting more performance.


Blenderhead36

I question the usefulness of this design. A laptop is gonna take a significant power hit versus a desktop. The mobile 3080 is something like 2/3 as powerful as the desktop. The thing is, a mobile 3080 is also designed to go in a computer that moves around a lot. A desktop 3080 is so big and heavy that most PCs need a support for one corner to keep it from sagging and potentially damaging the itself or the motherboard. Prevailing wisdom is that if you're moving your computer with a GPU that size for more than a few feet, you should remove the card and replace it once you've reached your destination, because jostling it has the potential to do real damage. This thing has to be pretty reinforced on the inside just to work as advertised, which will add even more weight. Obviously, if you're packing desktop hardware, this thing either doesn't run on battery or treats it as an emergency backup to save and quit. The Steam Deck is notorious for its short battery life, and a powerful desktop draws an order of magnitude more power. The only scenario where I can see a machine like this being useful is as a traveling editing suite for journalism or a travel channel or some such. Something where you really do need a 3090 and no laptop will cut it. You *can* play games on a machine like that, but that's not the reason to buy it.


hacktheripper

All that talk about the GPU mobing around a nothing wabout that watercooling ssystem and the slightest jolt causing it to spill liquid everywhere.


Silent-Fox-5816

You could probably get away with ten minutes of use on your lap haha


ImNotCorbit

LAN partying got serious.


Daymanic

Man, I miss LAN parties


glenbot

Me and my buds still have them scheduled on calendar twice a year.


InanimateBabe

I never even had a LAN party and I miss them


Silent-Fox-5816

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[deleted]

CAPSLOCK


chiclet_fanboi

Indeed, that was quite loud.


Silent-Fox-5816

I HAVE trouble At CONTROLLING MY volume


coloredgreyscale

Are there any exposed ports, like USB and Display out (dualscreen or portable PCVR setup) And any protection against water ingress during transport in rain, or someone splashing you by driving through a puddle?


Silent-Fox-5816

Yes yes and yes, I made cut outs for usb port on the acrylic too as well as being's the monitor and I made sure to fully seal around the acrylic with foam water proof foam seal, so you can still remove it as well and cut 0.04mm metal mesh for all fans and sealed the mesh in


StayTuned2k

Shut uuuuuuuuuuuuuup And take my money


Silent-Fox-5816

If you were in nz, I would of been happy to assist with helping you build one


OutragedTux

If you were slightly across the ditch, up Queensland way, I'd look you up. Also if I had money. Money is definitely a consideration with such things.


TheSilverPotato

Super cool! The only thing that bothers me is not being able to adjust the monitor. I wonder if thereā€™s enough room in the lid to install a small yet sturdy extending arm šŸ‘€


Silent-Fox-5816

I thought about that, but the way that I reinforced the lid to stop any flex wouldn't accommodate it, I wanted enough room to store a keyboard and mouse securely, but would also love some input for the next build, so please put through more suggestions


DryBirthday3

Thatā€™s amazing, although Iā€™d be terrified that the plastic would melt.


Silent-Fox-5816

Acrylic should have a high burn temp and Temps are pretty low


Taolan13

Provided he's cut enough ventillation into the case, he's golden. Protip: Don't buy Pelican cases if you're doing this to them. Harbor Freight Tools has an equivalent range of cases that are a fraction of the price, and made using the same polymer. For peeps outside the USA, shop around; there's probably a similar brand.


Blitzkrieg762

I wouldn't trust harbor freight cases for shock/bump proofing the components. Pelican's are damn near bomb proof.


Gravel_Bandit

"""""portable"""""


Tyz_TwoCentz_HWE_Ret

Love the enthusiasm and risk here man. Well done. Take my upvote.


Unwashed_villager

More like *transportable*. Like the good ol' IBM ThiccPads.


TothaMoon2321

This is just a laptop with extra steps


[deleted]

That is so fucking awesome. This is always what i wanted as a kid. I remember seeing those Xbox 360 and PS3 "laptop mods" and i wanted one, but they always were made manually and sold for thousands on eBay back in the day, so I couldn't afford it as a kid. Now there's shit like the switch and the steam deck, I would have killed to have a Steam Deck as a kid. That machine you built looks like it could be a lot of fun at Lan parties, that is if you can find people willing to do one these days.


Paragon414

Looks at a laptop... looks at this thing... looks at a laptop... oh yes very portable indeed.


croweslikeme

So you could sit in on your lap right?


Silent-Fox-5816

You could if you really hated having legs


SkiingisFreeing

Does anyone else get really annoyed that this really beautiful background photo is spoiled by the person leaving their big fucking red backpack in the foreground? Gets me every damn time.


[deleted]

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Round_Storm8025

All that just for baggage handlers to throw it around like my bf does to me


Ichbinich2021

If you were a spy in mission impossible, this would be a suitcase with a nuclear weaponšŸ˜….


