Desktop Trinity A10 for great budget gaming laptop

[EliteRetard]

Even 100w total shouldn't be a problem, when mobile GPUs alone can use that much. Can use a U shaped heatpipe with 1 big or 2 smaller heatsink/fans to keep it cool and quiet. 14-15.6" with A10 and 1600+ RAM (2x4GB), an open MSATA slot 7200RPM HDD standard, and 1600x900 for well under $700 should be easy. The high end desktop parts should be cheaper than their mobile counterparts, while offering more performance. Looks to compare favorably to an i7 Quad and GT650M combo, which normally runs $850+. Give us some basic BIOS options so we can undervolt or OC if we choose. Battery life shouldn't be any worse than other gaming laptops, maybe better. I think it'd be pretty sweet.

 

[pelov]

Even 100w total shouldn't be a problem, when mobile GPUs alone can use that much

No...

Nearly every single laptop that's lower than 17" has serious issues with cooling a dedicated GPU and CPU. Nearly all of them throttle significantly under load. Mobile GPUs top out at 45W (for the most part) and OEMs have difficulties with cooling at that TDP.

 

[Talaii]

No...

Nearly every single laptop that's lower than 17" has serious issues with cooling a dedicated GPU and CPU. Nearly all of them throttle significantly under load. Mobile GPUs top out at 45W (for the most part) and OEMs have difficulties with cooling at that TDP.

I have a 15" laptop with a 45W CPU and a 75W GPU and it works fine. Temperatures are higher than you typically see in a desktop, but nowhere near dangerous levels, and as far as I can tell it never throttles. Other people use 100W GPUs in the same chassis, or overclock the GPU (without problems).

It'll look like a gaming laptop (thick wedge shape with lots of vents), but there's no reason it wouldn't work.