Laptop
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A decent alternative could be to get a Shuttle PC. Rather than getting a big tower computer, you can instead buy a small desktop, which is still pretty powerful, and can still be cracked open to replace the graphics card and stick more RAM in, and can also be shoved into a bag and carried around to LAN parties, or taken into the living room and plugged into your TV. If you absolutely have to have your games everywhere then what other people have said about laptops remains valid, but remember that it isn't the only option for a portable gaming PC.
Well yeah they're better price to performance but if you've got no budget that isn't a concern is it? You just go for the best overall.SnowBurst said:
Do you have a budget or not? It's really hard to recommend anything if we don't know what your budget is.
Also where have you seen a GT60 for £1200? I can't find it at that price.
They really are good for gaming, you just need to be a bit more careful with the size of the components you pick. The absolutely huge triple-width graphics cards that some people are producing probably won't fit inside one, but aside from that, you can pretty much put anything from a desktop into one. If you're not happy with building it yourself, just buy the components and then find either a friend or a local computer shop to put it together for you. Around a quarter of the people at the LANs I attend bring shuttle PCs, with half bringing big desktops, and the other quarter bringing laptops.SnowBurst said:
I use a desktop for most of my gaming, but I do have a laptop that I play some games on.
I ended up buying a Lenovo IdeaPad Z570. You can get it with an Intel i7 processor (although I went for i5 to reduce the cost and heat) and - more importantly - a dedicated graphics chip. Lenovo IdeaPads are solidly built, with very responsive keyboards, which was important for me as I mostly bought the laptop for typing on. They come in a range of screen sizes.
The only other laptop advice I can offer is:
A) "Gaming laptops" (and gaming PCs in general) are very often overpriced for what you get. (You're essentially paying for a pretty case.)
B) Toshiba Satellites are very tempting due to the price, but are made of ultra-flimsy plastic and mine had a madly unresponsive keyboard.
C) Dell generally offers pretty good value for money.
I ended up buying a Lenovo IdeaPad Z570. You can get it with an Intel i7 processor (although I went for i5 to reduce the cost and heat) and - more importantly - a dedicated graphics chip. Lenovo IdeaPads are solidly built, with very responsive keyboards, which was important for me as I mostly bought the laptop for typing on. They come in a range of screen sizes.
The only other laptop advice I can offer is:
A) "Gaming laptops" (and gaming PCs in general) are very often overpriced for what you get. (You're essentially paying for a pretty case.)
B) Toshiba Satellites are very tempting due to the price, but are made of ultra-flimsy plastic and mine had a madly unresponsive keyboard.
C) Dell generally offers pretty good value for money.
I bought my Asus G73 from this site, http://www.xoticpc.com/ It was pretty cheap. Since I purchased it, I also replaced the regular 7200RPM HD with an SSD and I was astounded by the difference it made. Just looking extremely briefly, this seems like a rocking laptop for the money. http://www.xoticpc.com/asus-g75vwrs72-p-4475.htmlSnowBurst said:
I bought my gaming laptop from these guys here: http://www.digitalstormonline.com/gaminglaptops.asp
Check them out if you get the time. They have a bunch of different models and customization options for varied prices, so you can pretty much find something in your budget range. I love mine and their customer service is incredibly helpful if you have any questions.
Check them out if you get the time. They have a bunch of different models and customization options for varied prices, so you can pretty much find something in your budget range. I love mine and their customer service is incredibly helpful if you have any questions.
Has to be a laptop? Aight.
Rules of thumb:
Do not buy one that's advertised as thin. Gaming hardware creates a lot of heat, that heat needs airspace and fans to dissipate.
Regardless of the laptop, buy a cooling pad with it, and a carry case that can cart around the cooling pad with the laptop. Your hardware might just last awhile longer that way.
Don't buy a major PC assembler brand. Dell, HP, Toshiba, Sony, et cetera... they're all being outclassed nowadays by regular old hardware manufacturers. Asus, MSI, Acer, et cetera.
Aside from that, what the other people said, mostly.
Rules of thumb:
Do not buy one that's advertised as thin. Gaming hardware creates a lot of heat, that heat needs airspace and fans to dissipate.
Regardless of the laptop, buy a cooling pad with it, and a carry case that can cart around the cooling pad with the laptop. Your hardware might just last awhile longer that way.
Don't buy a major PC assembler brand. Dell, HP, Toshiba, Sony, et cetera... they're all being outclassed nowadays by regular old hardware manufacturers. Asus, MSI, Acer, et cetera.
Aside from that, what the other people said, mostly.
Not sure if many think of it as a gaming laptop, but my Dell XPS 17 works pretty damn well with most modern games. I'm getting great framerate on Bl2, but then again I am running it on medium settings.