My alienware is dead

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my bro gave me his old alienware notebook :-| it is now dead and unplayable. i want to get a laptop and im stuck i dont know anything about laptops but i need it on fiance as tht is best way to pay for me. i have two laptops here that i think is good but not sure any advice would be great. im looking at the 1k mark i can spend or a little over.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/viewcart.php

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=LT-127-SA&groupid=959&catid=1828

thts the two i looking at.

thanks :D
 
yeh i know lol but i go to my friends house oftern and my bros house for gaming nights and get shamshed etc i used to take the pc with me but its to much chew so i had my bros old laptop and now its died and is no use for anything haha
 
The reason why I took a laptop over a ITX rig is so I dont have to lug a keyboard, screen, speakers, microphone and everything over.

Now, for laptops, just a tad over 1k, I strongly suggest avoiding that Samsung, it is last gen tech (2nd i7, 6 series gfx).
Now you haven't said if you want flashy stuff like blu ray or 3D. I'm going to guess you do but I dont so here is what I would buy (im so helpful!) :D :D

17.3" Vortex III (aka Clevo P170EM)
i7-3630QM (very good i7)
8GB RAM
7970M (top of the line mobile gfx card, similar to the 7850 desktop)
750GB HDD
No windows
£1,101.00
 
You can get better for less money

Lets take a quick look:

  • MSI GE70 gets you an i7-3630QM, 8GB RAM, 750GB HDD and a 650M for £840.
  • Clevo system gets you an i7-3630QM, 8GB RAM, 750GB HDD and a 660M for £800.
Youre paying 40 sheets more for less power


  • MSI GX60
This is a strange one, not going to compare because its CPU is terrible but if you don't run CPU intensive games, there isnt a point spending more


  • MSI GT60 gets you an i7-3630QM, 8GB RAM, 750GB HDD, Blu-Ray Drive, NVIDIA GTX 675M for £1150
  • Clevo P170EM gets you i7-3630QM, 8GB RAM, 750GB HDD, Blu-Ray Drive, ATI 7970M for £1150
Same price, but the Clevo gets you a 7970m which is around 40-50% faster


Now you are getting a bunch of other stuff with the MSI's, but for raw performance and price, clevo's are right at the top.
I'm not being a Clevo elitist, I went ahead and bought an Alienware over the Clevo, just if people wanna get the most power for the money, Clevo is the way to go
 
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That's good to know. But with the Clevo's you would have to buy an OS which bumps the cost up too. I prefer to get my laptop ready to go, but that's just me.

What goes on regarding warranties on Clevo's, do OcUK deal with them?
 
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