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To be fair, Vio, some HP models have been ok. I personally run off an HP Pavillion laptop that was optimized (at its time) for media/gaming.
However, I have recently seen Alienware laptops going for under $1000. If you have a budget of around $1200 or so, you might want to give those a look. Can't really say much about more recent brands like Lenova, since I've heard nothing one way or the other about them.
So the first thing we should ask is, "How much are you looking at for a price?"
However, I have recently seen Alienware laptops going for under $1000. If you have a budget of around $1200 or so, you might want to give those a look. Can't really say much about more recent brands like Lenova, since I've heard nothing one way or the other about them.
So the first thing we should ask is, "How much are you looking at for a price?"
Alienwares suck dick. Don't bother buying it at all unless you don't mind spending money pointlessly.
HPs are fine hardware wise, but in actual performance, they're bottom of the pack unless you do a clean reinstall of windows.
Spending 1000-1200$ for a 'gaming laptop' is ludicrous. Just no. You can get a gaming computer for half that and it'll still be miles more powerful, or just a standard laptop for half that and it'll still play LoL fine.
HPs are fine hardware wise, but in actual performance, they're bottom of the pack unless you do a clean reinstall of windows.
Spending 1000-1200$ for a 'gaming laptop' is ludicrous. Just no. You can get a gaming computer for half that and it'll still be miles more powerful, or just a standard laptop for half that and it'll still play LoL fine.
All the HP laptops I've seen have heating issues, their hardware may be fine, but the airflow is not. Really, the only decent HP series is the Envy series.
A desktop gaming computer is nice, but ultimately non-portable. If you're like me, and take your computer everywhere you go, and an extra 8 pounds doesn't even register on your radar, then you can get a nice gaming laptop. In the end, it's more affordable than getting a gaming desktop /and/ a decent laptop to carry around.
A desktop gaming computer is nice, but ultimately non-portable. If you're like me, and take your computer everywhere you go, and an extra 8 pounds doesn't even register on your radar, then you can get a nice gaming laptop. In the end, it's more affordable than getting a gaming desktop /and/ a decent laptop to carry around.
I'm posting this right now on an HP laptop sitting on my bed. Never had airflow issues, runs wow at medium settings 30fps, cost 299$ two years ago. i5, 750gb hard drive, 4gb ram, only issue is that the integrated graphics card is, well, an integrated graphics card. Still not bad though.
'Gaming' laptops are just a ripoff for those that don't know better, I'm not going to sit here and sugarcoat it for you, if you have one you got ripped the fuck off.
'Gaming' laptops are just a ripoff for those that don't know better, I'm not going to sit here and sugarcoat it for you, if you have one you got ripped the fuck off.
Gaming laptops are for those of us who just don't want to deal with lugging a desktop everywhere we go, and have the money to spend on it. I spent 1200 on my ASUS RoG G55VW, and it can run pretty much everything at high, 4xAA, 1920x1080 at over 50 fps. And it stays nice and cool, going up to 70C max. My friend spent about 1000 on a custom-built desktop, 3770k, 660Ti, SSDs, and it barely gets 130% of the performance of my machine (the price includes his monitor, keyboard/mouse, and headphones). Not to mention that he can't carry it anywhere.
Uh, you do realize you just pointed out that he got 30% more power for 200$ less, right? And in the future he can completely outstrip you in power for less due to upgrading. You don't buy monitors/mice/keyboards/headphones every time.
Regardless, I have an always will maintain that you time and money is better spent on a desktop for gaming for 70% of your budget, with 30% being a laptop for portability. That is and always will be the best option. 'Gaming' laptops are, at this point in time, simply inefficient and of poor quality.
Regardless, I have an always will maintain that you time and money is better spent on a desktop for gaming for 70% of your budget, with 30% being a laptop for portability. That is and always will be the best option. 'Gaming' laptops are, at this point in time, simply inefficient and of poor quality.
It's not that hard to upgrade a laptop, the only thing that really can't be "upgraded" is the motherboard and the case itself, otherwise, everything else is fair game. And build quality? My ASUS G55VW is sturdy come hell or high water.
After getting it, I just can't go back to using a desktop. The only reason to get a desktop for me would be for 3D and/or playing benchmark games like Crysis 3, which I have absolutely no interest in.
After getting it, I just can't go back to using a desktop. The only reason to get a desktop for me would be for 3D and/or playing benchmark games like Crysis 3, which I have absolutely no interest in.
Uh, your limited gpu choices that have to meet laptop power, size, and heat requirements, your limited overall upgradability due to a fixed PSU, your hard drive space limits (want two hard drives? Too bad, no ssd and hdd for you!), I could be cheap and say lack of upgradable monitor, but I think we can both agree that shouldn't count, even though laptop screens suck dick for gaming (MOAR RESPONSE LAG PLZ), and, as you said, shittier CPU options.
Big thing that screws up laptop is power, heat, and size. Laptops are designed to be small size, which requires low heat. More power = more heat.
Big thing that screws up laptop is power, heat, and size. Laptops are designed to be small size, which requires low heat. More power = more heat.
I have two SSDs and an HDD in my machine, I can upgrade to a nvidia 760m easily, I can also upgrade my monitor to a 120hz 3d 1080p if needed, the response time is just as good as any decent monitor, and if I wanted to, I can get one with 100% Adobe RGB easily.
Heat is a non-issue with this laptop, and this thing was built to be large. I'll admit the limited PSU issue, but I can still do a GPU upgrade before hitting the ceiling on that.
Heat is a non-issue with this laptop, and this thing was built to be large. I'll admit the limited PSU issue, but I can still do a GPU upgrade before hitting the ceiling on that.