mth91

Sorry guys, no leniency on price with this one. Parents just said that since i'm a senior in high school, they're going to combine my birthday/graduation/christmas gift and get me a laptop. The deal is it has to be under $500. Here's what i'd like:

The ability to play left 4 dead
A screen that's less than 15.6", (sweet spot being 14.1")
That's really all I want to be able to do right there. Everything else sort of comes standard.

I may end up just taking the $500 and doing something else with it, but then that may seem kind of ungrateful.

Edit: Okay, so here's the deal now, i'm just simply looking for a laptop with the best graphics card under 500. This doesn't have to be from newegg, because they don't have the best deals always. Just has to stay under 500.

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tNok85

L4D?

I'd go used/refurbed. Also, the smaller the size, the more expensive it gets (usually) to put a gaming card in there. I'd forget 14.1". 15.6"+ is probably the only realistic hope.

Let me take a look around. Can you throw any of your own money in?

mth91

I don't have any of my own money. lol, look at my rig, that's my money right there. I can roll with 15.6" if necessary.

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tNok85

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834115572

Reports say that the HD 3200 *CAN* run L4D at low resolution and low settings.


I'd seriously look into used laptops. I can't imagine you'll find anything over an HD 3200 or 8200M without finding some sort of incredible sale.

mth91

Eh, I really don't wnat to go used. Thanks for the input. Rep+

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DuckYy

just start stalking slickdeals man.

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tNok85

If you are going to be going away or traveling a lot, I would consider selling your rig, combining the cash you get from that (easily a grand from Craigslist or eBay, more with the screen) and getting a very solid gaming laptop.

I bought the laptop in my sig for ~$750 (great deal) and while I still have my desktops, I've barely touched them since I got it.

mth91

I'm going to take my rig with me to college. No problem there. You ask me to sell my baby? That's like abortion!

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tNok85

Haha.

Yeah, I'd settle for the fact that you're very unlikely going to get anything over HD 3200 / 8200M, unless you're VERY lucky on a refurb deal, or if you buy used.

New... I'd be astonished. PM me if you find something decent under $500! Hehe.

mmparkskier

No job?


Also, I'd stay away from Acer. In my experience with them [for a friend], they sent me a computer with a dead PCI-E slot, refused to RMA it, and I eventually ended up replacing the board myself.

This was also a desktop, and through Tiger, so who knows...

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