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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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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?
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would get the same for in terms of Performance, the ones in store may look all nice and shiny but their processors are outdated 90% of the time..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
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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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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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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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.
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
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is that supposed to mean something mate?
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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