Uni: Laptop or PC?

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Hi,

Im going to University this September and Im considering using my £2750 overdraft on my Halifax Student Account to get me a brand spanking new Laptop or PC.

Question is though, which?. Will I actually be moving around much in Uni needing a Laptop to do work on or will a stationary PC in my room be suitable.

Thing is, I just happen to like online games like CSS, WoW, BF2 etc and a few single player games like M2TW and I wouldn't mind being able to run Crysis when it comes out etc.

So if you could answer the first question, could you spec me a Gaming Laptop/PC.

Thankyou.
 
why not spend most of your money on a pc , then save a small amount and buy a cheap laptop that you can take to attend lectures etc
 
Please just confirm, for the sake of my sanity, that you aren't intending to spend all the cash on a PC or laptop? You will almost certainly need some of it to live off.

I'd probably just buy a decent PC if you intend to game on it, the chances are that most of the time you won't be moving the laptop around that much. I've got/had both and apart from occasional trips home I very rarely needed the laptop.

If you want a specification then post a budget and whether you need all peripherals or just the main box, with or without software etc. :)
 
Thanks for the advice so far and sorry I forgot about the budget.

I was looking at around £1000-£1200 when I last spec'd myself a PC. That was with all the peripherals and software included to last me a good few years.

I'd like to keep it around that mark still, so I can use the rest of the overdraft to live off.
 
This is pretty much bang on in the middle of your budget and should offer a decent mix of price and performance with a few areas that could potentially be upgraded if necessary. :)

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £155.99
(£183.29) £155.99
(£183.29)
Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS II Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £57.99
(£68.14) £57.99
(£68.14)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £63.99
(£75.19) £63.99
(£75.19)
OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £199.99
(£234.99) £199.99
(£234.99)
Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Microsoft Black Value Pack 2.0 - OEM (S82-00029) £12.99
(£15.26) £12.99
(£15.26)
NEC AD7170S Serial ATA 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£19.96) £16.99
(£19.96)
Samsung SM-206BW 20" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black £149.99
(£176.24) £149.99
(£176.24)
OcUK 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-5300C5 667MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Vista Approved Kit £99.99
(£117.49) £99.99
(£117.49)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk (66I-00788) £54.99
(£64.61) £54.99
(£64.61)
Sub Total : £932.89
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £14.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £165.87
Total : £1,113.71
 
I would persoanlly get a new dell vostro laptop with vista premium or a imac if your not gaming. The dells can handle gaming pretty well from what has been said on these forums.
 
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