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Gaming Laptop

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aj5474
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Need a laptop for school and I want something that can also play games decently. I'm a casual gamer and just need something that can play recent stuff and would be easy to upgrade later. I dont want to spend too much considering that I'm a broke college student so a grand is my limit.

Apr 12 2009 1:34AM
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chapz
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well how far back do you consider not recent? any new laptop you buy nowadays will be able to play older games.... even like an intel gma 4500 will be able to play most older game.
Apr 12 2009 1:37AM
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aj5474
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recent to me is Half life 2 and COD5. I want to be able to play those
Apr 12 2009 1:40AM
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Billek
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You are much better off buying a desktop for  grand.  Laptops at that price don't really have the power to play recent games (cod5) very well, and you can't really upgrade them much.  Processors, ram, and and hard drives arent too hard to upgrade in a laptop, but the most important piece of gaming hardware(in modern games), the GPU, is nearly impossible to upgrade. 

If

Apr 12 2009 12:06PM
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Billek
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oops, post broke.

if you are dead set on a laptop, I would look at this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220512

but only if you need one now, the best way to buy a laptop is to wait until the last minute.  If you want to look at a desktop, ask me about it.

Apr 12 2009 12:08PM
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sstricky
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dude, dont even worry about a laptop.. get a cheap 400 dollar laptop to use all the time for work and then buy a desktop for gaming and everything else in your dorm...

build your own top of the line desktop that could beat any fukin mac or dell or some crap you can think of for like $800.... www.newegg.com
Apr 12 2009 12:15PM
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Billek
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Yeah, I hope he picks the desktop method.. Im bored and would love to work with a budget and pick out some parts for this guy.
Apr 12 2009 12:19PM
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An10a_Eng
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xps
Apr 12 2009 12:21PM
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sstricky
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word. i love building new desktops.... having a set budget and making the best build out of it is really fun... im claimin nerd status here
Apr 12 2009 12:22PM
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Billek
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I love building.  I managed to squeeze out a nice rig in july and its only lost 20% of its total value over time.  Im waiting for Intel's i5 lineup for my next total build.
Apr 12 2009 12:25PM
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aj5474
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I think I"m going to wait until the summer before I go to school and see what sales are on. if I cant find anything good, I"ll probably get a desktop. Thanks for the advice.
Apr 17 2009 8:55PM
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