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Post subject: Re: Alienware Mx??  Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 6:55 pm |
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XemnasXD wrote: overkill...he can find something much cheaper on newegg that will still play high end games... Mmmhm Cards to look for in a laptop if you want to play newer games on med/high ati 5650 nvid 330m (not as good) These are some of the more popular cards I've seen used in laptops. I'm not entirely sure of the 330m but notebookcheck said they're almost as good as the 5650, but do note that ati's line has direct x 11 and nvidias does not. I still think the easiest way you'll get a laptop is from bestbuy/futureshop. I'm not sure of their policy in the US, but here you can return a laptop within 14 days for any reason, assuming you didn't break it. Look through their $800-$1000 options and buy one with a gfx card, test a game or two on it. If you like..keep. Post it here and we'll help as well.
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Post subject: Re: Alienware Mx?? Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 7:02 pm |
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XemnasXD wrote: Blackdragon6 wrote: Squirt wrote: Well I've been researching the laptops that Azilius and Gaige posted.
Gaige's seems like its better.
Thought I'm short a few hundreds at the time being. I noticed that you are looking for one under $1000 and can handle high end games. That's gonna be tough. 1.) Processor. The link in your first post is good, but you need to go for an i7core and not a duo. duo is so 2 years ago and is only dual core (I made that mistake) and the i5 core they provide is a piece of crap. 2.)RAM. Definitely go for the 4Gb as it's only $50 more than the 2GB. I only have 3Gb in my desktop atm(32 bit os =[) and it sucks when tying to mulltitask a lot of different things. 3.)HDD depends on what you expect to have on it. I could prolly settle for 160GB. (I personally am getting an SSD though)That only amounts to $1,149 if you go with Quote: PROCESSOR- Intel® Core™ i7 640UM
OPERATING SYSTEM- Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
MEMORY- 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 800MHz
HARD DRIVE- 160GB SATAII 5,400RPM That I might say is a pretty good deal. overkill...he can find something much cheaper on newegg that will still play high end games... Overkill? I don't think it's overkill. In fact the one I want is almost $2,000. When buying laptops I always think of what I would spend on a desktop and double it. With that he won't experience any system lag most likely and it's only $150 above his budget. The i7 may be a tad overkill, but the Duo/i5 they offer for that specific system he linked are terrible. I was working with the Alienware in his first post, the build I provided is what I think would be the cheapest best method.
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Post subject: Re: Alienware Mx?? Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 7:43 pm |
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If your gonna be playing SC2 then I suggest a good processor, i5 is usually enough, or was in my case, and an ok gpu.
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Post subject: Re: Alienware Mx?? Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 8:22 pm |
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I play sc2 on an i3 mobile which is different from an i3 desktop version (slower). I can play ladder games 100% fine, only games like custom sc2 game like nexus wars (many many many units on the screen) slows me down. But that happens even on an i7 =\
An i5 should be more than sufficient.
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Post subject: Re: Alienware Mx?? Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 2:44 am |
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Blackdragon6 wrote:
Overkill? I don't think it's overkill. In fact the one I want is almost $2,000. When buying laptops I always think of what I would spend on a desktop and double it.
overkill...
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Post subject: Re: Alienware Mx?? Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 3:01 am |
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 Alienware? Come on...
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Post subject: Re: Alienware Mx?? Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 3:43 am |
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XemnasXD wrote: Blackdragon6 wrote:
Overkill? I don't think it's overkill. In fact the one I want is almost $2,000. When buying laptops I always think of what I would spend on a desktop and double it.
overkill... No such thing as a computer too powerful 
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Post subject: Re: Alienware Mx?? Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 4:48 am |
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Blackdragon6 wrote: XemnasXD wrote: Blackdragon6 wrote:
Overkill? I don't think it's overkill. In fact the one I want is almost $2,000. When buying laptops I always think of what I would spend on a desktop and double it.
overkill... No such thing as a computer too powerful You don't buy a gatling gun to kill a fly. Why would you pay $2000 for something that you will in all likelihood never take full advantage of and will be out of date and worth half as much in a matter of months...
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Post subject: Re: Alienware Mx?? Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:08 am |
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Prob already mentioned, but the thing about those little alienware computers is the lack of a cd-drive...
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Post subject: Re: Alienware Mx?? Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 6:25 am |
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Goseki wrote: Prob already mentioned, but the thing about those little alienware computers is the lack of a cd-drive... not really a big deal. if you REALLY nead a CD/DVD drive just network the one on your desktop. lul problem solved
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Post subject: Re: Alienware Mx?? Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:10 am |
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Amarisa wrote: Goseki wrote: Prob already mentioned, but the thing about those little alienware computers is the lack of a cd-drive... not really a big deal. if you REALLY nead a CD/DVD drive just network the one on your desktop. lul problem solved and if you don't have a desktop...
