gaming laptop,s

woody79 · 4 Jun 2011 at 14:26

thoughts on this stetup please 1500 to spend any other recemendations.

Base
Alienware M17x Stealth Black edit
Processor
Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 2630QM (2.00Ghz, 6MB, 4C) edit
Microsoft Operating System
English Genuine Windows®7 Home Premium SP1 (64 BIT) edit
Video Card
1GB GDDR5 AMD® Radeon™ HD 6870M w/ PowerXpress edit
Memory
4096MB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [2x2048] edit
Hard Drive
320GB (7,200rpm) SATA Hard Drive edit
LCD
17.3" WideHD+ (1600 x 900) WLED LCD edit
Optical Devices
DVD+/-RW (DVD, CD read and write) edit
Wireless Networking
Dell Wireless 1501 wireless-N - EUR edit
Primary Battery
Primary 9 cell Li-Ion Default Base Battery

£1499 posted

picktooth · 4 Jun 2011 at 14:40

i just got an xps 17 with the same specs as yours excepts ive got the 555gt 3gb and 500gb hd, and i paid just under 800 quid off dell website, is it just the label(alienware) you pay for, thats why it costs so much?

i reckon if you went for an xps you could get more "bang for your buck" edit.

Alexrose1uk · 5 Jun 2011 at 17:45

If thats a 6870m, you're paying too much.
The 6870m performs on par with the 5870m. (in which case you can get a similar spec for closer to 1k)

At £1500 you want it to be a 6970m.

knowlton · 6 Jun 2011 at 10:24

You seem to have some good specs there - I would suggest however, getting one of these :http://www.google.co.uk/products/ca...a=X&ei=hZzsTemzAoKp8AOAkKCiAQ&ved=0CEEQ8wIwAA

(An external laptop cooler), which is mighty handy when playing processor - intensive games.

John Mc · 7 Jun 2011 at 20:55

take a look at Kobalt computers, you'll get more bang for your buck

UKFX · 13 Jun 2011 at 22:53

John Mc said:
take a look at Kobalt computers, you'll get more bang for your buck

Didn't think that was remotely true when I checked their website.

DAnDan · 14 Jun 2011 at 01:03

UKFX said:
Didn't think that was remotely true when I checked their website.

For a little bit less on their website you can get;

Faster processor - 2720 instead of the 2630 from AW
Double the RAM - 8GB instead of 4GB
Better screen resolution - 1080p instead of the 900
Much better graphics card - 6970M instead of the 6870M (Which is just a 5870M which you can get in <£1000 laptops easily enough)
Bigger hard drive - 500GB instead of 320GB

Seems pretty good to me

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UKFX · 14 Jun 2011 at 07:04

Quality, reliability? I couldn't imagine what'd happen after 3 years.

DAnDan · 14 Jun 2011 at 12:37

UKFX said:
Quality, reliability? I couldn't imagine what'd happen after 3 years.

No idea, that's not that I was looking at. But for the price you definitely get better value.

Disco Boy · 14 Jun 2011 at 13:00

UKFX said:
Quality, reliability? I couldn't imagine what'd happen after 3 years.

Kobalts are just rebadged clevos (all clevo computers get badged something different) they are a reputable brand.

Hazkirby · 14 Jun 2011 at 13:54

Good value?

Look at this:

DOMINATOR NV3D
GPU: EVGA NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 460 1GB
CPU: Intel® Core™ i3 530 2.93GHz @ 4GHz
Memory: 4GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600MHz
Display: Acer GD245HQ 23.6” 1920x1080 120Hz
Optical: LG CH08LS10 Blu Ray Rom / DVD-RW
Includes: NVIDIA 3D Vision Glasses Kit & James Camerons Avatar Game

1.4k they want!!!

For a £600 system

Disco Boy · 14 Jun 2011 at 14:37

Now you're talking about desktops in a laptop thread...

We were talking about the G150 laptop which is a very well specced laptop for the price. (the processor aside, but that can be upgraded to an i5 for not very much money.)

nightmare99 · 14 Jun 2011 at 19:06

How can that be a £600 system the monitor and 3d glasses are over £330 ? ? ?