Gaming Laptop ~£1k

Morthoseth

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My laptop is starting to get a bit old now (its an XPS15 from 4-5 years ago or so) and its about time I started looking for a replacement.

I don't really want to spend more than £1k as I don't want to replace my desktop, however I would still like to play the more recent, and upcoming games at respectable framerates etc (BF3 for example) for lans due to ease of portability.

The MSI GX660 looks alright, however i'm not sure if £1k will buy more current tech from a different brand or similar.

Advice?
 
Under a grand you'd be hard pressed, with that you can spec out a dell xps l702x with a 555m It's decent but nothing special, with 10% off code and promotional money off itl come to £1002 all tricked out I think.


OR Alienware M17xR3 .. or m18x




Keep your eye out on the dell outlet, some cracking alienware deals, you can get a 1080p 6970m machine for about £1093.

The 6970m I believe is desktop equivilent to 6850 560gtx

Here's mine I bagged last night


Alienware M17xR3 : Stealth Black Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (64 BIT)

1 £ 911.02

Alienware M17xR3 : Stealth Black Blu-ray Disc (BD) Combo (Reads BD and Writes to DVD/CD) Wireless: Dell 375 Bluetooth Card Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (64 BIT) Graphics: 2 GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon HD 6970M w/ PowerXpress Wireless : Intel Wireless 6300 (802.11a/b/g/n 3X3) LAN Card Misc Battery : Primary 9-cell 90W/HR LI-ION 750 GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) Back Up Media Not Included Processor: Intel Core i7 2720QM 2.2GHz (3.3GHz Turbo Mode, 6MB Cache) Misc Display: 17.3-inch Wide FHD (1920 x 1080) WLED LCD 8 GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1333MHz (2 DIMMs) Certified Refurbished
 
When they say certified refurbished or scratch and dent, am I to assume now good as new, or close?


Edit;

XPS L702x
Genuine Windows 7 Ultimate (32 BIT)
Processor: Intel Core i7 2720QM 2.2GHz (3.3GHz Turbo Mode, 6MB Cache)
250 GB SATA Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
250GB (7,200rpm) SATA Hard Drive
8 GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1333MHz (2 DIMMs)
Optical Drive : Tray Load Blu-ray Disc BD-Combo (Reads BD and Writes to DVD/CD)
17.3in FHD 3D WLED TL (1920X1080) 1080p with 2.0 Mega Pixel Integrated Camera
Graphics : 3GB NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M Graphics Card - 3D Capable
Battery : Primary 9-cell 90W/HR LI-ION
Wireless: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6230 (2x2 b/g/+ Bluetooth Combo Card)
Back Up Media Not Included

Not bad for £900 incl VAT, but you got a great deal with that alienware!
 
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That's not a bad deal at all that would be loads more on the dell customise website.

Certified refurbished I think means fully working no marks

Scratch and dent I think means there's a lottery in which it could have a scratch or dent, though nobody on these forums have had any problems. Besides your able to call them and get a refund/replacement part free of cost.
 
So tempted...

Alienware M17xR3 : Stealth Black
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (64 BIT)
Processor: Intel Core i7-2630QM (2.00GHz, 6MB cache, Quad Core) with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 2.80 GHz
320 GB SATA Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
6 GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM 1333MHZ (2 DIMMs)
Blu-ray Disc (BD) Combo (Reads BD and Writes to DVD/CD)
Display: 17.3-inch Wide FHD (1920 x 1080) WLED LCD
Graphics: 2 GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon HD 6970M w/ PowerXpress
Battery : Primary 9-cell 90W/HR LI-ION
Wireless: Dell 375 Bluetooth Card
Wireless : Intel Wireless 6300 (802.11a/b/g/n 3X3) LAN Card
Back Up Media Not Included

£1060 incl VAT...
 
do it i got mine for £1093 with a 2720qm cpu 8gb ram, 750gb hdd, you wont get a better deal man, if you dont get it someone else will :P
 
Wish it had 8gb ram, don't mind so much about the CPU, doubt its that big of an upgrade...

My bank balance may take a hammering, waiting may be the safest option! Lol!
 
you can always upgrade the ram really cheap, ive got an ssd ill put in for boot drive, ill use the 750gb as storage, id do it man i bet its a beastly machine, besides you could always sell it for 400 pound more on ebay as even if you did that youd be getting what its worth from a consumer point of view, a lot of people trade from the outlet ive heard, not for me but i bet you could make a big buck
 
I'm assuming the CPU difference with the same cache is going to be hardly any different, can't really tell the difference between 2.5 and 4.0 on my desktop rig :p
 
str said:
I got Crucial for just under £40 but I was tempted with Corsair at £35. :)
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what speed and where ? im thinking of upgrading my laptop to 16gb when it comes, reason is, tracking and composing i used to max out my 6gb ram on desktop so 8gb is hardly going to be better, 16gb means i have oodles of freedom
 
ahh yeah im aware of that, clues are allowed, yeah ive seen 1333mhz ram but i was thinking of getting 1600mhz plus, you can get 8gb 1866mhz for 95 quid, though i think its overkill, ill see how the 1333 is when i get it, compared to the 1866 i had in my desktop
 
Morthoseth said:
Its back on sale...

Paranoid a better deal will come up if I buy this ;p
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Just set a target I say and if u find something for the price then eat it up. Always gonna be something a bit better or cheaper but if u wait u might just miss out on a great deal. I'm also looking to get one of those to replace my busted XPS15. Was thinking to get the L502x but its so chunky might aswell get a alienware for abit better. Really loved the design of the XPS15, think dell going backwards in that department.

Good luck finding something man :D
 
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