Buying a laptop

[CalenDB - The Oasis]

Hey, this is my first time on these forums, so sorry if this is the wrong place to post this, but I'll get to the point. I wanna buy a laptop that I can do normal stuff on, but I also will be using it quite a bit for gaming, and I wanna get above at least 30 FPS on medium to high settings on basically every game, except maybe a few games like Crysis 3. I also am on a pretty tight budget, I can only pay $800-$900. I don't know too much about computer hardware, but this is the best laptop I could find for this price: http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/ideapad/y-series/y410p/index.html

I would like to know if there is anything bad on this computer that I'm missing, or if there any better deals than this. Thanks!

[Dudenstein]

I would bump down to an i5 and bump up on the gpu. You will see more gains with a stronger gpu than a stronger cpu in terms of gaming i believe. 

 

And this should be in the mobile section :P

[CalenDB - The Oasis]

Yeah I know, but I haven't really found a laptop like that (and I'm pretty sure you can't upgrade processers on laptops, but I could be wrong.) Do you know of any?

[AjAlien]

The bare bone Dell 17R laptop is full 1080P 8GB DDR3 I5 duel core and an Nvidia 650M with 2GB GDDR5. Best for $900 I believe.

 

http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-17r-se-7720/pd

 

Good Luck! :)

 

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[TheRetiredSlave]

Laptops usually don't offer the same customizability of a desktop, so I don't think you're going to be able to find something with an slower CPU and faster GPU.. A laptop 4700MQ/750M/8 GB@1600 for $800 is a pretty good deal..

(I'm gonna look around for some others, but I don't think you're going to get a Haswell i7 and a GTX 760M or 765M for the same price as that)

 

AJAlien, did you look at the laptop that he linked? It has a Haswel i7 and a GT 750M, which will be a lot better than an Ivy Bridge i5 and a GT 650M.. Just sayin'

[Dudenstein]

There's one on newegg that I saw a while ago that was an i5, and SLI 650m for about $1000. That should give a good performance boost in terms of gpu for only 100 more.

[Dudenstein]

Here's the 650m SLI laptop. No idea if it fits your usage scenario though hahaha and its a bit over your budget.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834312438

[Glenwing]

Moved to Mobile Devices

[MPX309]

Could try a gaming tab instead? razer got one which might be worth a look?

[CalenDB - The Oasis]

Thanks guys for the help, but TheRetiredSlave is right. And Dudenstein, the one I likealso has the capability to upgrade to dual 750m, so I think I'm gonna buy this one, and if in about a year or something the 750m isn't powerful enough to run the new technology of that time, I can spend about $150 more to upgrade to dual 750m. 

[Dudenstein]

Thanks guys for the help, but TheRetiredSlave is right. And Dudenstein, the one I likealso has the capability to upgrade to dual 750m, so I think I'm gonna buy this one, and if in about a year or something the 750m isn't powerful enough to run the new technology of that time, I can spend about $150 more to upgrade to dual 750m. 

Correct me if I'm wrong but I really don't think you can just add another 750m to the laptop as an upgrade later down the line. You have to order the SLI model when you order it. 

[Zappy]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I really don't think you can just add another 750m to the laptop as an upgrade later down the line. You have to order the SLI model when you order it. 

The Y500/Y510 series can SLI a second video card via a proprietary connection by taking out the optical drive