hi ive got £1500 to spend on a laptop and id like to be able tom play games etc so will need a powerful machine. Ive looked at the pegasus 520by roch and the alienware m17 and the asus M70VN-7T003G, with the roch and alienware ones i chose the 2.5Ghz processor and the best other things i could afford anyone have any suggestions??
£1500 to spend on a laptop
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hi thanks but no way am i ever buying a dell again. i bought a second hand dell xps gen 2 and the graphics card has busted over 4 times just while ive had it let alone before hand, and now, last week when iu sent it to be fixed they sent it back with a broken motherboard and expect me to pay £400 to fix something they broke, under UK law they have to fix it and im still fighting them via e-mail as im not home while theyre open so im not going to use them again.
im looking at the Ultima Mobile - 15.4" WSXGA Laptop with the T9500 4Gb of ram 320Gb Hard drive Vista home premium and the default dvd drive total = £1313.23 which looks quite good, of course it doesnt have the TV tuner or remothe offered by some others but looks good. Anyone got one with a similar spec and have any advise? I it as good as it looks?
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http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17944016
The GPU apparently sets is apart from any other Laptop in it's price range as it can handle pretty much anything.
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you may want to hang fire for the MSI GT 725 listed below, its due out in jan
it includes the ATI mobility 4850, P9500 2.52ghz, 17" 1920x1200 screen and blu ray
http://asia.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=proddesc&maincat_no=135&cat2_no=271&prod_no=1676
it includes the ATI mobility 4850, P9500 2.52ghz, 17" 1920x1200 screen and blu ray
http://asia.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=proddesc&maincat_no=135&cat2_no=271&prod_no=1676
I've got the Ultima 15.4" with a P9500 / 4Gb / 7200rpm HDD.
I've been looking at the company you mention in your initial post as well as another for almost a year now and really started doing my research when this chassis and Centrino 2 came out.
I'm really impressed with this machine and I have a pretty decent desktop system too. I was assuming I'd get frustrated with the slower performance of my laptop compared to my desktop but it really is not the case.
I don't play Crysis or anything like that but the graphics card is definitely capable of decent mobile gaming. A like-for-like spec model from the company you initially mention as well as another shows the OcUK model to be be considerably better priced.
And please don't go the Alienware route as you'd be paying a hefty premium for outdated technology plus I think the Ultima chassis is by far the nicest on the market.
Suggest you go for the Ultima 15.4", by far the most competitively priced high spec laptop around with a good compromise between portability and performance.
Just a shame you missed it on the weekly offer a few weeks back....
Edit.. And they built mine on the same day I ordered it so I don't think ou'd have any worries getting it for Christmas!
Hope this helps
Mike
I've been looking at the company you mention in your initial post as well as another for almost a year now and really started doing my research when this chassis and Centrino 2 came out.
I'm really impressed with this machine and I have a pretty decent desktop system too. I was assuming I'd get frustrated with the slower performance of my laptop compared to my desktop but it really is not the case.
I don't play Crysis or anything like that but the graphics card is definitely capable of decent mobile gaming. A like-for-like spec model from the company you initially mention as well as another shows the OcUK model to be be considerably better priced.
And please don't go the Alienware route as you'd be paying a hefty premium for outdated technology plus I think the Ultima chassis is by far the nicest on the market.
Suggest you go for the Ultima 15.4", by far the most competitively priced high spec laptop around with a good compromise between portability and performance.
Just a shame you missed it on the weekly offer a few weeks back....
Edit.. And they built mine on the same day I ordered it so I don't think ou'd have any worries getting it for Christmas!
Hope this helps
Mike
Yes, Spend 400 quid on a lappy & spend 1100 quid on a Decent gaming system.
That is what's commonly known as an Opinion
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I just looked up for the new posts button & saw the *Custom Lap top* Banner in top right corner
I will pop off & have a look at them
Am back.
Have you Definately got to have a Lappy ?
I've looked but still dream of the system I could build for that amount of cash but if portabilty is the thing then http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...id=1236&subcat=&name=Ultima Pro Mobile - 17.0"%20WUXGA%20Laptop with 4Gig & Vista Ultimate should do ya.
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Hey Chuck, I have the Ultima Mobile and I have to say its a sweet bit of kit. However that being said it is inferior to the 17" Gaming laptops on the market, which is pretty .obvious as that extra space counts a lot.
