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How hard is it to apply thermal paste to a laptop? I am planning on buying a Sager NP7339 from XoticPC and I saw that the IC Diamond paste was an extra $35. I heard that IC Diamond can scratch the CPU and that most companies usually botch the paste jobs anyway. As someone completely...

Thanks for the reply! I've been looking into the sager more and I like what I see. I have a few questions regarding customization though. Do you think the extra $100 for SSD is worth it? I heard SSD is really good about loading times, but idk how well they actually perform. Any advice would...

Sager: http://www.xoticpc.com/sager-np7339-clevo-w230sd-eta-03202015-p-8073.html Alienware: http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/productdetails/alienware-13 I'm going to be a college student and I was looking for lightweight (<5 lb) laptops that are capable of running games and have decent battery...

So I decided to up my budget to $1000 max for a good laptop. I am going to be a college student next year and I'll be majoring in Computer Science or a related field (not 100% set on my major), so it HAS to run on windows. I'm a big gamer, so if it can run modern games on medium or higher that...

So I'm going to be majoring in Computer Science next year and I need some recommendations for a good laptop. It HAS to run on Windows and it would be great if it can run games. 1. What is your budget? Around $500 bucks (ideally). My absolute max would be $700. 2. What is the size of the...