Need a gaming laptop. - 3

Billy · 03-25-2013

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

Dusty · 03-25-2013

Posted by Billy

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.

Billy · 03-25-2013

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?

hosler · 03-26-2013

Posted by Billy

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

Turn it into a home server to play with.

Rexx · 03-26-2013

Posted by Billy

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?

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.

Billy · 03-26-2013

Posted by Rexx

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.

Rexx · 03-26-2013

Posted by Billy

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

Go get your desktop then.

Dusty · 03-26-2013

Posted by Billy

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

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.

Twinny · 03-26-2013

Posted by Ver'iApplez

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

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

Addy · 03-27-2013

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

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

i just kinda rounded them a bit more.

Talon · 03-27-2013

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.

fp4 · 03-27-2013

Posted by Addy

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

Twinny · 03-27-2013

Posted by Addy

crap

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

Billy · 03-28-2013

Posted by Talon

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.

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?

hosler · 03-28-2013

it's easier than legos

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Billy (Domination) Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 2,133	Here's a better quality picture,can I upgrade this piece of crap? Attached Thumbnails

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Addy Big Noob Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: US Posts: 143	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 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 i just kinda rounded them a bit more.

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Talon don't call it a comeback Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 8,268	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.

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hosler Banned Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 1,059	it's easier than legos