Need Some Laptop Suggestions

[BLiNDBoi 930]

Yeah, this topic/thread makes me feel awkward because I know a good deal of shit when it comes to PCs, however laptops and finding a good mid range one make me go, "well, fuck!" So, I am looking for a laptop for basic use plus some light gaming aka playing cs:go with a decently good frame rate. That being said, I have found example of an laptop that I like to have but I know better to not get it. Its a laptop, I have a gaming rig already, price and oh its a laptop again.

 

Example: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152393

 

 

I guess my budget is around 600, I can go higher but I prefer not to. Purpose of the laptop is to be able to travel home for example without having to lug my rig around. Example, winter vacation from school, its a pain in the ass to lug my computer home for a week or two just to lug it back to my dorm.

 

 

So give me some suggestions sG. Brand names? etc etc.

[Skotti 2105]

Lenovo y510 if you wanna stretch your budget like 300 more dollars.

 

they have sales all the time. I just bought the y510p last night for 1000.

 

The Y series all have dedicated GPU's and most of them have a 25GB SSD for fast booting + 1TB HDD.

 

I'm looking forward to mine. 

 

http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/ideapad/y-series/y510p/

Edited September 5, 2013 by Skotti

[Ghost X 710]

You can run csgo perfectly on a Intel HD4000. Just saying as a reference. And with the new Intel haswell processors that have a HD4600 it will run even better. So basically an ultrabook can run those "light" games perfectly while saving money, power and heat from a dedicated GPU.

 

Source: my macbook got a HD4000 and a GT650M.

Edited September 5, 2013 by Master Chief

[iAlwaysFail 799]

You can run csgo perfectly on a Intel HD4000. Just saying as a reference. And with the new Intel haswell processors that have a HD4600 it will run even better. So basically an ultrabook can run those "light" games perfectly while saving money, power and heat from a dedicated GPU.

 

Source: my macbook got a HD4000 and a GT650M.

Awwwhhh Macbook 

[Spell 331]

In reference to what skotti posted... don't get it from them directly

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834312438

 

From them directly is more expensive.

[Skotti 2105]

In reference to what skotti posted... don't get it from them directly

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834312438

 

From them directly is more expensive.

Thats an older model with a 650M in SLI, no SSD and an i5.

 

For 150 more I got a 750M, 25GB SSD+ 1TB HDD, an i7 and better battery life. 

 

Just sayin.

[Illogical 1126]

In reference to what skotti posted... don't get it from them directly

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834312438

 

From them directly is more expensive.

Uh his is $819 while yours is $850.

 

I am looking at laptops too and holy shit skotti I think you just showed me my future laptop. 

 

EDIT: might take it off windows 8 though.

Edited September 5, 2013 by Illogical

[Ghost X 710]

Uh his is $819 while yours is $850.

 

I am looking at laptops too and holy shit skotti I think you just showed me my future laptop. 

 

EDIT: might take it off windows 8 though.

Windows 8 is really good, i have zero compatibility issues and it starts up very fast even with a regular HDD.

[Skotti 2105]

Uh his is $819 while yours is $850.

 

I am looking at laptops too and holy shit skotti I think you just showed me my future laptop. 

 

EDIT: might take it off windows 8 though.

Mine doesn't ship til sept 25th. A lot of back orders for school season, but I'll let you know how it runs when I get it. 

[BLiNDBoi 930]

Interesting, I'll take a look into this stuff a little bit later tonight. Thanks thus far guys.

[IntoxicatedDog 125]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834216451

 

Don't know how you feel about toshiba but I have one like this and they're fine. 650, much cheaper than these suggestions and will be able to run games fine. 

Edited September 5, 2013 by IntoxicatedDog

[Skotti 2105]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834216451

 

Don't know how you feel about toshiba but I have one like this and they're fine. 650, much cheaper than these suggestions and will be able to run games fine. 

Dude that one is out of stock. lol

[Noobzilla 185]

http://www.lpc-digital.com/

 

If you use this site they have various Clevo and sager brand laptops that you can then customize for optimal specs and other things.

Even if you get the lowest cost laptop the specs are pretty awesome.

The price's are a little bit on the high side but the laptops are sooooo nice.

[IntoxicatedDog 125]

Dude that one is out of stock. lol

May not be out of stock in other places, didn't care to check.

