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New gaming laptop
Mister Kyle:
Alright so my current laptop sucks really bad as far as gaming goes. SO. I have a few questions.
* What are good websites to purchase laptops from?
* Should I look into custom built machines, or is that just too expensive?
* Are Ebay/Craigslist good ideas to look into?
* To save money, are refurbished laptops a bad idea?
So yeah. I want to try to stay under a $1k laptop. So I don't really have a problem with refurbished stuff.
tangytotoro:
I'd also like to know info on good gaming laptops, as well as what laptop brands are best :woeh: :woeh: :woeh: :woeh: :woeh: :woeh: :woeh: :woeh: :woeh: :woeh: :woeh: :woeh: :woeh: :woeh: :woeh: :woeh: :woeh: :woeh: :woeh: :woeh:
JC:
Hey Kyle,
For laptops in the US I normally look at Newegg.com (mainly because it's well known and fairly trustworthy), I'm sure there's others out there that might be better though.
Onto your 4 points:
* See above, also try buying directly off the manufacturer. Brands I would look at in that price brand are Lenovo (IBM) & Asus, major brands that I would avoid are Sony, HP (their business laptops are great, but consumer ones suck) and Acer.
* I doubt you could find custom built in your price bracket (assuming you mean Clevo or similar), pre-configured laptops are generally cheaper
* I wouldn't buy second hand with that budget, you can get decent brand new laptops at that price
* Refurbished isn't always bad, depends on the brand really. I'd also expect a decent warranty to take the risk with refurbished
Something like this would be pretty decent: Lenovo Ideapad
Main reasons I like it:
- It's an up to date model (the CPU & GPU are current gen)
- Decent GPU
- Decent CPU
- It has an SSD & HDD combo..... You definitely want an SSD ;)
- It's Lenovo, which is generally considered a reliable brand
If you wanted to save a bit of money, there is a Non-SSD option, but I think it's worth the slight difference in price to go for the SSD equipped one.
Mister Kyle:
Yeah I was considering buying something off of Newegg. Looks like a great website.
And doesn't the SSD like, make startup times almost instant?
JC:
--- Quote from: Mister Kyle on July 28, 2012, 01:52:46 pm ---Yeah I was considering buying something off of Newegg. Looks like a great website.
And doesn't the SSD like, make startup times almost instant?
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Pretty much, with a clean install of Windows my PC starts up (Cold boot) in approx ~20 seconds on a SSD, it was taking a minute+ on a mechanical drive before that.
For me though, the main difference was that previously I would be late into games on BF3 as it took me longer than most to load levels, now I'm one of the first :3