Im think of making a handheld out of a laptop.

[samurninsai]

I am thinking of using a laptop to make a gaming handheld. I was thinking of using a Alienware m11x but itll have no I/O panel because it wont fit the way I want it to. I want to know if there is a way to make it work because the sound for the speakers is on the panel and the HDMI, USB is also there. Basicly the I/O panel is to long and comes off the mainboard to far to fit it in the case im planning. Can I connect it another way then the way they have? Or does someone know of a good gaming laptop to use for the project?

 

[J.D]

That would be a terrible waste of $900, and your time. By the time you install over 9000 fans, if won't even be a handheld anymore.

 

[samjc3]

This isnt quite as powerful as the mx11, but its smaller and cheaper.

Personally, i would try to find an HTPC with the full fledged Atom D510 and a full Ion 2. then i would slap one of the touchscreens you can find around the internet on it, and some hacked up controller on the sides. basically, make a portable. I think that the final size would be a bit smaller, and it would be closer to what you want.

 

[Yoshilime M.R.]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLPC_XO-1

es small

 

[samjc3]

gaming handheld

hey look! A sub-notebook for education in third world countries

 

[Yoshilime M.R.]

Yep thats the joke

 

[samurninsai]

LOL a mini itx. I was planning the cooling with the same heat sink and fans plus adding a few of my own that im sure will work great. Ive thought about it and thats what im using (Alienware m11x) Unless I can find a laptop with the Nvidia 425m and a quad core intel. I want to be playing new games aswell but cant trust the m11x to do with out problems "directx 11".
This thing will do with a ssd or 2. http://www.excaliberpc.com/597588/asus- ... cification I just wish I could find a ROG what would work well.