[OBrian 120]

Yeah, this topic/thread makes me feel awkward because I know a good deal of shit when it comes to PCs, however laptops and finding a good mid range one make me go, "well, fuck!" So, I am looking for a laptop for basic use plus some light gaming aka playing cs:go with a decently good frame rate. That being said, I have found example of an laptop that I like to have but I know better to not get it. Its a laptop, I have a gaming rig already, price and oh its a laptop again.

 

Example: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152393

 

 

I guess my budget is around 600, I can go higher but I prefer not to. Purpose of the laptop is to be able to travel home for example without having to lug my rig around. Example, winter vacation from school, its a pain in the ass to lug my computer home for a week or two just to lug it back to my dorm.

 

 

So give me some suggestions sG. Brand names? etc etc.

I work in a call center doing tech support, can't tell you how many calls I get from people with mac products. I use an ASUS and have never had any problems, don't get Toshiba as you'll spend about 3 hours removing all the bloatware they ship on their computers, same with Dell. I'd suggest Sony, ASUS, Acer or Lenovo.

[Taboo 2392]

http://www.dealzon.com/deals/hp-envy-15-laptop#hp-envy-15z-j000-1080p-display

you can upgrade the graphics card for $70 more

[Spell 331]

Welp, Apparently I linked the wrong link earlier. I had 2 lenovo's i was looking at, that one and a newer one. merely was a mis-copied link. Eitherway, those seem to be good in terms of specs, but let us have skotti tell us once he gets it in.

[Oreo 2073]

Lenovo is terrible, they bought the IBM brand and pretty much ruined the computers. I don't honestly like them at all.

[BLiNDBoi 930]

I work in a call center doing tech support, can't tell you how many calls I get from people with mac products. I use an ASUS and have never had any problems, don't get Toshiba as you'll spend about 3 hours removing all the bloatware they ship on their computers, same with Dell. I'd suggest Sony, ASUS, Acer or Lenovo.

Not like it is really hard + I personally never used windows 8 which I will be forced to use. So there is a good chance I'll just format it with my win7 pro instead lol. Yes, Asus tends to be a personal favorite of mine, so staying away from the mass produce crap computers such as Dell is a given.

 

 

 

Which is now I have to ask this dumbass question: Refurbished? dodge or try?

Edited September 6, 2013 by BLiNDBoi

[Joscal 339]

I dunno about refurbished for a new laptop.

Additionally, I actually like windows 8 on my new laptop...after I figured out how to disable the fullscreen gesture.

I would be willing to attempt to play csgo on this laptop and let you know my fps...it will probably be poor. But hey it was $350.

[Name 2616]

You missed our two-hour power session of helping Spell laptop shop last night.

[BLiNDBoi 930]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834216451

 

Don't know how you feel about toshiba but I have one like this and they're fine. 650, much cheaper than these suggestions and will be able to run games fine. 

 

My Rig CPU: i7 920 passmark score of 5,027 @ 2.67GHz, current overclocked to 3.2GHz.

My Rig GPU: Radeon HD 7850 1GB, passmark score of 3,703.

 

Laptop CPU: i7-3630QM passmark score of 7761. Upgrade in comparison but not really a highlight I give two shits about.

Laptop GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7670M passmark score of 835. Not bad I guess, better than one of ones I was looking at before looking at passmark scores.

 

Thus far I like this suggestion, within my budget and probably be more than I will ever need in a laptop.

[Ghost X 710]

The resolution on that toshiba is terrible for a 15,6". It would be acceptable on a 10-13".

[BLiNDBoi 930]

The resolution on that toshiba is terrible for a 15,6". It would be acceptable on a 10-13".

Incorrect, that's standard. 15.6" screens are 1366x768 resolution.

 

 

 

 

Opinions of the following choices? Dunno why I am tempted by option #1, because its a pretty good deal for the price + the processor is a APU which is AMD's cpu/gpu mix processors.

 

Option #1: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834215663

CPU: 2724 passmark

GPU: 835 passmark

Cost: $559

 

Option #2: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834314183

CPU: 3146 passmark

GPU: 990 passmark

Cost: $539

(No optical drive, but better hardware and cheaper)

 

Option #3: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230988

CPU: 4016 passmark

GPU: 413 passmark

Cost: $579

 

Option #4: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834314205

CPU: 7070 passmark

GPU: 465 passmark

Cost: $629

 

Option #5: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834216538

CPU: 3250 passmark

GPU: 950 passmark

Cost: $639

[Sean 3760]

I like option 5 the most personally. That and the lenovo skotti posted

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