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Im going the the military and i wont be able to bring a desktop with me so id like to get a laptop that would be good for quite awhile. Any suggestions, i live in the US also. 

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what's the budget and primary uses?

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How long do you define as "quite a while"? Most laptops are generally only good for around 3-4years. Are you after a laptop for gaming, or is this more for study?

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what's the budget and primary uses?

$3000 and mostly games. 

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How long do you define as "quite a while"? Most laptops are generally only good for around 3-4years. Are you after a laptop for gaming, or is this more for study?

im enlisting for 6 years, so for at lest 4 years. gaming 

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3000? jeez, you might as well get the razer blade maxed out. 

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3000? jeez, you might as well get the razer blade maxed out. 

ya... typed that without thinking. but id like it to be at lest $1500 USD

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$3000 and mostly games. 

 

why do u want to spend $3000 on a laptop for gaming when u have a decent desktop i mean i would understand if it was cheaper around $1000-$1500 and gaming was not all you were going to be doing

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If you're looking into that type of budget, I personally think the ASUS G751 series notebooks are in the top 3 for gaming.  Latest i7 processor with latest GTX 900m series GPUs.  Now days there's really no "future proofing" anything because something better will always come out in 4 months, but this is about as high end as you'll get for that budget and will be a solid rig for a few years.  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834232204&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Gaming+Laptops-_-N82E16834232204&gclid=COb3kqqomcICFQVafgodZiIA7w

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Well if you are getting deployed to any inhospitable area a Toshiba Toughbook because all other laptops will die in non-office environments due to the elements. Toughbooks are pricey though ~$2K USD and on the low end of performance. Again, if in inhospitable areas any non Toughbook laptop is good as dead.

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Something with 16GB of ram, high end i7, sli 970m, 1080p display, and a fairly large SSD should last a good four years. Aorus X7 pro comes to mind

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If you're looking into that type of budget, I personally think the ASUS G751 series notebooks are in the top 3 for gaming.  Latest i7 processor with latest GTX 900m series GPUs.  Now days there's really no "future proofing" anything because something better will always come out in 4 months, but this is about as high end as you'll get for that budget and will be a solid rig for a few years.  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834232204&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Gaming+Laptops-_-N82E16834232204&gclid=COb3kqqomcICFQVafgodZiIA7w

ok, thanks  :D

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ya... typed that without thinking. but id like it to be at lest $1500 USD

Yeah ok, Id say then get one of the new laptops with a gtx 970 3gb, 17.5 inch screen, 12gb of ram, and i7 processor in it. you can get a decent one for around 1500 on newegg. Im Partial to MSI but i think Asus would also be a very good choice.

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Yeah ok, Id say then get one of the new laptops with a gtx 970 3gb, 17.5 inch screen, 12gb of ram, and i7 processor in it. you can get a decent one for around 1500 on newegg. Im Partial to MSI but i think Asus would also be a very good choice.

alright, ill look at them. 

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alright, ill look at them. 

Dont forget to post what you decide to go with :) also good luck, I know im not American but thank you for your service all the same :)

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Dont forget to post what you decide to go with :) also good luck, I know im not American but thank you for your service all the same :)

i will and thank you

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There is no thing as future-proofing. You cannot know how demanding games can be in the future.

Buy something which suits your needs TODAY. You might save some money for your next Laptop/PC for other demanding games in the future.

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