Im sick of having to write this in every thread which asks about a "gaming laptop". so i just leave this here in the hope people will see it before they post.

Why you dont want a "gaming laptop":

there is no such thing as a gaming laptop. gaming is about the experience. so;

a: you need to be able to concentrate on it.

b: you need a large screen

c: you need to be comfortable

d: you need good sound

e: you need good mouse and keyboard

f: you want something powerful as the more fluid a game can be the more enjoyment you will get

d: your system needs to be able to disperse heat, something all laptops have a problem with. especially after 6 months of dust

and if you dont care about all of that, and still think you will have a good gaming experience on a 15inch screen on a bus, please consider:

a:everything in your laptop has a lifespan of 2 years, after which your money is completely wasted. as you wont be able to upgrade sufficiently.

b: the case you pay for in a laptop gets thrown away

c: the keyboard gets thrown away

d: the touch pad gets thrown away

e: the motherboard gets thrown away

f: the power supply gets thrown away

g: the monitor gets thrown away

h: cpu thrown away

i: ram thrown away

j: hard drives, thrown away

k: cd/dvd drives thrown away

with a desktop, when things are a little out of date, you can keep almost all of these components and just buy a new motherboard, or cpu, or graphics card etc. making desktops better for the world and better for your pocket.

also consider

a: laptop is easy to steal

b: a gaming laptop will be targeted especially to steal

c: you will look like a nerdy rich kid

have i talked you out of it yet??

can someone STICKY THIS POST please?? because every day there is someone asking about a "gaming laptop", and another person crying that their new "gaming laptop" performs like crap, overheats, was a waste of money. it really annoys me and ever gamer/techie really knows that gaming laptops are overpriced peices of crap that no one should be looking at buying.

thanks

He has a decent monitor along with a nice keyboard and mouse, and a pad too. Spending $40 on a sound card would be a little much, considering he doesnt have quality headphones to actually use the improved sound, but if he wanted to, he could just get a Xonar DG for like $20 later on. He wont be overclocking the cpu, at least not anytime time soon so theres no need for another cooler.

And besides, even if i did lower the mobo to something cheaper and try to save money here and there, Buying a monitor (although he probly needs a new monitor), Headphones, and a soundcard would more than likely push the build over its pricelimit. But those are things he can buy later.

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and hes not gonna know thats its worth buying those parts later if hes asked you to build him a gaming pc he expects you to be experienced enough to know what makes a well balanced gaming rig.

dont be an idiot.

dont buy a gaming laptop.

there is no such thing.

gaming is about the experience. so

a: you need to be able to concentrate on it.

b: you need a large screen

c: you need to be comfortable

d: you need good sound

e: you need good mouse and keyboard

f: you want something powerful and the more fluid a game can be the more enjoyment you will get

d: your system needs to be able to disperse heat, something all laptops have a problem with. especially after 6 months of dust

and then, if you dont care about all of that, please consider:

a:everything in your laptop has a lifespan of 2 years, after which your money is completely wasted. as you wont be able to upgrade sufficiently.

b: the case you pay for in a laptop gets thrown away

c: the keyboard gets thrown away

d: the touch pad gets thrown away

e: the motherboard gets thrown away

f: the power supply gets thrown away

g: the monitor gets thrown away

h: cpu thrown away

i: ram thrown away

j: hard drives, thrown away

k: cd/dvd drives thrown away

with a desktop, when things are a little out of date, you can keep almost all of these components and just buy a new motherboard, or cpu, or graphics card etc. making desktops better for the world and better for your pocket.

also consider

a: laptop is easy to steal

b: a gaming laptop will be targeted especially to steal

c: you will look like a nerdy rich kid

have i talked you out of it yet??

can someone STICKY THIS POST please?? because every day there is someone asking about a "gaming laptop", and another person crying that their new "gaming laptop" performs like crap, overheats, was a waste of money. it really annoys me and ever gamer/techie really knows that gaming laptops are overpriced peices of crap that no one should be looking at buying.

thanks

[QUOTE="seercirra"]the cheaper one. the other one is marketed to gamers, which means it is overpriced by 15%.Masenkoe

Lol wut

theyve dropped in price recently. i just picked up a 128gb m4 from ebuyer for £85.

their 256gb drives are roughly the same price

http://www.ebuyer.com/store/Storage/cat/Hard-Drive---SSD

theyve dropped in price recently. i just picked up a 128gb m4 from ebuyer for £85.

their 256gb drives are roughly the same price

http://www.ebuyer.com/store/Storage/cat/Hard-Drive---SSD

hah,

its a boring game. destined to fail from its initial design phases. meaningless arena combat wtf.

if its gaming, then graphics arent all that matter. what matters is the entire experience.

which means you need a good sound system so he can be competative in fps games, and a quality mouse and mat.

id see if i can get a 2500k,

a freezer 7 pro or similar cpu cooler for no more than $20 so he can kick that 2500k to 4.5ghz

550w psu with ~30a on the 12v rail

gtx 560 or equivelant ati card.

motherboard cheap as possible making sure it supports sata 3 and decent ram. i would try and get a z68 board or better for onboard graphics should his gpu ever fail so he is not left with a dead pc.

i would get the best asus or creative sound card i can buy for ~40-60.

and some decent closed cup headphones for ~40-60

id get him a razor goliathus medium size mousepad ~$15

a g400 or g500 mouse, depending on what i could afford.

does he need a keyboard? basic keyboards are fine, no need to spend more than $20

$50 for a case

64 gig crucial m4 ssd

640gb wd black (or 500gb or 1tb depending on money)

$20 for a dvd writer.

upto $150 for a 22-24 inch flatscreen monitor if its needed.

i think that would give a very good gaming experience for the money.

ive no idea what that would all come to but its what i would aim for.