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post #1 of 10
7/22/12 at 10:09pm
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Hey guys, I am looking for a decent gaming laptop for around 800$.

I am hoping to be able to play games such as GW2 on decent settings with a nice frame rate.



If anyone has any recommendation please link me smile.gif

Thanks.
Edited by Madbeats - 7/22/12 at 10:18pm
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post #2 of 10
7/22/12 at 10:16pm
don't rush into buying a laptop you plan on keeping for a long time smile.gif

a good start would be here

http://www.ibuypower.com/IbpPages/Laptop.aspx
i bought my PC from there in 2008 it still going strong, i linked you to there laptop page

and this is there competitor
http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/category/notebook/

both make extremely good gaming laptops and i don't think you can find anything better than what they offer (my opinion)
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post #3 of 10
7/22/12 at 10:22pm
I would look to Sony's outlet currently
Tons of well priced deals on last season VAIOs.

Example:
VAIO S series
* Battery : Internal lithium polymer battery (4400mAh)
* Processor : Intel® Core™ i7-2640M processor (2.80GHz / 3.50GHz with Turbo Boost)
* Color : Black
* Display : 15.5" LED backlit Full HD display (1920 x 1080)
* Graphics : AMD Radeon™ HD 6630M (1GB) hybrid graphics with Intel® Wireless Display technology
* Backlit Keyboard : LED Backlit Keyboard
* Operating System : Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit
* Memory : 4GB (4GB fixed onboard + 1 open SDRAM slot) DDR3-SDRAM-1333
* Hard Drive /Solid State Drive : 750GB (5400rpm) hard drive
* 1 Year Factory warranty

815.88 After Tax (WA State 6%)/Shipped for a brand new i7 laptop with a magnesium body and a 1080p screen.
Tempting myself to grab one but warranty coverage in Canada is nada. I'd have to bring it down to the states for any in warranty service/
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post #4 of 10
7/22/12 at 10:29pm
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don't rush into buying a laptop you plan on keeping for a long time smile.gif
a good start would be here
http://www.ibuypower.com/IbpPages/Laptop.aspx
i bought my PC from there in 2008 it still going strong, i linked you to there laptop page
and this is there competitor
http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/category/notebook/
both make extremely good gaming laptops and i don't think you can find anything better than what they offer (my opinion)

I think Ibuypower has some nice machines, however I think there are better deals out there from what I have read.

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Originally Posted by ivr56 View Post

I would look to Sony's outlet currently
Tons of well priced deals on last season VAIOs.
Example:
VAIO S series
* Battery : Internal lithium polymer battery (4400mAh)
* Processor : Intel® Core™ i7-2640M processor (2.80GHz / 3.50GHz with Turbo Boost)
* Color : Black
* Display : 15.5" LED backlit Full HD display (1920 x 1080)
* Graphics : AMD Radeon™ HD 6630M (1GB) hybrid graphics with Intel® Wireless Display technology
* Backlit Keyboard : LED Backlit Keyboard
* Operating System : Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit
* Memory : 4GB (4GB fixed onboard + 1 open SDRAM slot) DDR3-SDRAM-1333
* Hard Drive /Solid State Drive : 750GB (5400rpm) hard drive
* 1 Year Factory warranty
815.88 After Tax (WA State 6%)/Shipped for a brand new i7 laptop with a magnesium body and a 1080p screen.
Tempting myself to grab one but warranty coverage in Canada is nada. I'd have to bring it down to the states for any in warranty service/


I'm going to look into Sony. Would you say those specs would run GW2 smoothly? Or other graphic intensive games? ( can't really think of any on the top of my head)
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post #5 of 10
7/22/12 at 10:33pm
I just ordered a dv6z-7000 from HP. AMD A10-4600M + HD7730m for ~$650. I'm guessing it will play GW2 fine, I can run benchmarks on it once I get it (should be later this week).
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post #6 of 10
7/22/12 at 10:39pm
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I think Ibuypower has some nice machines, however I think there are better deals out there from what I have read.
I'm going to look into Sony. Would you say those specs would run GW2 smoothly? Or other graphic intensive games? ( can't really think of any on the top of my head)
that's fine just don't settle on something you kinda like save up for what you really want biggrin.gif

and from personal experience avoid Sony, HP, and Dell Laptops/Notebooks
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post #7 of 10
7/22/12 at 10:39pm
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I just ordered a dv6z-7000 from HP. AMD A10-4600M + HD7730m for ~$650. I'm guessing it will play GW2 fine, I can run benchmarks on it once I get it (should be later this week).

Which coupon did you use? the 20% and 33% ones arent available anymore ;(

also, how does this deal look?

http://www.gaminglaptopsjunky.com/lenovo-ideapad-y580-209948u-i7-3610qm-cpu-gtx-660m-2gb-gddr5-gpu-500gb-7200rpm-hdd-8gb-1600mhz-ddr3-850-coupon-code-uspy548712-top-performance-money/

edit: turns out the coupon is expired frown.gif

edit2:

How does this look for 820$?vvv

Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
3rd generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3210M Processor (2.5 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 3.1 GHz)
NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) GT 650M Graphics with 2GB GDDR 5 video memory
8GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
Microsoft(R) Office Starter: reduced-functionality Word/Excel(R) only, No PowerPoint(R)/Outlook(R)
FREE Upgrade to 750GB 5400RPM Hard Drive
NO mSSD Hard Drive Acceleration Cache
No additional security software
6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery - Up to 6.0 hours of battery life +++
15.6-inch diagonal HD BrightView LED-backlit Display (1366x768)
SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support
HP TrueVision HD Webcam
802.11b/g/n WLAN
Standard Keyboard with numeric keypad
HP Home & Home Office Store in-box envelope
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7/22/12 at 11:15pm
I used the 25% coupon when it was available. There's another one now for an additional $150 off a $999 laptop. You can get the A10-4600M + HD7730M with the 1080p screen and backlit keyboard option for $750 (you need the additional options to be able to use the coupon).

The laptop with the i7 and GTX660m would be much faster, but would run significantly hotter and get less battery life judging from the impressions I've read.
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post #9 of 10
7/22/12 at 11:27pm
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Originally Posted by darkcloud89 View Post

I used the 25% coupon when it was available. There's another one now for an additional $150 off a $999 laptop. You can get the A10-4600M + HD7730M with the 1080p screen and backlit keyboard option for $750 (you need the additional options to be able to use the coupon).
The laptop with the i7 and GTX660m would be much faster, but would run significantly hotter and get less battery life judging from the impressions I've read.


Could you please link me?
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post #10 of 10
7/23/12 at 12:13pm
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Could you please link me?

I just PM'd the link.

I can answer any questions about the dv6z on Friday, just got word that mine shipped and the expected delivery date is Thursday
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