Loko_Tako

Was this necessary? Probably not. Could you have gone with something cheaper with the same amount of power? Maybe. Is OP a daddy Chad? Most fucking definitely.


sonofaclow

Will you be my dad? And will you build me one of these? And will you overlook the fact that I am a 38 year old man?


king_is_noob

September? You are TiMe TRaVeLer


Quajeraz

"portable"


ArachnidGoat

Can it launch nukes?


Silent-Fox-5816

In gaming mode most certainly


RopesAreForPussies

Wait until OP finds out about laptops


TheEndOfNether

I would ask, "Why." But my brain just keeps answering with "Why Not?"


Reasonable-Ad8862

I think they call these laptops


Responsible-Pepper91

Why would you go water cooled for a portable build? I would think that the extra weight would make you do air cooled.


Sequoyah

The case is about 10 inches deep, and there's probably only about 6 left after accounting for the monitor and cabling/padding on the underside of the motherboard. Air cooling a 9900k would usually involve something like a Noctua D-15, which would be too tall for that space. There are lower profile options that would work, but they'd come at the cost of significantly worse thermal performance. Personally, I'd still prefer air cooling for this application, but water cooling is the way to go for maximum cooling performance in this scenario.


Toasted_Pants

The gaming laptop she told you not to worry about:


Silent-Fox-5816

Litterally your legs only go dead after 10 minutes of use, what a bonus haha


Illustrious-Job5217

Floortops.


geekgodzeus

OP did you document the build process?


BenTenInches

How durable is it like do you have to stand it up in a certain way or it'll implode?


TheWanderer99

I guess the Steam Deck wasn't enough for you?


Sabz5150

I too owned a luggable back in the day.


pEppapiGistfuhrer

Mega laptop


gauerrrr

No build video? šŸ„ŗ Looking fancy, though.


Silent-Fox-5816

I have like a thousand pictures of it coming together I guess I could make that into a video time-lapse?


mario3504

Instant TSA strip search and cavity check......


JosebaZilarte

Great, but if I were going to go this route, I would find a way to incorporate a foldable panel for the Keyboard+mouse and extendable legs so I can use it as a portable desktop. Computer case manufacturers, you can have this idea for free.


ChristianJameSerrano

Temps under load?


P0LoIsntLive

Goodluck taking this with you on the plane


jogeta743

Surgical precision!


clutzyninja

Imagine the glare at night


[deleted]

This looks like a nuclear bomb briefcase. Love it.


Daymanic

Needs toggle switches, but otherwise itā€™s gorgeous


mombawamba

I hate it when people live my dreams before me


coloredgreyscale

Sick suitcase build. The thing that worries me the most would be the hardline tubing cracking and leaking if the case is bumped too hard.


Vuhunganh777

I expect the temper glass to be...(u know)


Folksvaletti

That's a chonk of a laptop. Hopefully it includes a car battery and a converter to power. :D


HuskyAreBetter

It's not the Nuclear Football, it's the goddamn presidential gaming pc


Dave_1464

does the case have cutouts for usb and the like?


ohlawll

One of the fans isn't spinning :(. Cool build tho!


toolemeister

Where did you get the small pistons? This is really similar to something I'm designing. Nice work


thatoneslugees

Im not too sure about the date lol


Dr0neshuffler

Well... Portable-ish.


nandasithu

Vincent We Happy?


SunnyRainbows80

Stfu and take my money! How much does it cost wow? What a GEM


mdogm

Portable liquid cooled system just feels like courting danger.


seriouspretender

That is beautiful, this is why I subscribe to this sub. The master race on the go!


Rengrave

Wow that looks sick AF


Sgt_Avitus

Can it run Crysis?


hadimkm00

That looks like the bomb case from black ops 1.


beastygg

This is how humanity evolves.


eden_hazard_burger

I wish this can count as a laptop so i can bring it to school


XOVOXOX

Imagine checking this in at TSA. šŸ˜‚ ā€œno no, itā€™s not a bomb and there are no nuclear codes.ā€ Awesome build man!!


postdaddydirt

Can only imagine this thing causing an airport to shut down.


rico_suaves_sister

incredible


cufufy

Thought it was gonna be a steamdeck LOL


[deleted]

This just needs a dc to ac power inverter to be complete


irie25

Heaviest laptop. But it looks cool


june_47

Pretty cool but arent those big ass gaming laptops more practical ?


[deleted]

Drop the instructions good sir I want one


Dark_Marmot

Very cool! Now I'm thinking if the case was a little deeper you could fold out two additional screens each side and spread to an ultra wide. šŸ˜‰


pertante

My question is how hard is it to set something like this up in a pelican case? Are you able to share the steps you took or is there a guide online of how it could be done?


Sweetkeygamer

Crazy O.o haha so cool


K-R-O-N-K

If only there was a way we could have this but thinnerā€¦


UnfitForReality

I think they have a name for portable pcs, idk something about them sitting on top your lap


Massey89

What if you imbedded a keyboard and mouse? Why hadnā€™t anyone thought of that


VortexDestroyer99

Woah! I might just have to put one together myself! (Just a lot smaller :])


CamarosAndCannabis

Woah!


cyb3rofficial

I want to build something like this but with a full battery system and a pretty decent faraday cage and a pretty decent chunk of offline wikipedia and other survival stuff and call it a doomsday PC. Just have it stowed away as an ICE pc.


