Laptop for WoW

DotFifty89 · 2 Sep 2011 at 13:26

Hey guys, I have my 360 for my other gaming needs, I was looking to buy a laptop to browse the net and only play WoW. My budget is tight, so the cheaper the better. Could I get a laptop for £300 or under to play WoW with ok fps?

SCMRubix · 5 Sep 2011 at 12:46

For under £300 you might struggle to get a laptop with a decent graphics card in it.

I'd keep an eye on the Dell outlet store to see if anything decent pops up. The Inspiron might be you best bet.

Just to give you an idea, this is a decent lappy for just under £400
http://outlet.euro.dell.com/Online/...ch.aspx?rn=7716&SC=&c=uk&cs=ukdfh1&l=en&s=dfh

MasterPlan1 · 5 Sep 2011 at 13:20

See if you can get a sandybridge i5, my work laptop handles WoW fine, i5-2410M with HD3000. Failing that, see if you can find a second hand Acer 8371G.

Gilbert89 · 5 Sep 2011 at 13:55

MasterPlan1 said:
See if you can get a sandybridge i5, my work laptop handles WoW fine, i5-2410M with HD3000. Failing that, see if you can find a second hand Acer 8371G.

I have the same on my 13" MacBook this does run perfect but since the Graphics are integrated I have heat issues CPU hitting 80degrees + not sure if a normal Windows laptop would have better cooling. Personal opinion WoW will be played for hours at a time.. a dedicated card would be the best bet spending 350-450 ish to achieve that.

MasterPlan1 · 5 Sep 2011 at 14:04

Gilbert89 said:
I have the same on my 13" MacBook this does run perfect but since the Graphics are integrated I have heat issues CPU hitting 80degrees + not sure if a normal Windows laptop would have better cooling. Personal opinion WoW will be played for hours at a time.. a dedicated card would be the best bet spending 350-450 ish to achieve that.

This is true, but I was just giving him an option at his price point as it's the only readily available tech that is vaguely capable of WoW, my 8371G plays WoW at the same pace as my Vostro 3350, but doesn't get as hot owing to the discreate graphics. Besides, whenever I play WoW on my work laptop - it's only usually a quick stint, and in an AC'd office and laptop on a laptop stand.

jorzeh · 5 Sep 2011 at 14:13

You would struggle to build a desktop PC to play wow at decent res at £360, Never mind a laptop,Gaming laptops are £900+, £1500 for one worth it's salt.

Gilbert89 · 6 Sep 2011 at 14:09

Suppose a low budget and a gaming laptop arnt really going to happen, unless its going to be a bad investment as in heat issues etc.

reflux · 6 Sep 2011 at 14:48

Anything with Intel HD 3000 integrated graphics should run it OK. Check out Anandtech's review of Sandy Bridge graphics performance here:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4083/...core-i7-2600k-i5-2500k-core-i3-2100-tested/11

It's not going to be stellar, but it will run OK on low settings.