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    Re: "Best" Gaming Laptop Q1 2013

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    Re: "Best" Gaming Laptop Q1 2013

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    I've "built" a laptop, about 8 or so years ago, it was an asus whitebox, basically you just bought the chassis and installed the processor, ram, hd etc. It wasn't anything special, but it did save a bit of money.
    Interesting, never heard of those. Here's something I found, might have to try it sometime!

    http://www.computershopper.com/featu...our-own-laptop
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    Re: "Best" Gaming Laptop Q1 2013

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    Abducted by aliens?
    That would be better than living in VA.

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    Re: "Best" Gaming Laptop Q1 2013

    Spend 1500 on a desktop and 400 to 500 on a cheap laptop to lug around.
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    Re: "Best" Gaming Laptop Q1 2013

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    That would be better than living in VA.
    probably.
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    Re: "Best" Gaming Laptop Q1 2013

    Quote Originally Posted by Zach929rr View Post
    Spend 1500 on a desktop and 400 to 500 on a cheap laptop to lug around.
    If that's your route, you can even get real nice lappies on eBay, factory refurbished for around $300. I got my HP 6730b for $250 and it was pretty much new condition, and not too old, 15.4" WXGA screen. Just not the latest/greatest.

    But does everything today's $500 BestBuy ones do. Perfect everyday use. Just wouldn't use it for high-end gaming, major Photoshop on HUGE files, or video editing might be a tad slow. But that's what your gaming rig is for.
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    Re: "Best" Gaming Laptop Q1 2013

    Quote Originally Posted by Ghosty View Post
    If that's your route, you can even get real nice lappies on eBay, factory refurbished for around $300. I got my HP 6730b for $250 and it was pretty much new condition, and not too old, 15.4" WXGA screen. Just not the latest/greatest.

    But does everything today's $500 BestBuy ones do. Perfect everyday use. Just wouldn't use it for high-end gaming, major Photoshop on HUGE files, or video editing might be a tad slow. But that's what your gaming rig is for.
    Thinkpad T series for 500...

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    im really surprised no brought up these guys.

    http://www.xoticpc.com/

    i like ASUS. one of the few manufacturers that covers accidental damage.
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    I would hump that AlienWare m18x, wow.

    ++++++++++

    Unfortunately I had a single most-horrible tech-support experience with an Asus-USA douchebag trying to get my new motherboard to work. He was so nasty, condescending, and asshole-ish, I vowed to never buy another Asus product again.

    But obviously most people have had decent experiences with their products, when they work right, out of the box.
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    Re: "Best" Gaming Laptop Q1 2013

    Quote Originally Posted by t_jolt View Post
    im really surprised no brought up these guys.

    http://www.xoticpc.com/

    i like ASUS. one of the few manufacturers that covers accidental damage.
    Heh, I go there to spec out systems but have never bought from them.
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    Re: "Best" Gaming Laptop Q1 2013

    they are pretty awesome ghost.

    call me again if you want to talk about computers

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    My $.02 - I would never lug a $1500-2000 gaming laptop around with me. Weight, $$$ value, exposing to outside weather conditions, etc. No way no how.
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    Re: "Best" Gaming Laptop Q1 2013

    Quote Originally Posted by Zach929rr View Post
    My $.02 - I would never lug a $1500-2000 gaming laptop around with me. Weight, $$$ value, exposing to outside weather conditions, etc. No way no how.
    Throughout college I lugged around my Sager and Dell laptops. Although in today's world they don't match the performance, they still weigh the same and both have 17.1" widescreens. I still lug them around in fact, in my backpack a lot and even on the bike. It's a pain, but hasn't caused any problems.

    That being said, I think my next computer combo will be an expensive gaming desktop and an iPad (Or similar, as long as it has USB ports).

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    Re: "Best" Gaming Laptop Q1 2013

    Those big lappies are "desktop replacements", for someone who needs gaming/grfx/editing power, but doesn't want two entire PC's, or any big system in their apartment. Yeah no fun lugging those 9+ pounders around.
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    Re: "Best" Gaming Laptop Q1 2013

    I lugged an 11-12lb "laptop" all around Japan in 102-degree heat back in 2001, so I'm not all that worried about it.

    I going for desktop replacement simply so I've less hassle (overall). I can set my laptop on the dining room table and play games, I can bring it into my office and dock it when I want the full-size keyboard and external monitor, I can hook it to my TV via HDMI to watch movies, etc. I just want one system for everything--no separate (amazing) tower and (shitty) laptop.

    I realize it's not going to be as great a gamer as a dedicated tower, nor as light as a iPad, but I just want one do-it-all laptop to...do it all. Jack of All Trades isn't the best in any one area, but it should be good enough to play my BF3/BF4 and whatever else. And if I lug it to Caribou once a week, I can deal with the weight.

    @T_jolt I may call you once I figure out what I'm doing.

    Though, right now a Sager NP9570 w/ 2 SSDs in RAID 0 and a GTX680M (SLI later) sounds very tempting...

    EDIT: Though, of course, the less I spend on a new laptop the closer I get to buying this: http://www.hk-usa.com/civilian_produ...62_general.asp
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    Re: "Best" Gaming Laptop Q1 2013

    Quote Originally Posted by Ghost View Post
    Though, right now a Sager NP9570 w/ 2 SSDs in RAID 0 and a GTX680M (SLI later) sounds very tempting...
    Damn! Sounds like a $4k machine at least, hahaa. DEFINITE candidate for the nicest under-laptop cooling deck you can find!

    I know how you feel about a big laptop, I used a Dell XPS Gen-2 when 17" just first came out, but it was my SOLE personal computer. Everyone thought it was gigantic and heavy, which it was. I'd definitely go with a 19" if I went that route again. Hook up an external 27" LCD (cheap now) with HDMI and USB keyboard/mouse and bam, there you got your uber desktop just fine.
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    4k with SLI, just under $3k with one card.


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    Not seriously going to buy a $4k computer.
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    I here ya, I love doing that with new cars/truck builds online too, but then you get to the total at the end and want to shoot yourself when what they say starts at $25k approaches $40k.

    I just dropped $300 on a GTX670 card, and about to drop another ~$600 on a z77 motherboard, i7 CPU, CPU waterblock, and highspeed RAM, to rebuild my rig.
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    Re: "Best" Gaming Laptop Q1 2013

    Ghost, did you see these 17" gaming laptop specials on TigerDirect this week? Don't look too shabby:

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    You are in VA where its always warm, go outside and play.

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    Those notebook gpu chips are craycray these days.
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    That Samsung looks badass considering the components, at that price. I just don't have any personal experience with them beyond TV's.
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    Re: "Best" Gaming Laptop Q1 2013

    Quote Originally Posted by Grim2.0 View Post
    You are in VA where its always warm, go outside and play.
    Make me!

    I'm traveling, currently in Jacksonville, will check those out in a bit. Good finds.
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