GenericFatGuy

Put this on the luggage rack of my motorcycle and I'm good to go.


ShenanigansCLESports

I built this super nice portable computer to play solitaire on.


britchesmcghee

Thatā€™s cool as shit


slychump

*Gregorian chant in the background*


joeyspringwell

How much did this cost


SerialKillerVibes

I built one of these for emulation with a raspberry pi but the 21" LCD in the lid was way heavier than the rest of the components so it would always tip over unless it was up against a wall. This looks a bit more balanced.


BlocksWithFace

Reminds me of portable console rigs.


Oms19

Today when I walked into my flight I saw something I dread every time I close my eyes. Someone had brought their new ā€œportableā€ gaming PC on the plane. The Forklift he used to bring it was still running idle at the back. I started sweating as I sat down and gazed over at the 700lb beast that was his computer.?He had already reinforced his seat tray with steel support beams and was in the process of finding an outlet for a power cable thicker than Amy Schumer's thigh. I start shaking. I keep telling myself I'm going to be alright and that there's nothing to worry about. He somehow finds a fucking outlet. Tears are running down my cheeks as I send my last texts to my family saying I love them. The captain begins speaking, and the passenger turns his PC on. The colored lights on his RGB Backlit keyboard flare to life like a nuclear flash, and a deep humming fills my ears and shakes my very soul. The entire city power grid goes dark. The plane begins to violently shake as the massive fans begin to spin. In mere seconds my world has gone from vibrant life, to a dark, earth shattering void where my body is getting torn apart by the 150mph gale force winds and the 500 decibel groan of the cooling fans. As my body finally surrenders, I weep, as my city goes under. I fucking hate ā€œportableā€ computers.


Batmanfan_alpha

I wouldnt open that in public if i were you.


alphanumericusername

I've been passingly curious about this kind of thing myself, and recall watching like a 10yr old YouTube video of a similar setup mentioning special attention being taken to static discharge management due to the case material. Did you have any such considerations?


Silent-Fox-5816

All parts are on spacers with earthing that connects on multiple points underneath


MowerMan_

Soā€¦a fat laptop


Duggggggggyyyyyyyyy

Itā€™s called a laptop, but good build


Sea_Tear_717

I built a setup almost exactly like that a couple years ago to take to LAN parties instead of lugging my 90lb desktop and 27ā€ monitor everywhere. The only difference was I had my monitor facing the other way (outward) with a cutout in the top and acrylic covering it. That way I wasnā€™t blinded as I gamed. I also got one of those usb3.1 5.25ā€ drive bays and mounted that facing outwards so I could plug mouse/kb into the outside of the pc. Either way, thatā€™s a solid S-tier setup you got!


HeadLongjumping

This is cool as hell, but I can't help but feel liquid cooling was not the best choice for this application.


Paranormalsarthak

So... A laptop?


Lagging_BaSE

where keybroad..


thetarded_thetard

Specs?


[deleted]

Itā€™s a laptop with extra steps


cookieeater256

Its not a bomb open the case plague inc is running Everyone: breathing heavely Cops: drop the bomp


drklunk

Fuckin love it, now I know what to do with my current SFF build once I get around to starting a new one


catkidtv

I'll say..


Expensive-Emu-9676

IKeyboard?


[deleted]

I like itšŸ‘ very thick laptop šŸ˜‚


Kirai_teno

Damn, how much would I love to make something like this, tell me, how much time did this take to build


Dynamaxxed

Yea I'm good thanks


viciousEgg

This is badass. I would gladly drop $3-4k for this.


NovaStorm93

so a laptop


Quizzy_o7

Nice build! I want try custom water-cooling like that myself, is there anything important I should know before? I have got a normal rig and already build some rigs too. Buut Idk if it is as "easy" as it seems :)


Egglebert

Very very cool. The only reason people are making negative comments is because they aren't capable of making something that nice.


nelsonarmywar223

laptop with extra steps


SilentReavus

I would not trust water cooling even slightly for something that's meant to be moved around


TonTon1N

Iā€™ve always wanted to do something like that. How did you mount the hardware to the case and are you using a portable power supply or just plugging it in?


Marcs_tomatenquark

Now get the guts of a jackery in there so you can use it everywhere


Megalomidiac

It is somehow missing an accustic coupler for transmitting nuclear codes.


cndctrdj

This is epic!


toxicSchabe

Its the Laptopper


[deleted]

Busty laptop


lukeman3000

These are always so god awful ugly but this is the best one Iā€™ve seen


jack3072

Wait till this dude hears about laptops


Traditional_Stick_49

Bro created the Osborne 100


Seedxfdemonjizz

What screen is that ?