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Yet another buying-new-laptop thread
lapa321:
I'm using these. Even without the fan, it's pretty well ventilated. Granted, mine's just a netbook, but i've had it constantly running for a year now (Low power use (12-16 watts) = 24/7 Torrent!)
Mag-X:
--- Quote from: narcusyetra on March 27, 2010, 03:40:49 PM ---recommended configurations?
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What are you going to use it for? If you just want to watch movies, screw around on the internet, and use instant messenger, literally anything above a netbook will do. If you want to play games or run photoshop, you'll need much more.
Stsin:
This should cover all your needs:
ASUS G Series G73JH-X1
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220695
Intel Core i7 720QM(1.6GHz)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 1 GB DDR3
8 GB RAM DDR3 1333mhz
LCD 17.3" 1920x1080
Windows 7 Home 64bit
Only $1,650 (used to be lower). That is if you can find it in stock ;)
Better than 98.9% of the desktops here.
May want to add an SSD in the second hard drive slot to compliment the slow 500gb Seagate.
Free notebook cooler with purchase, though may not need it since it stays cool with dual port exhaust.
xShadow:
--- Quote from: Stsin on March 28, 2010, 07:34:48 AM ---This should cover all your needs:
ASUS G Series G73JH-X1
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220695
Intel Core i7 720QM(1.6GHz)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 1 GB DDR3
8 GB RAM DDR3 1333mhz
LCD 17.3" 1920x1080
Windows 7 Home 64bit
Only $1,650 (used to be lower). That is if you can find it in stock ;)
Better than 98.9% of the desktops here.
May want to add an SSD in the second hard drive slot to compliment the slow 500gb Seagate.
Free notebook cooler with purchase, though may not need it since it stays cool with dual port exhaust.
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I wouldn't go for that at all. The graphics card on it actually performs between a 5750 and 5770 (desktop version), from what I've read. The 8 gigs ram is also rather pointless; you really shouldn't need that much. The Core i7 is also quite deceptive, as it's much worse than a desktop core i5.
Put simply, it feels like a complete waste of money. Maybe if you're determined to play Crysis on decent settings wherever you want (for whatever reason), it might be alright...
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(click to show/hide)but I can tell you that even that concept is actually rather inconvenient, at least moreso than it sounds. One thing I certainly didn't factor in when I thought about playing games at crowded places is that you'll have to take piss breaks. Sounds funny, yes, but then you try it yourself, you get it. Every time you use the restroom, "should I leave it here, or put it up in my backback and take it with me...?" As valuable as that type of laptop may be, it may get stolen if you just need to use the restroom; people have crafty hands, and your laptop is quite worth taking. Unless you're planning to drag a friend around with you everywhere, I wouldn't suggest it. This is just coming from a college student with experience in having a gaming-grade laptop in crowded places. "Gaming everywhere" just isn't as fun as it sounds.
Otherwise, you'd be MUCH better off just building a desktop for about 1000$ (you could get a very nice one, too), and then just shelling out 600$ (or less) on a decent laptop. Then, you have something good to use at home (something nice, and stable, where you don't have to worry about temperatures), and something good to watch anime on (and maybe do some light gaming on) at other locations. I can tell you right now that shelling out lots of dough for a gaming laptop is kinda overrated. Great for randomly located LAN parties, sure, but the fun definitely wears off... especially when you realize you might as well just be playing DOTA with your friends over vent and garena/hamachi, rather than bothering with actually being in the same room.
Stsin:
--- Quote from: narcusyetra on March 27, 2010, 03:40:49 PM ---im looking for a laptop....wud i be able to keep it on for days at stretch?
recommended configurations?
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It's still one of the best gaming laptops, when they are normally over $2000 of this caliber. I wouldn't go so far as to call it a complete waste of money ;)
Of course it depends on what you want to do. An atom is capable if you just want to play movies. My friend is ordering this soon and none of your reasonings would ever change that.
I also upgraded to 8 gigs RAM recently and it's money well spent. Latest OS and future games will take advantage of it, also when I have three Virtual PCs running, I'm not afraid of opening Photoshop :)
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