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If you removed the pads you almost certainly will have to use some shims such as this: http://www.amazon.com/0-8mm-Heatsink-Thermal-Copper-Laptop/dp/B007PPEUXQ There are many easy to find tutorials on youtube to properly shim. Just search for copper mod shim laptop.

Another one to consider is the newly updated Asus Zenbook. It looks to hit all of your must haves and you can find the review and details here: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Asus-Zenbook-UX32LN-R4053H-Ultrabook-Review.118273.0.html

It sounds to me like it is throttling when your temperatures get too high (you said it does this after an hour or two of gaming). I would perform a good cleaning of the exhaust and air intake areas first and monitor the temperatures to see if that helps. One other question is I assume you are...

Here is the link to the processor information you are looking for: http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Phenom-II-X4-P920-Notebook-Processor.30326.0.html You can use the same site to evaluate your gpu.

One thing to consider is Dell's interest rates are ridiculously high even if you have good credit. If financing a purchase is your only other option then I would certainly recommend trying to obtain a low interest credit card or even a credit line from your bank or credit union to make the...

For photo editing one of your primary concerns is going to be screen quality (along with pairing your hardware to meet your software requirements). I don't have a good suggestion in that price range off-hand, but when you find laptops you like I would highly recommend checking them against this...

I purchased this for my wife who had near identical needs and it has turned out to be a surprisingly nice machine for the money: http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-11-3137/pd?~ck=mn I haven't upgraded the memory yet but will soon as that is really it's only drawback. Some reviewers have...

The only other thing I can think of is you can probably write a "keep alive" batch file for the particular software you want this functionality tied to. I have done this to keep computers from sleeping while printing only for instance.

Just go to your power settings and on the left side there is a link that says something like choose what closing the lid does and you can set your options from there (do nothing, sleep, hibernate, shutoff are your options). Edit: Sorry I missed part of your question, I am not aware of any...

Does your laptop have a discrete gpu? If so it is possible it was switched off and you are now running on the integrated gpu. Go to your power options and make sure you are set to high performance. Reply back if this is not the case and/or that does not work.

Here is a 14" option to consider, it has the integrated Iris Pro which is on par with a dedicated 650m: http://www.sagernotebook.com/index.php?page=product_info&model_name=NP2740 For more power but with other compromises I really like both of these models...

Finding a 14" or below with a dedicated card meeting your other specs is the challenge, because hardly any thin and light chassis can provide adequate cooling with a dedicated card in a sub 14" form factor. The more popular choice in that size is the Lenovo y410p, but you are limited on the...

By chance did you accidentally turn on your number lock (function button + scroll lock key toggles it, or it will auto stay on if you have plugged in a usb keyboard with num lock on)? If so this would cause you to be typing numbers when hitting the U, I, O. P, J, K, L keys etc. and not the...

I think Sager makes a great machine. The SSD will help mostly in any games where you have load times and it will allow your computer to boot much faster of course. You do not mention what games you are playing, but while the 770m is a good card but you will not be able to play some of the more...