Ultimately it depends on how much portability you want with the Laptop, for me 17" is too bulky, and although the Ultima mobile is bigger and heavier than most 15" laptops it still comes out tops for me
Ultimately it depends on how much portability you want with the Laptop, for me 17" is too bulky, and although the Ultima mobile is bigger and heavier than most 15" laptops it still comes out tops for me
it needs to be a laptop but weight and size are not an issue, im building a desktop at the same time which will have over 3Ghz processor and 4Gb ram etc but id like a machine for the move aswell as i go to and from school everyday and have spare time to use while m there and the Fujitsu AMILO PRO im using atm is so unbelievably bad, i hate everything about it, it's slow, the mouse pad is awkwardly positioned and too sensitive and i wouldnt want a similar experiance again!
theres still an offer on....
I was in the market for a top end laptop a month ago with a budget of £1700 (a little over yours I know) for music production and graphic design on the move. The only laptops that caught my eye were 2 customisable Clevo barebones laptop kits, that are sold through specialist retailers:
The first and my prefered is based on the Clevo D901C. Its based on desktop technology and can use Intel quad core desktop processors such as the Q9550, DDR2 ram and has space for 3 HD's. Its a helluva laptop and uses the 9800M GT (or GTX, but try and get the GT as performance difference is tiny compared to the extra cost) I managed to find one for £1700 with 2 x 200gb HD's in raid 0, 4GB ram and a Q9550. Only thing is it's a hefty thing and dont bother trying to use the battery If you win the lotto, you can even stick 2x 9800M GTX cards in there in SLI!
The second is cheaper at around £1500 and is based on another Clevo barebones kit the M570ETU. This one uses mobile processors, anything up to the new mobile quad core QX9300's but will only be the dual core T9400 2.53ghz for your price range, DDR3 ram and only one Hard Drive. Once again it uses the 9800M GT series cards. This one can actualy be used away from a power source
Both come with 1920x1200 glossy (ew) screens, subwoofer and some kinda surround sound speakers built in and all the bells n whistles.
Now a couple of things to remember; The only way to get these offerings in the UK is through some kind of gaming/PC building specialist company who come up with their own fancy branded names for the laptops. Prices have also gone up in the past month due to the crappy exchange rate so don't quote me. Also, unless you're spending £2300+ on a laptop with 2x9800M GTX's in, don't expect to be playing crysis on any high settings. Saying that I've seen Far Cry 2 on the M570ETU system looking good and playable.
As for what I decided? Well I'm about 70/30 in favour of just building an i7 rig and buying a mid end laptop as well instead of going all out on a laptop. But the choice is yours. I would say if you're thinking of gaming, just build a desktop. If like me you could do with being able to take your work around with you, then the choice is a bit harder
Hope this helps
The first and my prefered is based on the Clevo D901C. Its based on desktop technology and can use Intel quad core desktop processors such as the Q9550, DDR2 ram and has space for 3 HD's. Its a helluva laptop and uses the 9800M GT (or GTX, but try and get the GT as performance difference is tiny compared to the extra cost) I managed to find one for £1700 with 2 x 200gb HD's in raid 0, 4GB ram and a Q9550. Only thing is it's a hefty thing and dont bother trying to use the battery
If you win the lotto, you can even stick 2x 9800M GTX cards in there in SLI!The second is cheaper at around £1500 and is based on another Clevo barebones kit the M570ETU. This one uses mobile processors, anything up to the new mobile quad core QX9300's but will only be the dual core T9400 2.53ghz for your price range, DDR3 ram and only one Hard Drive. Once again it uses the 9800M GT series cards. This one can actualy be used away from a power source
Both come with 1920x1200 glossy (ew) screens, subwoofer and some kinda surround sound speakers built in and all the bells n whistles.
Now a couple of things to remember; The only way to get these offerings in the UK is through some kind of gaming/PC building specialist company who come up with their own fancy branded names for the laptops. Prices have also gone up in the past month due to the crappy exchange rate so don't quote me. Also, unless you're spending £2300+ on a laptop with 2x9800M GTX's in, don't expect to be playing crysis on any high settings. Saying that I've seen Far Cry 2 on the M570ETU system looking good and playable.
As for what I decided? Well I'm about 70/30 in favour of just building an i7 rig and buying a mid end laptop as well instead of going all out on a laptop. But the choice is yours. I would say if you're thinking of gaming, just build a desktop. If like me you could do with being able to take your work around with you, then the choice is a bit harder
Hope this helps