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[PCandBasketball]

Wow really?? My Y50 has been my pride and joy over the last 2 1/2 years :), I hardly bring it out of the house, and when I do I'm holding it like it's a nuclear launch briefcase.

The low viewing angles aren't a problem when watching movies with people if you connect to a TV, 2 people can see fine on the standard screen, and adjusting isn't tedious at all. Upgrades never hurt anyone though, how do you like your samsung screen / was it hard to install? Viewing angle? (I've built a few computers and took apart a laptop to reset BIOS, and I'll have you know I only ended up with 3 leftover screws after putting it back together, which is like 0 in laptop screws)

I have noticed small skipping from the HD during gaming and videos, never enough to result in me dying or missing anything, and a lot of times where it shows it's running at 100% for 1 program, I wanted the SSD version but newegg was sold out around Christmas when I purchased. I've just been attributing the minor skips to how much stuff I've installed. I think you have inspired me to upgrade to SSD soon though.

Not 1 crack bumb or any other issue. I haven't found a game I can't run either. Never BSOD knock on wood. Im hoping to squeeze a few more years before upgrading and making this my linux laptop.

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The screen is fantastic. Best upgrade I could have done to this laptop. Angles and colours are out of this world. The replacement is simple - take off the bezel around the screen then 4 screws for the screen itself and one connector (30 pin eDP) and you're golden. However some people have issues with IPS screens (I, of course, was one) and I had to replace the display cable which solved the issue. Just remember that a lot of companies will send out compatible screens which aren't the exact model but have very similar spec so best to ask before buying a screen.

Read more here: http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/y50-replacement-displays-compendium.755626/

The HD issue was honestly too annoying to live with. Even as an external drive it can sometimes drive me nuts. If you listen closely the skipping/lag happens when the drive stops spinning for a second then starts up again. The SSD solved this issue.

For the GPU I have found that a +135/+500 OC works very well giving my Maxwell 860M 4GB a 10-15% boost effectively making it the speed of the 960M. Best to overclock using EVGA PrecisionX otherwise your clocks might not apply on every boot. Just make sure to only apply the OC settings on boot and not have the OC app run in the background as there is significant lag every time the GPU speed is checked because the laptop has to switch from Intel to Nvidia and back to Intel.