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    Quote Originally Posted by Hazzah View Post
    Alienware always has the option of a graphics card, which is probably the only reason for him to score higher than Sin. Also, those score can be changed quite easily if you just did a quick google you could find out how.

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    I know that this thread is about laptops, but fyi, my friend modded his monitor (15 inch) and fitted it onto the side part of the chassis of a computer, and has a beast $1000 build with i5 2500k, gtx 570, and like 12 GB 1333 mhz ram, which was downsized from 1866 to get 7-7-7-18 timings. The chassis is really portable and he can bot what he says like 5-10 at a time... so maybe try that?

    Btw, it has a slight case of overheating, so if you try this option, you may want to install like excalibur level cooling.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris View Post
    I am also searching for one. My budget is slightly higher and I found this one:
    Toshiba Satellite C660-2N3 - Core i5-2450M 2.5 GHz / 4GB DDR3 RAM / 500GB HDD / Intel HD Graphics 3000 / 15.6 inch
    For 520 euro. I wonder how many scripts/SMARTs I could run with that. Does anyone know stuff about the i5 2450M?
    the 2450M has about half the power (at benchmark maximum) as the 2500k, so probably 4 or so as said

    satellites are pretty good laptops for their price


    Quote Originally Posted by Hazzah View Post
    Alienware always has the option of a graphics card, which is probably the only reason for him to score higher than Sin. Also, those score can be changed quite easily if you just did a quick google you could find out how.

    $1300




    same price, cpu is underclocked.
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    i need a clarification. i5 2450 QM is only for laptops right?
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    Thanks Leetsxc and Grats, that's pretty nice. I am currently using a 6-years old desktop with Intel pentium 4 processor o/c to 3.99 Ghz, but it can barely do 1...

    @gpianist, Im not sure, but I do think so :P
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    Im on my phone at work at the moment so i'll havr a proper look later but what kinda processor should i be looking at getting? Intel i5 or higher? What about amd's? And im assuming 4gig of ram is sufficient when it comes to running 2 or more walking scripts comfortably yeah?

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    960t unlocked cores oc'd to 4 Ghz is beast in AMD. and I5 has the best bang for buck in intel.
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    Go on Ebay and check out custom Laptop makers find their site, they sell their stuff for dirt cheap compared to the other companies and you can get cheap ass Warranty along with it
    They just basically take shitty Laptops and Pimp them out to your desire for way cheaper than you would get the same for in terms of Performance, the ones in store may look all nice and shiny but their processors are outdated 90% of the time.. etc etc

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    Lenovos seem pretty highly rated on here so whats peoples opinions on this? Good value for money or could i do better?

    http://www.very.co.uk/lenovo-ideapad...01-21876-21024

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    Quote Originally Posted by vaccinate View Post
    Im on my phone at work at the moment so i'll havr a proper look later but what kinda processor should i be looking at getting? Intel i5 or higher? What about amd's? And im assuming 4gig of ram is sufficient when it comes to running 2 or more walking scripts comfortably yeah?
    For a laptop get an i5. i7's have a lower clock rate until turbo boost is activated, even then they bounce up and down (also they get really hot)

    a bounce up and down from 1.3GHz to 3.1 is worse than a steady i5 at 2.4GHz or so, even then some of them bounce up to like 2.9
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    Quote Originally Posted by grats View Post
    For a laptop get an i5. i7's have a lower clock rate until turbo boost is activated, even then they bounce up and down (also they get really hot)
    Well, I have i7 in my laptop. Its 4x2ghz and boost up to 2.6ghz.
    At 2.6ghz, vent is very loud, and cpu gets to like 85-90C.
    I usually set it to 2ghz, and its around 80C.
    During night I sometimes bot, at 800mhz I can run max two bots and its silent enough.

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    Quote Originally Posted by vaccinate View Post
    Lenovos seem pretty highly rated on here so whats peoples opinions on this? Good value for money or could i do better?

    http://www.very.co.uk/lenovo-ideapad...01-21876-21024
    Looks great!
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    I paid $1000 USD for my lenovo y570
    This is with a solid state drive (to boot) 30 gigs (It doesn't count as my primary drive though (Primary is 7200 rpm, but 5.9 is the max score for any mechanical drive), which is why my score is low... simply if I switched them my score would be 6.7)

    Also it is not showing my actual graphics card, I didn't turn it on when I took the assessment and really don't want to wait that long for that score to be improved by like .3.
    (I can turn my graphics card off, and then it will use Sandy Bridge to save battery)

    I boot in 16 seconds (timed) with my anti-virus loading before the OS


    Lenovo's are beasts.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shatterhand View Post
    Well, I have i7 in my laptop. Its 4x2ghz and boost up to 2.6ghz.
    At 2.6ghz, vent is very loud, and cpu gets to like 85-90C.
    I usually set it to 2ghz, and its around 80C.
    During night I sometimes bot, at 800mhz I can run max two bots and its silent enough.
    Oh it's one of the older i7's? that's insanely hot lol

    I don't see them do that much anymore, intel seems to like the running at low Ghz then only going up when needed, either way that's crazy how hot it is.


    definitely any laptop is going to be running a few simbas fine now-a-days though, r4and0ms laptop looks like it performs super pro
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    Quote Originally Posted by grats View Post
    Oh it's one of the older i7's? that's insanely hot lol

    I don't see them do that much anymore, intel seems to like the running at low Ghz then only going up when needed, either way that's crazy how hot it is.
    No its 1 year old type, i7 2630QM. I usually use high performance mode, so it goes up to maximum ghz.
    Atm two simba running at 2ghz, 75C and 25% cpu usage.

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    I went on Kijiji and bought a Acer Extenza. 4Gb Ram 90 GB HD ~$130. Runs everything I want and I am satisfied. The only reason I didn't buy brand new is because my whole family is poor and I am saving all my money to go to college.

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    just thought i'd bring up my old thread to say i finally went with the lenovo z580 ideapad.

    specs off of the website-

    Useful info:

    Intel® Core™ i5-3210M processor
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
    8Gb RAM
    750Gb hard drive
    15.6 inch HD display (1366 x 768)
    WiFi; Bluetooth
    Nvidia GT 640M graphics
    DVD writer
    HDMI, USB 2.0 and 3.0
    Dolby Home Theatre v4
    Stereo speakers with extra bass
    Intelligent TouchPad
    5-in-1 card reader
    720p HD webcam

    should be good enough for what i need

    cheers all.

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    is that supposed to mean something mate?

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    Quote Originally Posted by vaccinate View Post
    is that supposed to mean something mate?
    its not a laptop but its a cool computer tower..lol..

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    Whatever you do don't get an HP laptop, I have an HP Pavilioin dv7 with a really great graphics card and an i7 core, 8 gigs of ram, it's still terrible for an entertainment laptop, I've owned Dell laptops and they've always been so much better, I just got a new Dell actually and it's so much better.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ucantseemebot View Post
    its not a laptop but its a cool computer tower..lol..
    oh it's a computer tower? wow haha. thought you'd randomly posted a picture of a drum or something, was like hmm..

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    Quote Originally Posted by goreguy11 View Post
    Whatever you do don't get an HP laptop, I have an HP Pavilioin dv7 with a really great graphics card and an i7 core, 8 gigs of ram, it's still terrible for an entertainment laptop, I've owned Dell laptops and they've always been so much better, I just got a new Dell actually and it's so much better.
    well that's good to hear from my point of view i guess since i've gone with the lenovo

    but what do you mean by it's been terrible as 'an entertainment laptop'?

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