A gaming laptop is an oxymoron onto itself imo, and im guessing that even though it is a beast at gaming, it will overheat big time during gameplay:?. Definitely go for a desktop, much cheaper and can get all that or better in a desktop:D.

22-24" LCD monitor, not sure what res whatever works best and looks good ;)!

my rig that has been looked at, changed, asked about, voted on, etc. Finally a due date has been set by myself and tomorrow is the day to order! YAY :D Tell me what you all think

• Case: CoolerMaster Storm Scout Mid-Tower Gaming 420w
• Cooling: standard case fans
• Mobo: EVGA nforce 780i SLi
• Memory: 8GB 800 DDR2
• Video Card:EVGAGTX 295 1.7GB
• CPU: C2Q 965012MB L23.0 Ghz
• PSU: 850w CoolMaster
• Hard Drive: 500 GB SATA
• Intel pro gigabite network card
• Razer Lycosa keyboard and Razer diamondback mouse
• zonet wireless network adapter card and wireless router
• 64-bit Vista premium

Okay so this is the final stage right before i order and i wanted to know if this is a solid looking gaming desktop.

• Case: Thermaltake ElementS Mid Tower
• 1000W Sigma power
• C2Q 9650 3.0 GHz
• Asus nForce 790i mobo
• 4GB Corsair Dom. RAM
• 2 GTX 2851GB SLI
• 500GB SATA Hard Drive
• Multiple Cooling Fan System

So, i want to know what everyone thinks. Mostly i'm hoping for some suggestions for another component or something like that because i'm new to enthusiast gaming.

i would definitely say quad or dual core, depending on your price range. I myself will not bother with the i7 for a good while because Nvidia released a statement stating that the i7 really didn't perform much better than a quad or dual core. They said that the hyper-threading was rarely used andits performance was the same. I do agree thatAMD should be represented, butat the moment, i think they are losing the cpu war.

thank you very much that saves me some cash. :D

Hello, i am ordering a new rig from alienware and i was wonderingabout everyones opinions, i have yet to order it so if you would suggest some other componenti would appreciate it. I also have a question on the PSU, im not sure which company (it might be thermaltake or something) but i was wondering if i should upgrade from 750Watt to 1000Watt, does it matter?

• IntelCore 2 QuadQ9550 12mb cache CPU
• 750 or 1000 watt PSU
• GTX 295 GPU
• Nvidia nforce 750i motherboard
• 4DDR2 GB ram
• Vista 64-bit
• 500 GB Hard Drive
• Razer lachesis 4000 dpi phantom white mouse
• Razer Tarantula keyboard

any help with different components or the power supply will be appreciated.

And if you wouldn't suggest something other than alienware, i like their quality and little features that are useful so my mind is made up for that :).

btw, i like Nvidia and the reason is that before i got into computers all i ever heard of was Nvidia not ATI

topic, which do you prefer and why?

I am paying $2000 for it, and its upgrade friendly thanks to their new chassis so it'll help me put in new components easierin the future.