Need help regarding compal pbl21

[paulofeg]

I just purchased a compal pbl21 barebones off of ebay and i was wondering how hard is it to find a sandy bridge i7 mobile processor unused or perhaps used and do you think a engineering sample is ok or not?
I'm also thinking swapping out the opitcal drive for a second hard drive but was wondering if anyone else had done somthing similar?

[katalin_2003]

Finding a CPU for it is not hard, depends which one you want.
There are a number of sellers on e.Bay selling QS sandy if you wish.

And swapping the optical drive for a HDD bay is also feasible and easy.

Btw, how much did you get it for if you don't mind telling?

[paulofeg]

Finding a CPU for it is not hard, depends which one you want.
There are a number of sellers on e.Bay selling QS sandy if you wish.

And swapping the optical drive for a HDD bay is also feasible and easy.

Btw, how much did you get it for if you don't mind telling?

If your looking for one they have both the low resolution and 1080p on ebay for sale i got mine for about 350 dollars plus shipping

[FMruss]

1080p with the GT 540m is a good deal- an i5-2450 would suit perfectly even for gaming and also a much cheaper way to go. On ebay, Jahir Electronic has an i5-2450m, 8 gb ram, win 7, wifi, and 500gb hdd that can be had for $599 which I think is the better way to go than getting barebones (no cpu, no hdd, no os, no wifi, no memory = worth more than $250). And for the 1080p screen and medium gaming card gt540m-that is the best price cost/price ratio that I see on the web for an intel set-up- not unless you go to the A6- A8 APUs with systems with 768 screen. It is definitely worth it.

[loudgas]

I too just picked up one of these (Compal PBL21) off Ebay, 300 + shipping + duty, so it came in around 415 CDN.

I found an i7-2670QM on kijiji for 120, and the rest of the parts I had.

So far I find it to be excellent value, very fast, quiet, and a great screen. I do have some concerns though. I wanted to buy a second power adapter but wasn't sure which universal one would be compatible as Compal is not a widely known brand. Any suggestions and/or experience in this would be appreciated.

Also finding an additional battery that doesn't come in around the price of the laptop

Also, I have been monitoring temps while gaming and noticed both cpu and gpu peak around 80c, is this a normal temp for this class of laptop?

Btw, mine is the 1920x1080/GT540M 2GB version.

Thanks