Originally Posted by Differential

I don't want you persuade or anything but why spend a lot of money for useless staff? Ram with 1866 MHz, 1.5 TB Hard Drive RAID 0, Blu-ray Burner(really?), Cooling compound, Windows 7 = 120+145+175+80+40=560 extra. Do yourself favor and download Win 8 Dev for free.SSD x5-10 faster than RAID 0. RAM more than 6gb is pretty much useless for gaming, 1866 is even more irrelevant.Now it is up to you what to do. Aside, I've no idea what would anyone spend that much for gaming, let alone laptop.As mentioned before, if I were you, I wouldn't spend more than 1k for laptop. let alone for gaming.

WEll, the blu-ray drive I need. But for the RAM, yeah; I guess I could lower the amount. As for harddrive space, I'd like at least 750GB of space. SSD is expensive.

Does it need to be a Blu-ray burner though?

Originally Posted by Andrew A

Does it need to be a Blu-ray burner though?

Well, I guess not. o-o; Though it would be nice to have some time, but I can always just buy a new one and replace it.

google laptop processor and laptop graphic card.
View through all ur selections and find the average of overall better GPU+GFX. base ur choice on that

$2500...facepalm. what a waste

ya just because your budget is that high doesn't mean you have to hit it

why not get one decent gaming desk and a laptop for school? u can get both with that budget

I am not trying to hit my budget just because I can. o_O; I am looking for something that can last me two years at least without me having to replace it with a new laptop. I am looking through all the choices in this thread again and again to try to and determine what'd be best.

And as I said, I don't want a desktop, because I'd rather be able to take my gaming with me. I know, I'm foolish and stubborn, but eh. o-o;

EDIT: ALSO...If I order from Malibal, it means it ships from the US, and then I have to pay taxes on the laptop due to customs. So I guess that option's out.

Originally Posted by AdelaisAer

I am not trying to hit my budget just because I can. o_O; I am looking for something that can last me two years at least without me having to replace it with a new laptop. I am looking through all the choices in this thread again and again to try to and determine what'd be best.


And as I said, I don't want a desktop, because I'd rather be able to take my gaming with me. I know, I'm foolish and stubborn, but eh. o-o;

tldr: get the 3k$, use half of it max, and save half for upgrades/replacement. Maybe in about a year you find yourself not even doing 'mobile computing' or 'intensive mobile computing' (i.e. you can play sc2 on low and still have fun) that much and desire a desktop sooner?
What games do you play that require insane computing?





What games are you playing? Do you forsee its stats actually remaining up to date for a full three years? Consider this: you pay 3k$ on a sweet machine, but in 1.5 years, video technlogy, memory, etc all goes insane, and your cool graphics card (now) becomes unfortunately outdated.

Regardless, best advice is to aim low, try to make sure your machine can swap out components (hard to get around soldered pins of gfx cards of some builds though). Do you think it makes sense to invest heavily in one particular thing, or would it be better to spend 1.5k$ now, and save that other 1.5k$ for upgrades or complete replacement? Its entirely possible to buy a computer now for half of what you intend to spend, make a warrenty claim, get a little bit of money back, and use that refunded money and your saved money to buy something still 'competitive' later.

dont overspend on a gaming laptop. chances are it's gona die out within a few years and it is hard to replace individual parts

I do agree with everything you're saying.

Uh, for videogames, I'd like to be able to fully support games like Skyrim (still iffy about getting it, but I might actually do it), Starcraft 2 (yes I have it), the up-coming Diablo 3 and Guild Wars 2, and the ever-so-intensive Grand Theft Auto 4. The choices are not for gaming only, though; they will also aid me with my multimedia courses where I have to deal with intensive amounts of videos and graphics and rendering and all that crap. But yeah, mostly gaming. *cough*

ADD: Well, if I were to aim low, should I just go with the original Asus from eBGames (although I'll buy it from Newegg or whatever)? Also, if I do decide to go with a desktop instead of laptop *GASP*, then where should I buy it from? Alienware? XPS? Sony (their All-In-Ones)?

Originally Posted by AdelaisAer

I do agree with everything you're saying.

Uh, for videogames, I'd like to be able to fully support games like Skyrim (still iffy about getting it, but I might actually do it), Starcraft 2 (yes I have it), the up-coming Diablo 3 and Guild Wars 2, and the ever-so-intensive Grand Theft Auto 4. The choices are not for gaming only, though; they will also aid me with my multimedia courses where I have to deal with intensive amounts of videos and graphics and rendering and all that crap. But yeah, mostly gaming. *cough*

ADD: Well, if I were to aim low, should I just go with the original Asus from eBGames (although I'll buy it from Newegg or whatever)? Also, if I do decide to go with a desktop instead of laptop *GASP*, then where should I buy it from? Alienware? XPS? Sony (their All-In-Ones)?

I spent 1100 on a dell studio a year and a half ago and I can play skyrim just fine on high... If it only needs to last two years you could do far better then paying premium on top of the line parts that will depreciate faster then iphones

Originally Posted by julianface

I spent 1100 on a dell studio a year and a half ago and I can play skyrim just fine on high... If it only needs to last two years you could do far better then paying premium on top of the line parts that will depreciate faster then iphones

o_O Really? Ha. Alright. I'll head over to Dell's website and take a look then. Thanks. o-o;

Originally Posted by AdelaisAer

o_O Really? Ha. Alright. I'll head over to Dell's website and take a look then. Thanks. o-o;

no problem. Mind you I still wouldn't suggest you go buy a dell for gaming, sure it can handle it but I feel like someday my motherboard is just going to fry it gets so hot. I bought the dell because it was the cheapest laptop for the parts I was getting. i7 1.60 GHZ, 4GB RAM, ATI 4650 1GB GPU, 500GB HD, 1600x900 screen 17.3". Not what you are looking for exactly but at the time it was a great price and it can handle any game on the market.

That being said I'd still suggest an Asus. I look at my friends Asus and it feels like a microwave out the side of the thing it deals with heat so well and just looks so solid and built for gaming. You can also get great parts for fair prices on Asus's like the one I posted earlier. My next laptop (I plan on my dell lasting atleast until 4th year but hopefully until i graduate) will be an asus with an SSD. Unless i get a desktop... but anyways I'd highly suggest Asus and getting an SSD along with a regular hard drive. Installing your OS and programs to the SSD makes them much faster. You can then just store your files on the regular hard drive

On Sale at amazon (canadian one too!). Free shipping as well.

That Asus I posted before

Also comes with an SSD alongside the 750GB drive