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StoneByName · 11-30-2012, 09:55 PM

Hello,

I'm buying a new laptop for gaming, surfing, work etc.

I'm looking for some advice.

I've narrowed down my options and I'm going to get one of the following laptops. I can't decide which to buy. Depends on how much a solid state hd is worth it really.

I'm looking at this website: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk

These are the configurations I've made. £850 is my ceiling.

Laptop A. Enigma IV
Faster + more reliable solid state hard drive, less ram, slightly worse gpu

CPU: i7 Quad Core 3630QM 2.40 ghz
Memory: 8GB Samsung 1600mhz DDR3 Memory (2x4gb)
GPU: Nvidia GT650M 2GB DDR3
HD1: 240GB Kingston HyperX 3k SSD, SATA 6GB/S (upto 550MB/sR, 510MB/sW)
HD2: 250GB WD Scorpio Black, SATA 3GB/S, 7200RPM

Laptop B. Optimus IV
One 7200RPM HD with +260GB space, more ram, better gpu, 17" screen instead of 15"

CPU: i7 Quad Core 3630QM 2.40 ghz
Memory: 12GB Samsung 1600mhz DDR3 Memory (3x4gb)
GPU: Nvidia GTX 660M 2GB DDR5
HD: 750GB WD Scorpio Black, SATA 3GB/S, 7200RPM

If you have any better configurations then tell me.

Al Botross · 11-30-2012, 10:07 PM

alienware laptops

StoneByName · 11-30-2012, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Al Botross

alienware laptops

The cheapest one I can find is above my budget and with worse parts, although it might be better ventilated.

dbuzz · 12-05-2012, 06:18 AM

what games are you looking to play?

edit: build a gaming desktop and get a decent laptop with the leftovers. you would get sooo much more with a desktop. gaming laptops are highly overpriced and un-upgradable. but if you're set on one, grab one with an i5. there are few games that support hyperthreading in the i7. so unless you plan on doing some heavy encoding and transcoding (video rendering), go with an i5. you'll get the same performance in gaming.

Hydro-Soil · 12-05-2012, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by dbuzz

what games are you looking to play?

edit: build a gaming desktop and get a decent laptop with the leftovers. you would get sooo much more with a desktop.

25 years in computer repair... this is great advice.

Unless you REALLY need to play games on the go (without spending a fortune you're going to always have lower performance than a desktop. Period.)... build a desktop gaming machine or have a local pc-shop build you one.

Again... unless you spend a fortune on a laptop, chances are good it'll be dead in about 18months. Get a cheapie for surfing and work and backup your data.

SSDD?? Nah! Skip it as you can get a lot more hddrive space with standard drives and believe me... they perform much better than they need to in most applications.

Want better performance from your computers? Put your operating system on an 80'gig drive, install your applications on a 150gig drive and store all your data, movies, pictures and personal crud on the big 500gig-1terabyte sized drives.

You'll be amazed at how much quicker your applications load up and crank through stuff.

Stay Safe!

12-06-2012, 01:01 AM

once you've used an Apple laptop everything else seems like crap!

watts · 12-06-2012, 01:16 AM

not for gaming

lost in a sea · 12-06-2012, 02:49 AM

apples are rubbish, made of rubbish, designed to die on you and you cant open them up now, always were rubbish for upgrading or fixing by design, and made in the worlds biggest factory in china where working conditions shouldnt really be encouraged by these multinational corps,, just sold off their looks really, all the cult members that bit the apple and bought into design over quality so hey just keep buying apple crap..

that's how i feel about apple anyway.. alienware were good before dell bought them.. i think dell use that same crappy factory in china that apple use..

dddaver · 12-06-2012, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by lost in a sea

apples are rubbish, made of rubbish, designed to die on you and you cant open them up now, always were rubbish for upgrading or fixing by design, and made in the worlds biggest factory in china where working conditions shouldnt really be encouraged by these multinational corps,, just sold off their looks really, all the cult members that bit the apple and bought into design over quality so hey just keep buying apple crap..

that's how i feel about apple anyway.. alienware were good before dell bought them.. i think dell use that same crappy factory in china that apple use..

