So my friends little brother needs a laptop capable of handling most current and future games (to a reasonable extent). I'm well aware that most of you will suggest building a desktop rather than buying a laptop for good reasons. However, circumstances prevent that from being a viable option, so please don't suggest it as it has already been considered. Following suggestions from previous threads I have looked into the sager brand and decided on [URL="http://www.sagernotebook.com/index.php?page=product_customed&model_name=NP6350"]this[/URL]. With a 1tb primary hard drive and a 120gb ssd bringing the whole package to $1240. Alterations or criticisms are welcome.
That's actually a pretty good deal for a laptop. Although I would use the 120GB SSD as the primary drive and get the 7200rpm Sata 2 750GB HDD as a secondary instead. And if you can, definitely get Windows 8 64 bit.
Total = $1214
i suggest using tigerdirect.com
you can get a laptop with an i7 for the same price as that i5
[url=http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1404697&CatId=17]here's an example[/url]
[QUOTE=Death_God;38258412]i suggest using tigerdirect.com
you can get a laptop with an i7 for the same price as that i5
[url=http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1404697&CatId=17]here's an example[/url][/QUOTE]
Except that laptop is worse for the money. Has less memory, less hard drive space, worse mobile graphics card, , slower cpu (yeah, the i5 is better it just doesn't have hyperthreading).
Sager isn't Dell or HP or Sony or Alienware. They make great laptops for the money.
Yeah but then you don't get a 660m and the i7 is still pointless for gaming.
[QUOTE=Zerokateo;38258855]Yeah but then you don't get a 660m and the i7 is still pointless for gaming.[/QUOTE]
Perfect for video editing enthusiasts like me, but it's a 720QM so it's out of date. However it still renders 720p video faster than my desktop yet theres higher FPS in gaming on there.
OP are you willing to do video editing as well? The i7 seems good for activity like that.
Nah this kid is like 12, I doubt he'll be doing any CPU intensive stuff. That's why I opted for the i5. Am I wrong to say that gaming is more GPU dependent as long as you have a decent CPU?
Edit: Also, is the intel brand ssd really worth it? I've heard that they're top of the line and really reliable but if the difference is negligible and I could save $30 for them it would be preferable.
[QUOTE=SteelReal;38264551]Nah this kid is like 12, I doubt he'll be doing any CPU intensive stuff. That's why I opted for the i5. Am I wrong to say that gaming is more GPU dependent as long as you have a decent CPU?[/quote]
Yeah that tends to be the case. Game developers for pc don't optimize their games very well for pc so the graphics card is really an important part.
[QUOTE=SteelReal;38264551]Edit: Also, is the intel brand ssd really worth it? I've heard that they're top of the line and really reliable but if the difference is negligible and I could save $30 for them it would be preferable.[/QUOTE]
The difference is noticeable especially if you use the SSD as a boot drive (where the OS is installed in the SSD). You'll see much faster start up times for Windows and any applications you have installed on it. Intel makes especially good SSDs, however they are not the fastest, but the Intel 520s are the most reliable ones currently on the market. It's really a toss up call because SSDs are a lot smaller than HDDs and if they begin to fill up too much the read speed slows down.
I'm going to reiterate what I said as a recommendation for what you should do.
[quote]I would use the 120GB SSD as the primary drive and get the 7200rpm Sata 2 750GB HDD as a secondary instead.[/quote]
aight thanks for the help
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