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    Improving Cooling System In MSI GE40-Barebones-Based Laptop

    Indeed. I'd be okay with it being a challenge, but sadly I lack both the tools and the prerequisite machine-shop skills to do it. If I had these, it'd definitely be something I'd want to do, as I have no qualms in increasing the thickness and weight of the laptop. Consequently, unless I happen...
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    Improving Cooling System In MSI GE40-Barebones-Based Laptop

    Thank you kindly for the reply. Sadly the current cooling solution is so inefficient that it's beyond just sticking a cooling pad underneath it. I tried using a large cooling base, with a single larger fan, but it didn't much affect temperatures sadly. I've recently carefully examined the...
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    Improving Cooling System In MSI GE40-Barebones-Based Laptop

    Hi all, Just over a couple of years back, I purchased a laptop from PC Specialist which used the barebones kit from the MSI GE40. The model sold was a SkyFire IV and contains an i5-4210M combined with an 850M (DDR5 variant). I recently replaced the thermal compound for the GPU with...
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    What Sucks About HardOCP Video Card Reviews

    Honestly Kyle, I think you do an excellent job as it is. You and Anandtech are probably the best for giving the best and most-informative reviews and, what's more, you don't pull any punches when companies pull some bullshit.
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    World’s First Quantum Dot Monitor Launches In US

    I started to look up Quantum Dot technology, as there are so few OLED monitors available or soon-to-be-available this year, but my conclusion of reading about the technology is still that it's just a poor-man's OLED. The sooner companies start ramping up OLED production, the sooner production...
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