Need a gaming laptop.
 

So my birthday is around and my desktop is bad now and It can't even run a simple game like minecraft. My budget is $350-$550. I know what you're thinking,I probably can't get **** for that. But at least something that can run steam games and minecraft,not flawlessly but bearable. If anyone can help me out that with this,I would appreciate it.

Build a gaming computer

Like a desktop or a laptop?I mean,I'm a computer guy,but not a genius,I've never built my own. Also is it within my budget,if so you'll have to link me to the parts.

A new Mac desktop... Amazing... For PC Era.

Two things wrong here:
1) he asked for a laptop
2) the fact you mentioned Mac was amazing

Also, just go with what Shawn (Doctor) said, go build one. Gaming laptops are in the $800+ range.

$800 is a lot,is there any laptops in my budget that runs games smoothly as long as you manage your memory/games?

Sorry m8

Laptops typically aren't built for gaming, and they are generally much more expensive than a desktop of equal build. While you could get a decently capable desktop for $400, even capable of playing many games(my own PC was built for only $300 years ago, and prices have only dropped. While I can't play new games, it's surprising what it CAN play.), a laptop for $400 will probably only be good enough to browse the web and play youtube. With a laptop most of the money goes towards the fact you're buying a portable PC, not power.

At the end of the day, a budget laptop is not going to play any games, not even flash games or Minecraft(at a decent framerate). Gaming laptops are a very specialized build and will be very expensive(it all comes down to dedicated graphics card, and laptops tend to have integrated). If you're working with a very limited budget and want to game, you will need to go desktop, and if you really want to get your bang for your buck, build it yourself.

Buy a used one at GameStop.

Alienware laptops are 100% best place to go. They range around 2000--1000$ but its worth it . I would not recommend getting a toshiba or a dell . Don't get a laptop notebook . That's all I have to say

Alienware's are extremely overpriced. Also, dell owns alienware.

@ dusty my 2 year old laptop i got for $400 runs gw2 and tera on lowest settings smoothly, and less graphically intensive games like HoN and LoL on high settings at 60 fps. It can also run tf2 and vindictus maxed out at 30 fps.

I have an alienware laptop. Honestly, you are pretty much paying for the light-up keyboard. It is a good computer and all, but for the price you pay for it you can get a much better laptop

Laptops in general have bad price-performance ratios, let alone gaming brand laptops. I would go for a custom-built desktop computer - you can build a decent one in the $500-$600 range. It wouldn't be playing games like Crysis 3 at full setting at a clean, uninterrupted framerate, but it will perform most games well with acceptable performance - far, far better than a laptop.

Okay! So i can build a gaming desktop for around $300-$550?! That sounds great. I shall do that,but I'll need some help.

Well, Talon's definitely your guy.

ASUS Republic of Gamers series.
...way out of your budget though

-Gaming
-Mobility

Choose one.

AlienWare.

OMFG scratch the word Gaming.. Just a computer that doesn't frame rape within my budget!

What game is it that you're wanting to play?

Go for desktop. Laptops are freaking expensive.
You probably don't need a new computer. Just a new video card.

For $500, it is almost impossible to purchase a laptop that can't run a game like minecraft at 60fps or higher. Just wait for a good sale at bestbuy, better yet wait until a time of the year where sales are more noticeable (back to school, christmas, boxing day).

I'm currently on a desktop I bought around 3 years ago for 399$, and it runs almost every single game I would want it to run fine. Even came with onboard GFX.

MineCraft,TF2,Gary's Mod,DayZ,Left 4 Dead,Black Light Retribution.

Any GPU around the $100-$120 range should work fine for those games, and the remaining $400 could probably complete the rig efficiently.

I know you can hardly see it but this desktop is ancient.

Build a new one. :)

potato quality camera you got there

buy an asus they are really cheap at sams club but you have to be a member of sams club to get in the store

This -^

http://i.imgur.com/6IfVk62.jpg

-____- I think we all know costco and sams club require a membership.
Anyways, budget laptops aren't going to cut it if you're trying to get the best experience on a laptop. If its not $800+ then you're not spending enough.

Here's a better quality picture,can I upgrade this piece of crap?

Not worth it. However if it has a DVD drive you can harvest that... that's about it.

My mom
Says she doesn't want to get into the buildy stuff. I'm
Just going to buy a full desktop around may,any suggestions?

