Gaming Laptop

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My wife wants a laptop, I want her to have one to keep her off the BF2 machine. But if I get one I want to be able to take it on trips and hopfully game instead of being bored to death in the hotels, SO

Does anyone have any good gaming rig vendor recommendations for where to get a system with these specs for less than the price of a car?, I'm leaning toward Core2 Duo 7700, Nvidia 8800 Go, 2GB DDR2, 150 GB 7200 RPM HD, DVD, 17" display

[LA_MERC_Captain_Obvious]

this should suit your needs (http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=8255)

[LA_MERC_Wetzny]

Yeah that should work for Rollout... Hey Chris you can hock that motorized chair you bought last week, when you were all jacked up by your pancreas... :stick

[LA_MERC_LaTech]

"gaming laptop"...isn't than an oxymoron?

[LA_MERC_th33_r00k]

"gaming laptop"...isn't than an oxymoron?

Right along with my gaming wireless network:stick

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Gaming laptop IS an oxymoron for sure!!! The laptop looks good except fot the 15" monitor, but beggers can't always be choosers, thanks Cap:)

David seeing as you could be flush with investment capital in the near future, perhaps you could use a high quality "hunting" chair for beaver season, slightly used but still in excellant condition, approx $2,700 obo!!!

[LA_MERC_Wetzny]

Sure does it have four wheel drive? and how much extra for the plastic dump bag attached to the side? :stick

[LA_MERC_Captain_Obvious]

The laptop looks good except fot the 15" monitor


That's a 17.1" screen with 1920 x 1200 resolution (1080p)

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Oopps, I stand corrected, I was looking at the dimensions Cap.

David, the colostomy bag is a freebee, it might be slightly used however, unwilling to verify it's actual condition at this time!!!!

[LA_MERC_Cowboy_From_Hell]

Near the same as the one posted by Cap but $1,100 less....

$1672.00
(before all applicable rebates)
DISPLAY LCD: 17" WXGA Widescreen TFT Display
CPU: Mobile AMD Turion™64 X2 Dual-Core TL-66 CPU @ 2.3GHz 2x512KB L2 Cache 64-bit Low Voltage 35Watt
MOTHERBOARD: NVIDIA MCP51 + C51MV Chipset Mainboard
MEMORY: 2GB (2x1GB) PC5300 DDR2-667 SODIMM Memory (Corsair or Major Brand)
VIDEO CARD: Built-in Mobility™ NVIDIA GeForce GO 7600 256MB PCI-Express X16 Video
HARD DRIVE: 160GB 5400RPM SATA150 HARD DRIVE
OPTICAL DRIVE: 8X DVD REWRITABLE DRIVE
SOUND: Creative Labs SB LIVE 24-bit USB External

http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/ntbkx647000.asp?v=d#configurator_top

Some people have had bad luck with Cyberpower (Mercy comes to mind) but I've bought 2 rigs from them now and absolutely no problems at all.

[LA_MERC_T4rg3T]

http://www.alienware.com/product_detail_pages/area-51_m9750/area-51m_overview.aspx?SysCode=PC-LT-AREA51M9750&SubCode=SKU-DEFAULT

http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/xpsnb_m1710?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220185

The 3rd one only has a 5400 rpm hard drive. That slower hard drive will make a difference if you are gaming. Try to make sure you find a unit with a 7200 rpm sata drive. You could always swap out the hard drive in the 3rd unit with a 7200 rpm drive.

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Thanks gents, good to hear from you Toby!

[LA_MERC_Drax]

I have a gaming laptop, it was nice when i got it back in 05, i ended up buying it from dell for the simple fact that i don't like to work on laptops and i wasn't buying an alienware. I looked at a few dells recently, thought about gettin a newer one and giving my current one to my parents or something, i have a 17 inch screen on it, and that doesn't work so well for packing it around offshore, much rather have a smaller laptop. I ran some through dells website, for a decked out gaming rig i had it around 1800 or so with a 15 inch screen.


Heres the short of it:

SYSTEM COLOR Ruby Red
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7500 (2.2GHz/800Mhz FSB/4MB cache)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition
DISPLAY High Resolution, glossy widescreen 15.4 inch display (1680x1050)
VIDEO CARD 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT
MEMORY FREE! 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz
OPTICAL DRIVE CD / DVD writer (DVD+/-RW Drive)
WIRELESS NETWORK CARDS Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-card
INTEGRATED WEBCAM No Webcam Option
BATTERY OPTIONS 85Whr Lithium Ion Battery (9 cell)
SOUND OPTIONS Integrated Sound Blaster® Audigy™HD Software Edition


If you wanna go through and put your own together, heres the link to start it:
http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&oc=DNDWKA2&s=dhs&sm=2


My price was about 1800, but i added a few things in, like TV tuner card, heat pad with fans for desktop, a sleeve for packing it around in, and a wireless mouse that maches the laptop shell.

[LA_MERC_Captain_Obvious]

i ended up buying it from dell for the simple fact that i don't like to work on laptops and i wasn't buying an alienware.


That's made me laugh a little, since Dell owns Alienware. (not in '05, but staring in '06)

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Yeah Drax, that Ruby Red case is awesome, puts ALL other vendors to shame, and Connie likes it. Guess which way I will probably be lead ? :)

[LA_MERC_Drax]

Hey, who said you laptop can't have a little bling? Too bad they dont' make it in chrome case....

I know thats the case now, but when i was buying, the deal didn't go through yet. And plus with alienware back then, you payed an extra grand just for the case it came in

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I agree Drax, alienware is over priced just for the name

[LA_MERC_T4rg3T]

I agree Drax, alienware is over priced just for the name

Alienware has SLI in a laptop. I don't think its that overprised considering the cost of higher end video cards.

You do pay for the name and case but you also pay for the ability to add in the options that they provide.

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Roger that Toby:)