Board 8 > How much money do I need to get a good laptop?

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I want one with a lot of memory, at least 500 GB although I would like more. I also need it to have a good graphics card so I can play games.

So what should I be looking for and how much money will I need?

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If you want to play games you're looking at 800-1000 at the very least I'd say.

Unless it's old games.

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I think 600 will be good enough to play pretty much anything on low settings. It goes up from there

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you don't really need that much space on an HD. you could live with a 120 gig drive for game installs while keeping your media in an external. those go on sale pretty often.


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Oh and what's the best brand? I need suggestions on which laptop I should specifically get.

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not HP

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ASUS is the brand you want. This research is a little old now but I imagine they still have the lowest malfunction rate. http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/11/17/reliability.study.has.apple.4th.place/

Three years ago I bought an ASUS for $1000 with 17" screen and an i7 and a like a B-grade graphics card and I'm still extremely satisfied with it. Probably not replacing it for another year at least. Only game I've been unsatisfied with is Witcher 2 which was too stuttery at lowest settings (I only really enjoy games if they're at 60fps).

My girlfriend got an ASUS 15" with an i5 and built-in graphics around Christmas for I think $500-$600 and she's extremely happy with it (I'm pretty impressed with it too), I don't think we've tried anything super graphical on it, but sims 3 and portal 1 run perfectly at default good settings.

One thing I especially like is the vent on the left side rather than the bottom or back.. My laptop's is powerful but somehow very thin compared to most good laptops I see, and as long as I use an air duster on the vent every six months, it doesn't really get hot.

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Don't bother with Asus. They have the *****iest customer service in existence.

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I don't like HP or Accer

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From: The Real Truth | #008
Don't bother with Asus. They have the *****iest customer service in existence.

Customer Service is irrelevant.

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Acer and Asus are great and are likely to give you no problems if you treat them well. And they'll be more affordable than most.

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Alright, so what about models? I see Asus has a lot of different series of models. Where to start...

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Don't get a laptop to play games

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From: foolm0ron | #013
Don't get a laptop to play games

This, that's what I did because I was studying in graphic design and needed a powerful machine that I could move around but it's not recommended.

High costs, overheating problems (you'll need a fan for sure) and lesser performance, falling behind faster too.

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Yeah unless you like, move around a ton, you don't want a laptop to play games.

That said, I agree with Asus.

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Back like 6 years ago or so I bought a gaming laptop (custom built) for around 1600. It pretty upper end at the time (able to high/max all current games). Price included the cost of like a 80 dollar mouse and cooling deck.

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Yeah, I agree, getting a laptop for gaming isn't efficient. A desktop computer will play games more effectively with way fewer problems and better durability at a cheaper price. I mean, if you have your reasons go nuts, but it's worth pointing out that desktops and laptops aren't really equivalent.

I'm interested in all this stuff too though because I'm looking to buy a new laptop and I know nothing about them really since I've never bought one before (I only inherited an old crappy one). I don't need it to play games but I do need it to run well.

It's gotta be a laptop. When I have a more desirable living situation I will look into desktops. But right now it isn't an option.

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230257

This one is pretty good. $1075, i7 processor, 8 gigs memory, 750 gigs hard drive, Geforce GT 635M (not awesome graphics card, but good: 44 fps med settings skyrim) and 15.6", not the typical big screen laptop, but downgrading from 17.3" to 15.6" saves a lot of money.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230142

This one looks really good. $1379, i7 processor, 12 gigs memory (!!!jeez), 500GB hard drive but a faster one, Geforce GTX 560M (better graphics card: 55 fps med settings skyrim) and 17.3".

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also, in the defense of laptops, my current laptop has had much fewer problems than any pc i've had (although that is probably in part due to my bad luck with nvidia cards, and this guy has ati in it)

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