Poll: Gaming Laptop or Gaming Desktop PC ?
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This is what I just tried to buy on Black Friday, and Alienware was actually the cheapest. I'd be happy to let you know if it works out. I'm going to take it on the road soon.CrystalShadow said:
I carried a 17 inch Sager in my bag for a year...with 45 minutes of battery life. It had as much power as I could wish for at the time and was great when I was stuck somewhere for a while but I was constantly terrified of breaking it in transit as I didn't have any room for any kind of protection for it where as I can fit a freaking pelican case around a 14 incher and shove that in my bag.
Hands down, desktops are better in terms of performance per dollar spent. There are other concerns which can make laptops superior, but if all you're worried about is performance, go with a desktop. There's less heating issues and the hardware is flat-out better for the same amount of money.
Also, don't buy from Alienware. They add a ridiculous amount of money to the charge, where you end up paying almost double what the thing is actually worth. Your best bet is to build it yourself out of parts from Newegg. If you are incapable of/don't want to do that, Falcon NW and Origin PC are both better options for pre-built machines.
Also, don't buy from Alienware. They add a ridiculous amount of money to the charge, where you end up paying almost double what the thing is actually worth. Your best bet is to build it yourself out of parts from Newegg. If you are incapable of/don't want to do that, Falcon NW and Origin PC are both better options for pre-built machines.
Since you didn't want to force the point too far, I'll just say this and drop it: For every game that gets released on the Mac, there are at least FIVE others that are released on the PC, and none of the Mac games are Mac exclusive.floobie said:
OK, now, personal take, about 90-99% of the time you're going to want desktop, for all the reasons stated. However, in the rare occasion that your career has you away from home more often than not, then your only real option is a laptop. If you're choosing a laptop so you can game while watching TV...first off, I have to question what kind of low-attention-span games you're playing (*coughWoWcough*) and second...just get a cheap laptop to stream TV beside your desktop. I have a laptop that's over 5 years old, and while it can't game for shit, I can watch damn near anything on it.
alienware nothign. dekstop beats laptop, build your own and you can have somethign that is highest end for the next ten years for 900 euros. i build my own and it is EASY. just read the manals you get covered in in and watch a youtube vid for a general idea of build order.UNKNOWNINCOGNITO said:
you can do it in about 5-6 hours if you know nothing about it, and after having built one, that goes down to an hour XD
Macs are only good PCs when you've got a rich family that buy Apple stuff because they think they are the best computers in the world - my friend seems to think that Macs are better than regular desktop PCs at everything, even though they are so overpriced its unreal.Fledge said:
I want to know where you got your laptop. Cause mine would have been 1500 before shipping.Hasido said:
Gaming laptops are for people who either have so little free time they can only play games during public transport commutes, for people who travel so much they spend more time out of home than in it, or for people who simply HAVE to be able to game in every home of their house (I cannot think of a single legitimate reason why this would be the case)
Build your own desktop PC, Only buy a pre-built PC if you have exactly zero technical expertise, no willingness to learn basic technical knowledge, don't know anyone with any technical expertise or have more money than sense. NO gaming laptop is as powerful as a custom desktop built for the same price. Fact.
Build your own desktop PC, Only buy a pre-built PC if you have exactly zero technical expertise, no willingness to learn basic technical knowledge, don't know anyone with any technical expertise or have more money than sense. NO gaming laptop is as powerful as a custom desktop built for the same price. Fact.
gotcha, I guess it also depends on the deals you can nail down, and the power of your system that you want. For instance a laptop can only get so powerful, while a desktop has far more possibilities.
They do.Fledge said:
It is you that do not understand that when people say PC they mean Desktop PC.
When they say Laptop they mean Laptop PC.
And finally a mac is a mac PC.
There is no need to specify each and every time.
Humans pull this on a lot of things all the time.
Better get used to it.
Perhaps you're misinformed. I didn't feel like doing another build and I wanted a warranty, so I bought an Aurora R3. i7 2600k, gtx560, 8gb ram, 2TBs worth of hard drive, and the kicker, with the liquid cooling and case layout in general, underload in a heated room, its never gotten above 29c in any zone. I only paid ~$1500 shipped with a 3 year warranty that covers any kind of damage. Their prices on their base model systems have dropped like a rock in the last 6 months, and to me, it's worth the premium for the warranty and support.ToastiestZombie said:
And to the 'uR n00bz' calls that will probably result from this, this is the first system I haven't built myself since my first 486dx2 system in 1992, and I'm the head of an IT department on a fairly large campus. It's nice being able to just pick it and get it, and have it all work as intended and be covered by a warranty for once.