Not sure on Laptops (Need Help)

clartymarty · 24 Oct 2012 at 10:22

Hi Guys, I was wondering if anyone can help me. I have a M11x which I got a while back which is getting out of date due to the fact I built it wrong

anyways We have allot of LAN parties with mates and my friends take their computers which I don’t really want to do.

I don’t want to go back to alienware but I want a new laptop which plays games pretty well. The games we play are the following (but would like it to play decent games as well)

LoL
Dota 2
WoW
Might and Magic

I would like it to play newer games for times when I won’t be at my Main Computer so any help or suggestions would be great.

I also don’t want to pay £££'s for it Finance options I can consider.

Antowns · 24 Oct 2012 at 10:44

I've not really looked but dell do some nice XPS laptops? Check the Dell Outlet store for a good deal, they do refurbs for really cheap. Mate bought one and his came brand new in the box (or seemingly) with a next day business collection warranty.

clartymarty · 24 Oct 2012 at 10:56

Thats great, but I always seem to get the wrong kind of build for it. If any1 has suggestions or some tips that would be great

It doenst have to be a beast just play games well such as the ones metioned but still get good fps out of some newer games

matthab · 24 Oct 2012 at 11:50

Whats your budget?

iv-tecman · 24 Oct 2012 at 12:47

Really need a budget but I'd say anything less then £500 won't get you a good enough GPU.

You need to be looking at a 540M with 1GB min, the Dell 17R SE can be had for around £600 if you shop around maybe £700 and thats got a 640M which is good for many games..

You then move into the £1000 range, and you can get a Clevo for this, base model with a 7970M - which will not struggle with anything current.

£1200 gets you a Samsung 700G but thats only got a 6970M - still very good, but the laptop has a lot of extras...

Personally a gaming laptop is about the screen and GPU, get these two sorted and you can always upgrade the HD and memory later...

for example, buy a base clevo (if you can get past the looks as its not that nice to look at) for £1000 with a 500GB HD and 4GB of memory, but get a 17.3 screen and 7970M and you'll be set for a nice upgrade to SSD, MSATA and HD with more memory if needed later on...

Jano · 24 Oct 2012 at 12:47

Surprised the M11x isn't powerful enough, how was it built incorrectly?

clartymarty · 24 Oct 2012 at 13:45

Well I am looking at 500-700 budget. Well I wouldnt say incorrectly - I was new to gaming and computers and this was around 2 years ago, so I wasnt clued up on things.

It has a duel core processor and I think the graphics card is abit rubbish. It was more of a base model than anything else.

clartymarty · 24 Oct 2012 at 14:05

What about Toshiba L855-11P (not sure on AMD)

Intel® Core™ i5-2450m Processor
6Gb RAM
750Gb SATA hard drive
15.6 inch Toshiba TruBrite HD TFT High Brightness display
DVD SuperMulti Double Layer drive
AMD Radeon
HD 7670m Graphics (1Gb dedicated memory)
802.11 b/g/n WiFi
Integrated 1.0Mp webcam (1280x800) with built in microphone
2 x USB 2.0, 1 x USB 3.0, 1 x HDMI Out supporting 1080p signal format
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium

MOOGLEYS · 24 Oct 2012 at 16:24

I just picked up a Inspiron 17R SE on the Dell outlet for under £720 inc delivery it has a huge spec list.

Inspiron 17R - 7720 FN02Y
32GB mSATA3 SSD for Minicard Slots 13JRT
750 GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) 1JGYY
750 GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) HD4KK
Graphics : 2 GB Nvidia GeForce GT 650M (3D) 4T1R3
English Genuine Windows 7 SP1 Home Premium (64Bit OS) 886VK
Processor: Intel Core i7-3610QM (6MB Cache, up to 3.3GHz w/ Turbo Boost 2.0) CPCXK
Wireless : Intel 2230 Wireless Card + BT D1MN3
8 GB Dual Channel DDR3 1600MHz Memory (2 DIMMs) DG8X9
Display : 17.3 Inch 3D Full High Definition 120hz (1080p) LED Display with TrueLife DK7JP
LCD Back Cover : Aluminium 3D G7PPG
Internal Qwerty Keyboard KF8C7
Optical Drive : Blu-ray Disc BD-Combo (Reads BD and Writes to DVD/CD) TW3JR
Power Supply: 130W AC Adapter U451C
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium VR08H
Power Supply And Power Cord X101C
Battery : Primary 6 Cell 48W/HR YW82W
Certified Refurbished
ARB - 1yr Standard Service for your PC Qty 1
Unit Price £0.00
TOTAL :£717.64 inc VAT & Delivery

Tbh this was just an impulse buy and I might pass it on for what I paid but check out the Dell outlet they have some great deals.