I have come to the conclusion that I need a laptop, I have always stuck to my trusty desktop because I made it myself and it's not going to melt - or whatever.
I am wanting something that will run most games relatively smoothly but I don't need high visuals. To that goal, all I need is a good graphics chip (330m?) and an i3 cpu. And I don't want to pay for windows again, I have an untouched win7 sitting around.
I will probably be playing dawn of war 40k, wow, cs:s, killing floor - that kind of thing. Not metro 2033.
My budget is around £500 - or a little more - which should be fine for anything with an i3 and a good gpu (330m?), particularly if I can get it without an OS. Is an i5 worth getting over an i3? - will an i3 cause some kind of bottleneck somewhere due to bus speeds etc?
I havn't really got any experience looking for laptops, is there anything in particular I need to pay attention to? Laptop manufacturers seem to rip people off quite badly. How do I negotiate having no OS?
I am wanting something that will run most games relatively smoothly but I don't need high visuals. To that goal, all I need is a good graphics chip (330m?) and an i3 cpu. And I don't want to pay for windows again, I have an untouched win7 sitting around.
I will probably be playing dawn of war 40k, wow, cs:s, killing floor - that kind of thing. Not metro 2033.
My budget is around £500 - or a little more - which should be fine for anything with an i3 and a good gpu (330m?), particularly if I can get it without an OS. Is an i5 worth getting over an i3? - will an i3 cause some kind of bottleneck somewhere due to bus speeds etc?
I havn't really got any experience looking for laptops, is there anything in particular I need to pay attention to? Laptop manufacturers seem to rip people off quite badly. How do I negotiate having no OS?
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