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Title: Thoughts on gaming laptop? Post by: Boon on February 20, 2014, 03:22:03 AM I was thinking about purchasing a "gaming" laptop for just general around the house use, and pack along for the LANS... A brunt of my gaming will still be done on my main machine, but i want something I can tool around with up in the living room, or away from home.
I dont really want to bust the bank as i simply dont think I would use it enought to constitute spending big bucks. I was looking at the lenovo y510p Series about the 2 or 3 tier model.... Anyone have any thoughts ot suggestions pertaining to this series or a recommendation on another make in the same price range, I want to keep it under 1000. with 800ish preferable. http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/ideapad/y-series/y510p/ Title: Re: Thoughts on gaming laptop? Post by: Renegade on February 20, 2014, 04:27:55 AM If you ok with used I would hit up craigs list. There are NICE alienware laptops showing up there in the 800-900 range that would be ideal for you.
Title: Re: Thoughts on gaming laptop? Post by: X-Infinity-Zero on February 24, 2014, 05:40:18 PM I know someone that is selling this for $800.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152336 Title: Re: Thoughts on gaming laptop? Post by: X-Infinity-Zero on February 24, 2014, 08:12:48 PM The laptop im talking about is being sold by someone who isnt at all apart of Nexus or OC.
He is apart of the Dart group im with on facebook. He told me $800. He said he just never uses it. Title: Re: Thoughts on gaming laptop? Post by: jrelwell on February 24, 2014, 08:28:50 PM That would be me X-Infinity-Zero is talking about. That is the newegg listing from when I bought it. I have a desktop now, so I really don't have use for it anymore.
Title: Re: Thoughts on gaming laptop? Post by: Renegade on February 24, 2014, 09:23:06 PM Ah ok thought you were talking about the one for 1300 that Madcat listed on OC.
Title: Re: Thoughts on gaming laptop? Post by: X-Infinity-Zero on February 24, 2014, 09:38:37 PM Lol the link was to newegg not craigslist, silly renegade.
Title: Re: Thoughts on gaming laptop? Post by: Renegade on February 24, 2014, 10:17:12 PM I know that I thought it was the newegg listing for his laptop.
Title: Re: Thoughts on gaming laptop? Post by: gigzilla on March 05, 2014, 07:39:35 AM I've been toying with the idea of getting a "gaming" laptop, and using it as a steambox/HTPC when its currently residing within my house.
That new MSI gaming laptop is sexy as hell, and would be very tempting once the price comes down on it. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152444 Title: Re: Thoughts on gaming laptop? Post by: code on March 05, 2014, 09:26:53 PM I once had a MSI gaming laptop.. It was super nice.. Then I quit my job ..
It was a great laptop, Super fast.. Ran most of todays games on Ultra settings.. Cons - Heavy as fuckkkkkkk and the power cable was like a brick.. It was heavier then the laptop. Title: Re: Thoughts on gaming laptop? Post by: gigzilla on March 07, 2014, 04:21:45 AM ..... thats all I have to say about that
Title: Re: Thoughts on gaming laptop? Post by: gigzilla on March 07, 2014, 04:24:27 AM I once had a MSI gaming laptop.. It was super nice.. Then I quit my job .. It was a great laptop, Super fast.. Ran most of todays games on Ultra settings.. Cons - Heavy as fuckkkkkkk and the power cable was like a brick.. It was heavier then the laptop. Yea, seriously that laptop owned though. Newer intel and nvidia chips allowed msi to address pretty much all those issues it seems like. They're as thin as a macbook or razer laptop now, and dont draw anywhere near as much power as they used to Title: Re: Thoughts on gaming laptop? Post by: X-Infinity-Zero on March 11, 2014, 08:12:41 PM Found this on craigslist.
Think this is a pretty good deal. http://dayton.craigslist.org/sys/4348336137.html Title: Re: Thoughts on gaming laptop? Post by: Boon on March 28, 2014, 12:38:21 PM I decided to go with the lenovo y510p
It didnt seem logical to go with any of the other options as I wanted to keep it under 1000 and all the used laptops I saw had lower overall specs and didnt come with a warranty. Plus I get a deal through work. It comes with 4th gen i7 4700mq Windows 8.1 15.6" led glossy 1920x1080 display 2(sli) - gt755m gddr5 2gb nvdia cards 8gb ddr3 1600 1tb 5400 rpm hard drive Dvd recordable 7200 b/g/n wireless card Bluetooth 1year warranty And 6cell 72watt hour battery Title: Re: Thoughts on gaming laptop? Post by: code on March 28, 2014, 03:36:35 PM Nice! ;)
Title: Re: Thoughts on gaming laptop? Post by: twodavez on March 28, 2014, 04:20:47 PM Congrats on the purchase!
Title: Re: Thoughts on gaming laptop? Post by: Boon on March 30, 2014, 09:35:56 PM What is a good laptop cooler?
Title: Re: Thoughts on gaming laptop? Post by: X-Infinity-Zero on March 30, 2014, 10:44:45 PM I got the Cooler Master NotePal X3 from newegg.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834992913 Got it because it really pushes out a lot of air while staying nice and quiet. (Fan Airflow: 65-76.5 CFM) Its been a hell of a cooler for me. Title: Re: Thoughts on gaming laptop? Post by: chrono on April 10, 2014, 07:02:31 AM I thought those lenovo's with the sli had a 2nd video card in lieu of a dvd drive?
Nevertheless they're awesome. Title: Re: Thoughts on gaming laptop? Post by: Boon on April 10, 2014, 01:10:33 PM I thought those lenovo's with the sli had a 2nd video card in lieu of a dvd drive? Nevertheless they're awesome. They share the same Bay. ... so you remove one to use the other, but mine came with both. ...I just choose which I want in the bay. I don't really use disk any more so I just leave in the second vid card.... and yes it runs great, especially for the price. The only trouble I have had is with throttling the vid cards in certain games. .. I have to enable vsync and limit the max frames to 60...otherwise they jump to 110-209 fps and it was causing alot unnecessary heat issues... but throttling to vsync gives a constant 60fps and with a cooler never gets hot. It was pumping out some serious heat though till I saw how many fps it was putting out. |