i just realized it needs some work to get to that cooling parts for m14.

for thermal compounds, normal pastes that you can find in common shops are good enough. arctic cooling mx-4, certain cooler master variants are common (much easier to spread and apply). there are others (more expensive) like arctic silver 5, ic diamond 7/24 carat, prolimatech pk-1/2/3, coollaboratory liquid ultra. most of them have more unique ways to apply.

common pastes usually are just about MYR 20 to 30 per tube (with one tube you can apply like a number of times for laptop cpu and gpu).

previously raymondtong94 did mention he can help for maintenance service. i'm not sure if it's still valid.

for cosmetic restores, i think the best person to talk to is putochip123.

uh? suddenly letting it go?

you can check out garage sales for price reference. if you think the price is low at lyn, you can always post at other places.

got it

there are a lot at taobao.com or tmall.com.

keywords: 外星人 Alienware 贴膜 M17X R6 R5 R4 M14X M18X R3 外壳膜 贴膜贴纸

LOL! there are other funny stuff there, e.g. anti-dust plugs that are sold in complete sets for aw hahaha!

http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r....&id=37169177744

i know right? there are still many good stuff there waiting to be discovered. for now i can only spend time looking for what i need. takes a lot of time to find and filter price, seller's ranking, comments, etc.

haha yeah i bought a few packs long time ago. they look just like what you saw in those pictures.

nice

er.. i bought them with other stuff so i'm not sure. however it's light, so it should be cheap. (shipping fee from china to malaysia is relatively much cheaper). usually it takes just a week to reach here.

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i have replaced the thermal paste with coollaboratory liquid ultra. it's no wonder many elite members like it so much. it really can suppress the hot temperatures of cpu/gpu under load very well. the down side of this paste are its conductivity and corrosive nature to aluminum. be careful if you wanna use it. also, the way to apply is not the same as normal thermal pastes, and you only need very little amount for cpu die. however it's actually very easy to do.

usually when i play games for long hours at room temperature, my cpu temperature will reach over 90c. now it never get past 85c. (my aw has a damn hot cpu)

This post has been edited by horns: Aug 29 2014, 11:59 PM

taruk sikit lacun first. is this the new area-51?



source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/29/alienwa...a-51-gaming-pc/

mooooarrrrr!






source: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2600341/ali...g-triangle.html

edit: but the ram slots are so few?! fcuk me

This post has been edited by horns: Aug 30 2014, 01:29 AM

the only boring thing for now is that fcuking 4 ram slots :/ they should have put in 8 :/// (usually the new atx x99 mobos have 8 ram slots, supports up to 128gb)

its official page, http://www.alienware.com/landings/area-51/





















This post has been edited by horns: Aug 30 2014, 01:54 AM

oh

in terms of internals, originpc's case is more flextible and more fun to play with.

it's always about different personal preferences. some like it, while others don't

this is why for everything we also have so many brands and choices to choose from hahaha!

chill bro it was just announced

yeah it's been kept quiet for some years.

i think it's time for area-51 to make a comeback because of recent fierce competitions from brands like originpc, maingear, etc.

.. and we'll see if the new one can stay competitive in terms of specs.

oh. it's like godzilla in the aw desktop line. it only come out when there are threats lol!

yeah that's how originpc was born

maybe it's the other way round that specs are just too much lol!

there is no such updates for w8.1.

try to connect the ext.hdd to a usb 2.0 hub then connect that hub to the port of r4. this is the trick i used if a usb 3.0 ext.storage is not detected.