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Post subject: Re: Alienware Mx?? Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 10:54 am |
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Blackdragon6 wrote: That only amounts to $1,149 if you go with Quote: PROCESSOR- Intel® Core™ i7 640UM
OPERATING SYSTEM- Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
MEMORY- 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 800MHz
HARD DRIVE- 160GB SATAII 5,400RPM That I might say is a pretty good deal. are those stats for a laptop or a desktop? The HDD I was thinking of going for an SSD drive as well. And aren't 1333 MHz ram sticks better?
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Post subject: Re: Alienware Mx?? Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 12:42 pm |
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XemnasXD wrote: Amarisa wrote: Goseki wrote: Prob already mentioned, but the thing about those little alienware computers is the lack of a cd-drive... not really a big deal. if you REALLY nead a CD/DVD drive just network the one on your desktop. lul problem solved and if you don't have a desktop... problem solved http://cgi.ebay.ca/LG-External-Super-Mu ... 3cb1889be9i almost bought the m11x, but i ended up buying a dell studio xps 16 got a core i7 and 4 gb of ddr3 video card is ati mobility radeaon hd 5730 i run all my game at max details, spent 1.4k on it. went for the laptop cause i just started school school and i wanted to show off in my class
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Post subject: Re: Alienware Mx?? Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 10:35 pm |
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I Am Vegeta wrote: Shipping: US $27.94 riiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
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Post subject: Re: Alienware Mx?? Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 10:39 pm |
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Blackdragon6 wrote: That only amounts to $1,149 if you go with Quote: PROCESSOR- Intel® Core™ i7 640UM
OPERATING SYSTEM- Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
MEMORY- 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 800MHz
HARD DRIVE- 160GB SATAII 5,400RPM That I might say is a pretty good deal. are those stats for a laptop or a desktop? Sorry but the specs for the price are shitty as hell, thats the complete opposite of a deal. Mine cost about half of that was used and I got better specs.
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Post subject: Re: Alienware Mx?? Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 11:11 pm |
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I Am Vegeta wrote: XemnasXD wrote: Amarisa wrote:
not really a big deal. if you REALLY nead a CD/DVD drive just network the one on your desktop. lul problem solved
and if you don't have a desktop... problem solved http://cgi.ebay.ca/LG-External-Super-Mu ... 3cb1889be9i almost bought the m11x, but i ended up buying a dell studio xps 16 got a core i7 and 4 gb of ddr3 video card is ati mobility radeaon hd 5730 i run all my game at max details, spent 1.4k on it. went for the laptop cause i just started school school and i wanted to show off in my class or you could buy a cheaper laptop from a more trustworthy brand with similar specs that ALSO has a cd/dvd/blue-ray drive/burner... I'm always amused when people go around a problem and pretend it doesn't exist rather than just solving it...
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Post subject: Re: Alienware Mx?? Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 4:19 am |
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XemnasXD wrote: Blackdragon6 wrote: XemnasXD wrote:
overkill...
No such thing as a computer too powerful You don't buy a gatling gun to kill a fly. Why would you pay $2000 for something that you will in all likelihood never take full advantage of and will be out of date and worth half as much in a matter of months... Actually I would try use it to it's full advantage. I'm not gonna buy something I wouldn't use. I multi task like a mo fo. Plus $2,000 is different for a lot of people. For me it doesn't seem like much. Maybe that's why I would buy a laptop for that. Any computer would be out of date within a year so by that standard, ppl would just keep waiting and waiting for a computer that wouldn't be out of date. Which doesn't make sense. I would rather get a computer that is more powerful than I need, than one that isn't powerful enough. (I do have the advantage of $1250 of it being payed for with a special college grant)
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Post subject: Re: Alienware Mx?? Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 5:24 am |
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The out-of-date-in-a-year logic really only applies to gaming (and gfx), as dual cores have been a standard for everything else since they came out and still are..iX line is only making its full appearance this year and won't fully be appreciated for a while. In all honesty it barely applies to gaming as well though, unless you need something that plays every single new game on max (and in reality money is better spent..elsewhere).
But the college gave you money to spend on your education so..go wild on a gaming laptop. Wait I see the issue there..
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Post subject: Re: Alienware Mx?? Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 5:42 am |
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Azilius wrote: But the college gave you money to spend on your education so..go wild on a gaming laptop. Wait I see the issue there.. The Grant is Specifically for a laptop. It covers up to $1250 of it and I'm allowed to pay the rest out of my pocket. I have FAFSA for Tuition/Books. And I wouldn't call it a gaming laptop. Just a high performance Laptop that could Handle gaming. I agree with the out of date logic being a little exaggerated. Dual/Duo cores are still pretty good if they are 2ghz+
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Post subject: Re: Alienware Mx?? Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 4:09 pm |
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XemnasXD wrote:
or you could buy a cheaper laptop from a more trustworthy brand with similar specs that ALSO has a cd/dvd/blue-ray drive/burner...
I'm always amused when people go around a problem and pretend it doesn't exist rather than just solving it...
well actually i bought a cheaper laptop wich ended up being better than the alienware.
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Post subject: Re: Alienware Mx?? Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 4:24 pm |
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Alienware used to be actually decent till Dell bought them, now they're overpriced shitware.
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