2012-09-23, 02:18 AM
Corn Wrote:What is your current budget?:
$1300-1800. Preferably towards the lower side.
What part are you looking for? Why do you need it?:
I want a brand new spanking new laptop for college. Windows 7, preferably.
What parts are in your current computer? Be as specific as possible. Links to Newegg/Tigerdirect are best. If you have a pre-built, include the make and model.
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How do you intend to use this new part or new computer? What's the heaviest load it's likely to encounter?
I'm going to use this computer for programming in college, and gaming of course. I do not care about how much it weights (the laptop I own right now is probably going to be heavier than this new one). The heaviest workload is probably Battlefield 3 on max settings, but I don't exactly need to run Battlefield 3 on max settings. I would like to run Guild Wars 2 and other FPS, like TF2 and such, on max settings, though.
I have a relatively large budget, and I get student discounts on HP and Dells. I would like a monster of a laptop with like uber specs that can last me like 4 years, though. I've been looking at the HP Envys, but the graphics card is a turn-off =/.
If you live anywhere other than the United States, please indicate your country.
USA USA USA.
Gaming and laptops do not mix in my opinion. If you want to game, get a desktop. Trust me, it will do you much better in the long run than a laptop.
My suggestion to you is if you're going to put that much money into a computer, put about 1200 or so into a nice tower, and then put the rest of the money into a laptop that is reliable for your school work (prob about 300-400 bucks). Reason being said, laptops can overheat over time, and the parts are much harder to replace when they become old. Not to mention the labor cost to repair a laptop is much higher on these things.