Hi all, in my current room I am extremely stuck for space and have been seriously toying with the idea of getting a laptop. I've always found them quite fiddly but I figure as I don't do a huge amount of gaming on my pc and I could just buy a mouse instead of using the stupid touchpad it might be an ideal solution. Then I came upon the idea of wall mounting a tv and connecting the laptop up to it. Thus allowing me to get rid of my pokey little desktop desk and freeing up some space in my 8x8 cell! Sounded like a plan to me.
Just one thing has been niggling me with it though, although I don't game much diablo 3 is coming out and that's a bit of a draw for me. You also get a hell of a lot more with a desktop bang for buck wise, and, at the end of the day, If I'm hooking the visuals up to a wall mounted TV, I could ditch the desk and monitor and how much of a footprint does a pc on it's own really have?
I've got £650 to spend on a laptop or a desktop. I'm comfortable building a pc myself but wouldn't mind a prebuilt (so i can have tidy cables). I get 15% discount off any purchase from dell (thinking lappy). I have a good monitor (until i buy the tv), good speakers, decent mouse and keyboard already. If i were to get a desktop I'd not need a fancy case (always fancied an antec 300) I also have a 4850 512mb gfx card and a decent 700w sparkle psu. I'd like to replace both of these (gfx card most importantly, then a modular psu for tidyness) but I could delay replacing them for a month or two if needed.
So, with the tv in mind (1080p), if you're in my shoes do you go for the laptop or a desktop?
Spec me either really, only thing is I'd need an O/S if i'm building my own pc so please factor that into the budget!
Thanks loads.
Just one thing has been niggling me with it though, although I don't game much diablo 3 is coming out and that's a bit of a draw for me. You also get a hell of a lot more with a desktop bang for buck wise, and, at the end of the day, If I'm hooking the visuals up to a wall mounted TV, I could ditch the desk and monitor and how much of a footprint does a pc on it's own really have?
I've got £650 to spend on a laptop or a desktop. I'm comfortable building a pc myself but wouldn't mind a prebuilt (so i can have tidy cables). I get 15% discount off any purchase from dell (thinking lappy). I have a good monitor (until i buy the tv), good speakers, decent mouse and keyboard already. If i were to get a desktop I'd not need a fancy case (always fancied an antec 300) I also have a 4850 512mb gfx card and a decent 700w sparkle psu. I'd like to replace both of these (gfx card most importantly, then a modular psu for tidyness) but I could delay replacing them for a month or two if needed.
So, with the tv in mind (1080p), if you're in my shoes do you go for the laptop or a desktop?
Spec me either really, only thing is I'd need an O/S if i'm building my own pc so please factor that into the budget!
Thanks loads.
