Converting my laptop into a dedicated botting machine

[AutomaticCoding]

Right now I use my 'gaming' (I personally prefer my GTX590 desktop over it, but whatever) laptop for purely fapping purposes in bed, kinda a waste, eh?

Anyway, how many Diablo (And/or) WoW bots do you think I could run on:

GTX 560M
12GB ram
I7 2670QM

With a brand new copy of windows on it (Obviously including drivers/etc)? Also, should I install windows 7 64bit or Windows XP 64bit? Like, Windows xp = uses less resources, I was using linux on it before. Or is there a scaled down version of windows 7 I can download? That doesn't use like fucking 4GB of ram just on it's own?

 

[Giwin]

Load 1 Diablo game and run the bot, then do the math on the ram usage in the taskbar... and account for 20% load (no pun intended).

 

[AutomaticCoding]

Set it all up yesterday, finally got it up today:

or 1920x1080:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/453865/For people/Screenshots/1.png

FYI, gold per hour is terrible because I was fucking around with some shit and the bot was turned off for ages.

 

[Zesus]

Right now I use my 'gaming' (I personally prefer my GTX590 desktop over it, but whatever) laptop for purely fapping purposes in bed, kinda a waste, eh?

Anyway, how many Diablo (And/or) WoW bots do you think I could run on:

GTX 560M
12GB ram
I7 2670QM

With a brand new copy of windows on it (Obviously including drivers/etc)? Also, should I install windows 7 64bit or Windows XP 64bit? Like, Windows xp = uses less resources, I was using linux on it before. Or is there a scaled down version of windows 7 I can download? That doesn't use like fucking 4GB of ram just on it's own?

It never a good idea to use Laptop to bot cos they tend to get hot ...why not get a custom desktop with just 1.8-2k you can build really nice case with water cooling systems. good processor and ram

 

[AutomaticCoding]

It never a good idea to use Laptop to bot cos they tend to get hot ...why not get a custom desktop with just 1.8-2k you can build really nice case with water cooling systems. good processor and ram

Dude, to be honest, I love when it gets hot. Probably extremely bad for the hardware, but, considering I have the back of the case open and a fuck ton of hot air blasting onto my feet, it's too awesome.

Oh, and I live in the Uk where shit is freezing, not the US where everything is boiling.

 

[brainAbuddy]

The best way to try things is the run it
And when d3 is leading your cou will drop!! Around10%
And the wow launcher isn't the same as the game!
Start wow and login and enter the world and start hb

 

[AutomaticCoding]

The best way to try things is the run it
And when d3 is leading your cou will drop!! Around10%
And the wow launcher isn't the same as the game!
Start wow and login and enter the world and start hb

Using around 2% (rounded off, from 1.68%) CPU:

Then let's just give windows a value of, let's say, 10% CPU (even though it's more like 2%), that's still 45 ((100-10)/2) bots I can run, if it purely depended on CPU.

Using around 500MB (rounded from 407MB) of ram

Then let's just give windows a value of, let's say, 4GB ram (even though it's more like 2GB), that's still 6 (12/4*1024/500) bots I can run, if it purely depended on RAM.


I would do GPU, but, honestly, I have no idea how to monitor the percentage of a process's GPU resources.

 

[Boxxy]

Process Explorer
Try it

 

[toliman]

you can use MSI's tool to measure temp + GPU usage

MSI Afterburner
Guide: On-Screen GPU usage via MSI Afterburner

it's used primarily for creating custom cooling and voltage/overclocking profiles, which can be engaged with keyboard shortcuts, sic. mostly, it's just used to monitor temps and GPU load in games and in benchmarks.

long term, you will probably want a desktop PC, but laptops are quite capable for servers and "work" stuff.

two issues, fans will get clogged up, they are 1/4 the size of desktop 120mm fans and they are often blowers, which tend to be noisy. and battery life will be cut by a third if you operate it for long periods without discharging and recharging, modern batteries may not charge properly at all if you don't drain then to empty at least 20x a year due to charging circuits on the batteries.

laptops, just pick up dust from everywhere if you leave them on for a few days, even the small ones. it just collects inside where you can't see it. it's not so serious, but after a month, you might get weird heat related spikes and the CPU throttling due to overheating where it used to be working great. that's pretty much the dust building up.

a can of compressed air, will definitely clear it, with short bursts into the fan ports and usb connectors, clears up all the dirt, hair, food, etc under the keyboard and in fan grills, etc. decent pc stores should stock it, the cheap stuff is fine, it's just air.

the other issue is extended charging, over months, not unplugging and letting the battery drain down, will kill the capacity of the battery.
once a month you should unplug it, let the battery drain to empty, and then plug it back in. and that's about the only major consideration.

 

[thetrueman2]

two issues, fans will get clogged up, they are 1/4 the size of desktop 120mm fans and they are often blowers, which tend to be noisy. and battery life will be cut by a third if you operate it for long periods without discharging and recharging, modern batteries may not charge properly at all if you don't drain then to empty at least 20x a year due to charging circuits on the batteries.

Very true as for the dust. I just unclogged the laptop of a friend of mine after a long time of usage and it was dust heaven in there. It's not just about having "warm feet", but in my particular case the laptop kept giving BSODs and shutting down due to the processor reaching boiling point (which is where any decent motherboard will kill the OS and shutdown to protect itself). This will inevitably happen to you if you don't monitor the temperature regularly (say, once every few days at most if you plan on leaving the laptop unattended for longer periods of time).

As for the battery life, I fail to see why anyone using their laptop for these purposes would even leave the battery pack in the laptop? Just let the battery drain down to around 30-40%, then shut down turn the laptop over and slide it right out. (its usually held in place by 2 clips you have to push outwards before it unlocks). This maximizes battery life and generally lets your system run a lot cooler than with the pack inside.

@OP: Use Win7 over XP 64 bit. I've used both, and XP is a complete hell to use in 64 bit. Nothing and I mean nothing is compatible (think drivers, frameworks, any popular piece of software etc). 7 has much better support in general nowadays so imo go with that

 

[Teveel]

Windows 7 footprint is tiny like XP.
Also bear in mind if the laptop gets hot constantly then you might have to check to see if the thermal paste is getting messed up.

 

[AutomaticCoding]

Windows 7 footprint is tiny like XP.
Also bear in mind if the laptop gets hot constantly then you might have to check to see if the thermal paste is getting messed up.

Never once gone over 30 degrees C, and I was bruteforcing an md5 hash with CPU + GPU to 'simulate' botting a few accounts.