PC gaming for college student

[Aurora_Spectrum2]

Hi, I was wondering if there is a good laptop or desktop to make or buy for a college student with a budget?

[ArmswieldTheHero]

Whats the budget?

[nialdz]

I bought the Lenovo y50-70 

4K Screen, i7 4700HQ, 16gb ram, 250gb ssd, and a 860m 2gb for under 1400$

There's better and cheaper options out there, the 4K screen got me though

[ArmswieldTheHero]

Just now, nialdz said:

I bought the Lenovo y50-70 

4K Screen, i7 4700HQ, 16gb ram, 250gb ssd, and a 860m 2gb for under 1400$

There's better and cheaper options out there, the 4K screen got me though

That would be uber trashhhhhhhhhhh for gaming.

[nialdz]

Works just amazingly for me. I'm not really into triple A titles though.

CSGO, TF2, etc.

2 minutes ago, ArmswieldTheHero said:

That would be uber trashhhhhhhhhhh for gaming.

 

[ToniBamboni]

2 minutes ago, ArmswieldTheHero said:

That would be uber trashhhhhhhhhhh for gaming.

Not trash, its a good rocket league machine.

[Aurora_Spectrum2]

I preferably wouldn't want to spend over 2000 for either. I want to be able to manage playing games like Fallout 4 in a medium or even better high graphic setting with out having the frame rate annoying the hell out of me or running it on low settings or having it crash on me. I know its pretty demanding but i want something nice for college when I want to distract myself or if I'm done with work early. 

[ArmswieldTheHero]

1 minute ago, nialdz said:

Works just amazingly for me. I'm not really into triple A titles though.

CSGO, TF2, etc.

 

Well the OP might be interested in AAA games that demand graphical resources.

[nialdz]

Just now, ArmswieldTheHero said:

Well the OP might be interested in AAA games that demand graphical resources.

Some more detail into what the OP would like would be nice.

[Ddave]

2 minutes ago, Aurora_Spectrum2 said:

I preferably wouldn't want to spend over 2000 for either. I want to be able to manage playing games like Fallout 4 in a medium or even better high graphic setting with out having the frame rate annoying the hell out of me or running it on low settings or having it crash on me. I know its pretty demanding but i want something nice for college when I want to distract myself or if I'm done with work early. 

At 2000 USD, you can build a great gaming desktop.

[tomoki]

1 minute ago, ArmswieldTheHero said:

That would be uber trashhhhhhhhhhh for gaming.

That is exactly why I didn't like the new Y50. 

The old Y50 had dual mobile gpu's in it. That I suggested to a friend. I really am not sure what to get nowadays. 

My uncle recently got a new laptop but he had no budget so I got him what I thought was the most powerful ...

What concerns me most isn't only the power you get from a laptop but...the deterioration of components in a laptop. All the laptops I've encountered (within my experience that is) have started off by playing games at high settings and gradually decreased over time while playing the same game. 

 

Whatever you do, do consider cooling as well  

[nialdz]

Do you want the computer to be mobile? 

[ArmswieldTheHero]

1 minute ago, Aurora_Spectrum2 said:

I preferably wouldn't want to spend over 2000 for either. I want to be able to manage playing games like Fallout 4 in a medium or even better high graphic setting with out having the frame rate annoying the hell out of me or running it on low settings or having it crash on me. I know its pretty demanding but i want something nice for college when I want to distract myself or if I'm done with work early. 

Well if you wanted a laptop I couldn't recommend anything.

However, if you want a good desktop to run fallout 4 and the like, heres a good build within your budget with lots of adaptability. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Km2w99

[nialdz]

1 minute ago, ArmswieldTheHero said:

Well if you wanted a laptop I couldn't recommend anything.

However, if you want a good desktop to run fallout 4 and the like, heres a good build within your budget with lots of adaptability. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Km2w99

I'd switch that 970 for a 390 and stick an SSD in that build.

Better Price/Performance

[ArmswieldTheHero]

Just now, nialdz said:

I'd switch that 970 for a 390 and stick an SSD in that build.

Better Price/Performance

Yea, good point.

[Aurora_Spectrum2]

interesting but the i5 is a bit slow in my opinion. i have a 6th gen i7 on my laptop and it works amazingly with my school work and courses. Yet my delema is my laptop prossesor isnt fast enough and my graphics card is shit. 

[xboxonthego3]

22 minutes ago, Aurora_Spectrum2 said:

interesting but the i5 is a bit slow in my opinion. i have a 6th gen i7 on my laptop and it works amazingly with my school work and courses. Yet my delema is my laptop prossesor isnt fast enough and my graphics card is shit. 

A desktop i5 cpu is not slow compared to a mobile cpu processor. Like the ones that are common in today's laptops. It actually probably beats your 6th i7 laptop depending on what i7 is in your laptop.

[Aurora_Spectrum2]

Yea your right it does beat my i7 but not by that much well maybe. it runs at 2.8 GHz. Well interesting i might look into the rig but i want to see if there other ones out but the rig you sent me with both what the other guy said might do the trick. Thank you for your opinion its gonna help me to pick out.