legodude83089
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I'm looking for a new laptop and would like some advise so I figured why make a new thread. Here's what I want.
17" 1920x1200 screen
Penyr 2.5 Ghz+
2 GB+ RAM
Blu-ray ROM drive
NVIDIA 8700m GT or 8800m GTX
Wireless N (Is it worth it?)
High Capacity Battery
I looked at Sager as mentioned previously and configured one up and it's $2500 with a blu-ray burner and the 8700m GT. I'd prefer to cut some of the cost by getting a blu-ray read only drive and get the 8800m GTX but Sager apparently doesn't offer blu-ray read only drives.
I also looked at Dell and configured one for $2300 with a blu-ray read only drive and the 8700m GT but I'd really like to get the 8800m GTX. Do you think I can find a laptop that meets my specifications for $2500 with the 8800m GTX?
I don't necessarily need to get the laptop now so is there is anything new that I should wait for until early August?
I've decided it's probably better for me economically to get a decent 15.4" laptop and then build myself a new gaming desktop. Do you think an 8600m GT can handle games such as Starcraft II at 1680x1050 or should I just settle with 1280x800 for the laptop?
I made a wishlist on Newegg for the gaming rig. Here's what it has.
EVGA 512-P3-N871-AR GeForce 9800 GTX(G92) 512MB
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz
ASUS P5N-D LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard
OCZ Platinum Revision 2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
OCZ StealthXStream OCZ600SXS 600W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply
LITE-ON Black SATA Blu-ray DVD-ROM Drive Model DH-4O1S-11
LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write Black SATA Model LH-20A1S
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3500630AS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
Sunbeam Transformer IC-TR-BA Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
All together it's $1114.22 with shipping. A much better value compared to a laptop equivalent.
Any recommendations are welcome.
17" 1920x1200 screen
Penyr 2.5 Ghz+
2 GB+ RAM
Blu-ray ROM drive
NVIDIA 8700m GT or 8800m GTX
Wireless N (Is it worth it?)
High Capacity Battery
I looked at Sager as mentioned previously and configured one up and it's $2500 with a blu-ray burner and the 8700m GT. I'd prefer to cut some of the cost by getting a blu-ray read only drive and get the 8800m GTX but Sager apparently doesn't offer blu-ray read only drives.
I also looked at Dell and configured one for $2300 with a blu-ray read only drive and the 8700m GT but I'd really like to get the 8800m GTX. Do you think I can find a laptop that meets my specifications for $2500 with the 8800m GTX?
I don't necessarily need to get the laptop now so is there is anything new that I should wait for until early August?
I've decided it's probably better for me economically to get a decent 15.4" laptop and then build myself a new gaming desktop. Do you think an 8600m GT can handle games such as Starcraft II at 1680x1050 or should I just settle with 1280x800 for the laptop?
I made a wishlist on Newegg for the gaming rig. Here's what it has.
EVGA 512-P3-N871-AR GeForce 9800 GTX(G92) 512MB
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz
ASUS P5N-D LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard
OCZ Platinum Revision 2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
OCZ StealthXStream OCZ600SXS 600W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply
LITE-ON Black SATA Blu-ray DVD-ROM Drive Model DH-4O1S-11
LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write Black SATA Model LH-20A1S
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3500630AS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
Sunbeam Transformer IC-TR-BA Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
All together it's $1114.22 with shipping. A much better value compared to a laptop equivalent.
Any recommendations are welcome.
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