The fact that apple had to install suicide nets around that apple factory in China told me all I needed to know about those apple sleeze-bags. It would make me feel shitty every time I even looked at my mac, if I had one, just knowing I was supporting a corporation that was so sleazy that someone felt their only escape was in trying to kill themselves. They got my ass, I bought a POS iPad a few years ago. Fucking TOY!, designed with cool bells and whistles to divert attention from what is really there. There is a reason those pieces of shit have an internal battery the user can't access. It's for THEM. NEVER AGAIN.

BTW, the apple coporation is the second biggest company in the US only exceeded by that wonderful corporation Exon/Mobile. Does THAT mean anything to anyone?

Bobby Stainless · 12-06-2012, 01:42 PM

I've got a ibuypower desktop that I really like.

11-30-2012, 09:55 PM	#1
StoneByName Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 239	Buying a Laptop Hello, I'm buying a new laptop for gaming, surfing, work etc. I'm looking for some advice. I've narrowed down my options and I'm going to get one of the following laptops. I can't decide which to buy. Depends on how much a solid state hd is worth it really. I'm looking at this website: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk These are the configurations I've made. £850 is my ceiling. Laptop A. Enigma IV Faster + more reliable solid state hard drive, less ram, slightly worse gpu CPU: i7 Quad Core 3630QM 2.40 ghz Memory: 8GB Samsung 1600mhz DDR3 Memory (2x4gb) GPU: Nvidia GT650M 2GB DDR3 HD1: 240GB Kingston HyperX 3k SSD, SATA 6GB/S (upto 550MB/sR, 510MB/sW) HD2: 250GB WD Scorpio Black, SATA 3GB/S, 7200RPM Laptop B. Optimus IV One 7200RPM HD with +260GB space, more ram, better gpu, 17" screen instead of 15" CPU: i7 Quad Core 3630QM 2.40 ghz Memory: 12GB Samsung 1600mhz DDR3 Memory (3x4gb) GPU: Nvidia GTX 660M 2GB DDR5 HD: 750GB WD Scorpio Black, SATA 3GB/S, 7200RPM If you have any better configurations then tell me.
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Al Botross IC Mag Supporter Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 1,666	alienware laptops __________________ In mist or cloud, on mast or shroud, It perched for vespers nine; Whiles all the night, through fog-smoke white, Glimmered the white moonshine." `God save thee, ancient Mariner, From the fiends that plague thee thus! - Why look'st thou so?' -"With my crossbow I shot the Albatross."
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dbuzz do you even lift Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: earth Posts: 1,058	what games are you looking to play? edit: build a gaming desktop and get a decent laptop with the leftovers. you would get sooo much more with a desktop. gaming laptops are highly overpriced and un-upgradable. but if you're set on one, grab one with an i5. there are few games that support hyperthreading in the i7. so unless you plan on doing some heavy encoding and transcoding (video rendering), go with an i5. you'll get the same performance in gaming. __________________ Politics (Pol-i-tiks) n 1.'Poli' means many 2. 'Tics' means blood sucking insects Last edited by dbuzz; 12-05-2012 at 12:43 PM..
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12-06-2012, 01:01 AM	#6
Sat X RB Guest Posts: n/a	once you've used an Apple laptop everything else seems like crap!
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lost in a sea Lifer Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: The lighthouse Posts: 9,975	apples are rubbish, made of rubbish, designed to die on you and you cant open them up now, always were rubbish for upgrading or fixing by design, and made in the worlds biggest factory in china where working conditions shouldnt really be encouraged by these multinational corps,, just sold off their looks really, all the cult members that bit the apple and bought into design over quality so hey just keep buying apple crap.. that's how i feel about apple anyway.. alienware were good before dell bought them.. i think dell use that same crappy factory in china that apple use.. __________________ "The kingdom of heaven is within you and without you ; any man who knows himself shall find it"
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watts ohms Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 1,788	not for gaming
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Bobby Stainless "Ill let you try my Wu-Tang style" Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: On a buffalo Posts: 4,424	I've got a ibuypower desktop that I really like. __________________ THE 36th CHAMBER In all my time, I have learned that the "key", is as simple as "dedication". When you decide that you are going to go for something, and you don't let anything stand in your way, you open the door for great things to happen. And once you have made it that far, after having known what things look like from the bottom, you may find that the view from the top, is that much sweeter.
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