Turn it into a home server to play with.

You simply don't have a high enough budget to get a decent setup.
Either save up or play on low settings on the best desktop you can get in your price rage.

Dude there's desktops for $300-$500 that aren't bad,I'll just put a new graphic card later on in time.

Okay then this whole thread was pointless :P
Go get your desktop then.

You can certainly buy a decent desktop, but they aren't tailored for gaming. I guess if this is the route you're going to take maybe someone here can recommend something. Otherwise you can check out this place every day until a nice desktop pops up?

http://deals.woot.com/

But you will need to upgrade more than just your graphics card. You'll probably need to upgrade the PSU as well.

Worst. Advice. Ever. Screw Alienware.

I built my last gaming laptop from xoticpc.com. I chose Sager and built a laptop 2 years ago that still can play all the games out today without issue. It was cheaper for me to import the laptop from USA than to buy it locally :x

Okay bud first of all laptops shouldnt be used for gaming .. well thats what i believe.
you should build a pc its not that hard and you get the best preformance for cheap
now lets start with the basics you will need a case. now this is important beacuse you do not want a small case nor a big one for no reason so lets find some hmm..
CASES
You dont need to worry about how the case looks as long as its good i guess
mid towers are fine but it can sometimes get cramped
mini towers maybe way to small to fit the good ****
and full towers are down right expensive and not that much needed unless youre building a beast as gaming pc with freaking 5d :P
so mid tower
http://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Master-...computer+cases
seems nice. you can fine anything that suits you.
PSU
now a psu(power supply ) i suggest a 500w psu since thats the need for most graphic cards. psu is where you do not want to go cheap on.i had a 160wat psu and a nvidia 8400gs and the minimum requirements was a 300w and i ended up frying my graphics card ;(.. most trusted brands are antec,crosair,xfx,coolmaster,seasonic
a 500w is typically about 50-60 http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Builde...s=power+supply

motherboard
the mother board is crucial this determines what processor you can put the ram etc..http://www.amazon.com/LGA1155-CrossF...ds=motherboard this is an expensive one but good maybe for dual graphics card but i would choose something like this http://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-GA-97...ds=motherboard which is all you need.
cpu
now you can get intel or amd. nvidia cards run well on intel processors and radeon runs better on amd. i suggest amd well cause i have that. modern games look for dual core at at least 3.0GHz
remeber the motherboard up top has a am3+ socket so the cpu has to be am3+ http://www.amazon.com/AMD-4-Core-Pro...ords=processor BOOM!
graphics card
okay now that that's out the way.. you will need a graphics card.
any graphics card works on a mother board as long as its in the right place pci express of course. if the card says 2.1, 2.0.,3.0 pci express it can still work in a 1.0 x 16 slot but not on it maximum performance. now graphic cards can vary it depends. for high quality settings for all modern games i suggest the radeon 6770 http://www.amazon.com/XFX-Radeon-677...&keywords=6770

memory.
make sure your motherboard can handle it.
buy two of these http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-CT2566...ds=ddr3+memory
im not sure if the can work on that gigabtye motherboard but do some research

Harddrive
now 1tb is good but you can go lower if you want http://www.amazon.com/WD-Blue-Deskto...rds=hard+drive

cd drive
something basic http://www.amazon.com/Asus-24xDVD-RW...s=cd+rom+drive

others
the cords you need dvi,vga,or hdmi what ever you want or need. theres not much more you can get except tools i guess and that will be about 20-30

so lets calculate.
case-50$
motherboard-100 $max
psu-60$
processor-100$
ram chips depends on the size 30-40$max
graphics card-120$
harddrive-40$
cd rom-20$
accessories-10$

total- 510

with those items i think they will be cheaper :P i just kinda rounded them a bit more.

He's not building one.

Yeah, if you're not building one, you're not going to find any (good) desktops - let alone laptops - tailored for gaming in your price range, unless you're fine with integrated onboard graphics which can only run low settings at 40-50 FPS.

Don't try to explain it yourself, you're terrible. Just link this website instead: http://www.logicalincrements.com/

Man...you're lucky I can neg rep you because that was terrible advice :|

I can consider building one,but if i order all the parts will they arrive all together? Also is it hard to put together,and how long does it take?

it's easier than legos