gaming laptop

[Orange12345]

Can anyone recommend me a gaming laptop? I don't know much about computers and every time I try to teach myself it ends up confusing me. So I would like to buy a new laptop, being able to play SC2 on it would be great but if the price gets to high something that will allow me to play WOW, Minecraft, and Warcraft3 or the like, would be fine.

Thank you for all contributions

 

[crudus]

First off, how much are you looking to spend? Also, why a laptop? You can get a gaming desktop for half(maybe a third) of the price.

 

[Griffolion]

First off, how much are you looking to spend? Also, why a laptop? You can get a gaming desktop for half(maybe a third) of the price.

This is correct.

Unless mobility is a factor in your decision, you could get a desktop PC that will play all those games very well for about $500 - $600. A gaming laptop will cost you maybe $800 - $1000, is not upgradeable, louder & hotter.

 

[Orange12345]

Sorry I guess I wasn't very clear

first off I would like to spend no more than 1000, around 500-600 would be ideal

secondly I always assumed that laptops would be cheaper than desktops, (that's how much I know about computers) in light of this no mobility is not a factor

Once agains any insights are appreciated

 

[ThriKreen]

Yeah, laptops are actually always more expensive than desktops, and gaming laptops are even more so, due to proprietary hardware.

Laptops can be summed with what do you want?:
- Performance
- Price
- Long Battery Life
- Weight for mobility
- Screen Size or other features.

Pick two.

Performance and price, or Large screen and long battery life - it'll weight like a ton.
Light with a long battery life, it won't perform as well, as it'll have a slower, less power hungry CPU, and be skimpy on the features as everything impacts the battery.

As stated, you can get a decent desktop computer that will outperform a laptop for half the cost, and fit within your budget. You can do something like check Newegg for any bundled deals, they tend to have them on a regular basis.

 

[crudus]

Sorry I guess I wasn't very clear

first off I would like to spend no more than 1000, around 500-600 would be ideal

secondly I always assumed that laptops would be cheaper than desktops, (that's how much I know about computers) in light of this no mobility is not a factor

Once agains any insights are appreciated

Well, a few years ago my friend and I bought two computers. I bought a desktop and he bought a laptop. I spent ~$600 on and he spent $2000. Our specks are almost the same with his being a little better and he has to deal with a lot more. Laptops need to fit the same thing into a smaller space so the parts need to be specialized more. This also makes cooling and upgrading more difficult. He couldn't play games on his for more than a few hours without his laptop being on the verge of overheating. You also can upgrade your laptop later; it is jsut a huge pain in the ass and more expensive.

Gaming laptops aren't laptops; they are mobile desktops. If you want high performance (which you do with gaming) a brand new battery is going to last an hour (if you are lucky), which means you need to be attached to a wall to play anything longer than a flash game.

 

[Orange12345]

Alright then can anyone give me a good website or brand of Desktop to start researching?

Thank you

 

[Sn1P3r M98]

Alright then can anyone give me a good website or brand of Desktop to start researching?

Thank you

You could get much better performace than prebuilt machines for cheaper by building your own, if you're comfortable with that.

 

[Ziadaine_v1legacy]

There's TONS of step by steps on the internet for building a PC so dont worry too much.

If you choose to, your MAIN focus is to make sure you pay attention to the components like Motherboard, RAM and the CPU type and if they work together. no point buying the biggest best stuff only to find it doesn't fit.

Otherwise "I Guess" you could look at Alienware. I personally don't like them for personal reasons but there's bound to be someone here who will prove me wrong and (hopefully for you) show one within your price range.

 

[RADlTZ]

I recently bought an ASUS laptop for university, but I made damn sure it could run games. Ive always found Asus to be pretty decent but you can find good deals from any company, my model is thus:
ASUS K53SV
-Intel Core i5 processor (sure theres better these days but its more than enough)
-4 gigs RAM
-2 gigs graphics (nVidia, if brands matter)
-2 Hard-drives, about 150 gigs for the operating system + programs and a 450 gig one for whatever you want (theyre roughly that size, im going of memory for this part)
-Battery life is decent, but if your running everything on max capacity and raging in a high end game youll probably get around 1 and a half or 2 hours before its flat out dead.

Cost me $800 form JB HI-FI, (Im in Australia) I concider it money well spent for what I got.

Mine came with a bunch of useless junk pre-installed but its nothing heavy to get rid of, and ASUS did a lot of gearing to get a fast boot-up (around 30 seconds) so thats always usefull.

I think this is the link to my specific one on the Asus website
http://www.asus.com.au/Notebooks/Versatile_Performance/K53SV/