hamgammon

M14x R1, never had any heating issues with my laptop and if you look about you can get some good deals.

Cannot recommend more redoing the paste more and getting a laptop stand. Coolermaster Notepal U2 stand has 2 fans powered by USB and the m14x fits inside to keep it safe when on the move. The fans can be unclipped for cleaning and moved on the stand to keep the important parts cool.

I would agree with the above. I don't see it being of any use after looking Lucidlogix Hydra.

Thats not something that's possible. Intel and nVidia cannot combine. My old laptop combined the AMD APU and the dedicated AMD GPU, but they were the same manufactuer and I have seen SLI with different Nvidia GPUs in laptops but thats about it.

Seen alot of SSDs just die.Crucial and PNY have been bad for me.. failing within 2 weeks, Intel and Kingston seems to be working well in my M14x.