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post #1 of 20
8/11/07 at 6:48pm
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I'm going off to college in exactly two weeks and want a pretty good gaming laptop. I don't need anything mindblowing since I wish to play a few new games that are going to come out. It's going to be my first laptop and don't want to spend over $1,600. Any help would be appreciated.
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post #2 of 20
8/11/07 at 8:07pm
From doing a quick search of Newegg with your price range in mind and the fact that you want a gaming rig. I would suggest:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834147484
It's got a dual core processor, 2gb of ram, 200gb hard drive, and the best dedicated video card in your price range. Also it's an HP and not one of the the "value/cheap" brands. For gaming you'll definitely want to pick up a copy of Windows XP. It comes with Vista (read: system resource hog).
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post #3 of 20
8/12/07 at 11:08pm
dell inspiron 1720?
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post #4 of 20
8/12/07 at 11:33pm
17 inch for first laptop is a big nono, start with 15.4 and heres a great one that will play any game you want

http://www.xoticpc.com/product_info....oducts_id/1876

8600gt is teh pwn


soulsaver
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post #5 of 20
8/12/07 at 11:37pm
Going the Newegg way as brouiller did, but with a more stringent graphics card requirement (the notebook he suggested has an 8400m GS graphic card, which is not very suitable for playing many brand new games). Check out the Asus F3SV-A1 with an 8600 GS graphic card instead: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834220181

edit: the one soulsaver linked to is even better
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post #6 of 20
8/13/07 at 7:52pm
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Thanks a lot for the replies guys. What about some of the other ones I found?

http://www.costco.com/CTO/HPConfigur...&model=GM816AV

And upgrade it to 1.8GHz, 2 GB DDR2, 383MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS, 12 Cell Lithium Ion Battery, HP Nylon Value Carrying Case, System Recovery DVD with Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium (32-bit), 3-yr Extended Service Plan with HP Express Repair.
And I get a mouse with it.

All of that should come out to $1,369.99

IS that good?
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post #7 of 20
8/13/07 at 8:48pm
the 8400 is a very poor performing card... i would not buy a machine with it especially for the kind of money they are wanting...
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post #8 of 20
8/13/07 at 8:52pm
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Originally Posted by krwlng1stepklos View Post
Thanks a lot for the replies guys. What about some of the other ones I found?

http://www.costco.com/CTO/HPConfigur...&model=GM816AV

And upgrade it to 1.8GHz, 2 GB DDR2, 383MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS, 12 Cell Lithium Ion Battery, HP Nylon Value Carrying Case, System Recovery DVD with Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium (32-bit), 3-yr Extended Service Plan with HP Express Repair.
And I get a mouse with it.

All of that should come out to $1,369.99

IS that good?

it's fine except when you get to "a few new games that are going to come out." Any time you're talking future games, you need a performance-level video card or better. Look for a notebook with an Nvidia GeForce 8600M, preferably with the GT version.
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post #9 of 20
8/13/07 at 11:39pm
Get a Dell Inspiron 1520 or Vostro 1500 (from small business). Configure it yourself with a 8600GT, the best card period in your price range, and you should fall well under 1500 with a decent coupon. Also, if you buy the vostro, you can choose XP and bypass all the vista hassle.
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post #10 of 20
8/14/07 at 11:41am
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I tried out Vista and liked it. SHould I get it? What are your opinions?
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post #11 of 20
8/14/07 at 3:02pm
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What about this?

http://www.pcsforeveryone.com/produc...customize=true
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post #12 of 20
8/14/07 at 3:11pm
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Originally Posted by Mrcuperchino View Post
Get a Dell Inspiron 1520 or Vostro 1500 (from small business). Configure it yourself with a 8600GT, the best card period in your price range, and you should fall well under 1500 with a decent coupon. Also, if you buy the vostro, you can choose XP and bypass all the vista hassle.

the one i linked can be configured for less, and is much better build quality than dells trash, even with the paint job dell offers :P


soulsaver
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post #13 of 20
8/14/07 at 3:14pm
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Originally Posted by krwlng1stepklos View Post

you should get the one i linked, i believe its the same as the one you linked, but instead youre getting it from a better dealer, prolly better warranty, ive just recently herd of pcsforeveryone, xotic pc has been around and know in these forums well

soulsaver
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post #14 of 20
8/14/07 at 3:44pm
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What about a warranty? What kind should I get if I order a custom built laptop from xotic? What about from Dell?
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post #15 of 20
8/14/07 at 11:21pm
notebook computers are one of the few products that are really worth warranting for as long as possible. Get the longest warranty you can afford -it's worth it not to have to pay for your $400 screen or $350 motherboard if they die on you.
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post #16 of 20
8/15/07 at 1:23pm
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Originally Posted by krwlng1stepklos View Post
What about a warranty? What kind should I get if I order a custom built laptop from xotic? What about from Dell?
i believe they offer the same thing as dell, over night shipping on parts, and at home care no one that comes to your house to fix yer dell, is an employee of dells, its just a 3rd party company that is a huge IT company that sells time blocks to these people, dell, hp, even xoticpc EDIT: yeah 3 year parts and labor, comes with 2 year labor, 1 year parts warranty as a standard id get it d00d, its a cheap model for what it has in it, CLevo makes a lot of laptops, they may even make dell's for them soulsaver
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post #17 of 20
8/15/07 at 7:42pm
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Soulsaver, thanks a lot for that. What about this? I can get it right away instead of waiting for shipping.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1179876462320
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post #18 of 20
8/15/07 at 8:13pm
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Or this, it comes out cheaper with a better warranty.

http://www.xoticpc.com/product_info....wconfigure=yes
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post #19 of 20
8/15/07 at 11:20pm
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Originally Posted by krwlng1stepklos View Post
Or this, it comes out cheaper with a better warranty.

http://www.xoticpc.com/product_info....wconfigure=yes

keep in mind the one i linked has a better video card, and more ram, 512 vs 256


soulsaver
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post #20 of 20
8/16/07 at 4:13pm
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Yeah, i'm pretty sure im going with the one you sent me but what do you think of the besy buy one.
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