Want a Laptop with Specific Features, Need Help Finding Best Deal

[EChondo]

I want a laptop, not a ultrabook or chromebook, etc. a real laptop with;

-1920x1080 resolution

-Dual hard drive bays, so 2 hard drive and an optical, no hard drive caddy in the optical drive slot

-15.6"-17.3"

-Cheap

I will be using the laptop for web browsing, word documents, and multimedia(pictures, videos, music) viewing. A clean looking laptop is desired, but I can pass this up. I have found a few laptops, but the best one I could find is this: http://rjtech.com/shop/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=30115

The only problem with this is that, I don't need a GT 650m. Can anyone find a cheaper laptop with these features using embedded Intel graphics? I just need something simple with a few features without it being over like $600...

I don't need hard drives, RAM, or a OS, I have all that. So I basically need the laptop with a CPU, screen and wireless card, I don't understand why it is so expensive for something so simple.

[amintha1992]

ya..... not going to happen for less than $600

if you want dual had drive bays and a Optical dive then you have to go for a much much much higher price point.

some thing like the MSI GT60 or a GT70 might have dual HDD bays and high end ASUS G75 will have dual HDD bays. but they can reach even $2000.

if you want to add a SSD and a HDD then go for some thing like a MSI GT60 ($1200) becasue it has a m-SATA. use that as a cash for the HDD.

that is the best compromise for what you are looking for.

but i am sorry you will never be able to find a notebook with those specs for that price unless its a used one.. but im not sure abt that too

[amintha1992]

ya..... not going to happen for less than $600

if you want dual had drive bays and a Optical dive then you have to go for a much much much higher price point.

some thing like the MSI GT60 or a GT70 might have dual HDD bays and high end ASUS G75 will have dual HDD bays. but they can reach even $2000.

if you want to add a SSD and a HDD then go for some thing like a MSI GT60 ($1200) becasue it has a m-SATA. use that as a cash for the HDD.

that is the best compromise for what you are looking for.

but i am sorry you will never be able to find a notebook with those specs for that price unless its a used one.. but im not sure abt that too

EDIT: forgot to mention - that is best price that you will find for a dual HDD bay notebook. but not sure about the brand. so i will be more careful...

[Salmiakbal]

If you want two HDD's and an optical drive you'll probably need to go to 17'', which are more often loaded with higher end components than smaller notebook.s I don't think 600 is gonna work either.

[EChondo]

ya..... not going to happen for less than $600 if you want dual had drive bays and a Optical dive then you have to go for a much much much higher price point. some thing like the MSI GT60 or a GT70 might have dual HDD bays and high end ASUS G75 will have dual HDD bays. but they can reach even $2000. if you want to add a SSD and a HDD then go for some thing like a MSI GT60 ($1200) becasue it has a m-SATA. use that as a cash for the HDD. that is the best compromise for what you are looking for. but i am sorry you will never be able to find a notebook with those specs for that price unless its a used one.. but im not sure abt that too

Thanks but I found that Clevo laptop for $700 and it has everything I want, but it also has more items like a GT 650m, which I don't need. The Clevo fits the bill perfectly, but I would like to find something cheaper that doesn't have extra things like a dedicated GPU.

If you want two HDD's and an optical drive you'll probably need to go to 17''' date=' which are more often loaded with higher end components than smaller notebook.s I don't think 600 is gonna work either.[/quote']

I found a 15.6" for $700, but it has extras that I don't need. If anyone can't find something cheaper that just has the basics of what I want, then I guess I'll have to wait a while more or just suck it up and pay the $700!

Thanks guys, if anyone else has any suggestions, please feel free to post or PM me :)