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Which would you advise out of these 2 laptop -
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/toshiba-satellite-l750-22z-15-6-laptop-red-12520735-pdt.html
or
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/hp-pavilion-g6-1337sa-15-6-laptop-red-12303709-pdt.html
I'm pretty clueless when it comes to the insides of a computer lol. I know the basics but would like to know which you would choose and why?
- a side note, this is the laptop im using now - http://shopping.reevoo.com/p/packard-bell-easynote-tj74-rb-050 So either of those I lsited will at least be a little bit of an upgrade
Both Laptops are pretty bad tbh..
You do not need 8gb of RAM in that thing
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/samsung-series-3-np300e5a-15-6-laptop-silver-13212978-pdt.html
This is by far a better laptop.
Laptops arent good for gaming though... the graphics in laptops are hilariously bad unless you wanna pay near enough a grand.
That could be anything
Not it really isnt. Stick with 8
Ok.Kind of strange because when I had only a dual core processor and 1gb ram it never froze.
Ahh nice, around £500 is my budget so you got it just right
0.2 MB web cam tho o.O Kinda sucks but not really a problem can get an external one xD
Cheers for the advice
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883229309
No idea what it could be without being at your pc
How often you gonna be using a webcam haha :P
Worth the price? No. You could build it yourself for alot cheaper lols. But if youre not willing then thats a solid rig right there. You'd smash out 60 fps on pretty much any game you play maxxed. CF is capped at 200 so you'd get 200
I have family who dont live close so I use web cam quite a bit
This looks like a beast, pretty sure this will give you a good frame rate.
Ahh I see
Well i have a no idea what things i need to buy to build a pc, let alone put it together, and on what graphics setting do you think i would get 60 fps on?
I said maxxed out graphic settings on essentially any game
Oh sorry, and i know its some work but can you list off the items needed to build a pc?
Motherboard
Processor (Plus cooler if you want but they generally come with a crappy stock one anyway which does the job unless you plan to overclock.)
RAM
Hard Drive
Power Supply
Graphics Card (Not needed for Crossfire, but if you want to play the high end games.. then you'll want a good one)
Computer Case
+Anything else you want like a Card reader and Disc Drive. If you dont have it already.. then a Monitor, Keyboard and Mouse.
All cables and fans generally come with the case or component.
PC's are very simple to build. Everything comes with simple step by step installation instructions. It looks like it will be expensive.. but it will come out cheaper and I highly recommend buying the parts separately and building it yourself.
yUS PLUS IN 2. DAS WUT DUAL CORE MEAN. 2 PROCESSOR
Well i went on newegg and found all the parts by themselves and it came to a higher cost then if i was to buy the pc prebuilt.
Maybe i'm doing something wrong?
Probably.. how on earth did you manage that? haha :P
I just looked on amazon for parts. Got it to about $1100. Im not familiar with US vendors so I dont know who the cheapest are but if you looked hard enough you could get it even cheaper.
Newegg are surprisingly cheap. I wish the UK has something like that...
I live in Canada prices between Canadian stuff and american stuff is stupid, they get everything a lot cheaper because of tariffs.
And i went and looked and amazon and still got a higher price the prebuilt but hes everything i found. (some of it is newegg cause i couldn't find one on amazon)
Prebuilt pc: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883229309
Computer Parts:
http://www.amazon.ca/Gigabyte-GA-X79-UD5-Intel-E-ATX-Motherboard/dp/B0064Z6Y9G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1337614943&sr=8-1
http://www.amazon.ca/Core-I7-3820-Socket-2011/dp/B007B075FU/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1337614997&sr=8-3
http://www.amazon.ca/Kingston-ValueRAM-Modules-KVR1333D3N9K2-8G/dp/B002K27KW2/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1337615040&sr=8-2
http://www.amazon.ca/Corsair-Value-Select-CMPSU-800G-Performance/dp/B004H1XXGQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1337615471&sr=1-1
http://www.amazon.ca/Amd-Radeon-7850-Pcie-Gddr5/dp/B007NTTK02/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1337615533&sr=1-1-catcorr
http://www.amazon.ca/Western-Digital-Caviar-Internal-Desktop/dp/B0036Q7MV0/ref=sr_1_5?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1337615584&sr=1-5
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119160
You could find alternate and cheaper parts and still make it alot cheaper than pre built. Or you could buy it pre built if you want.
prebuilt prices are coming way down.
Its more comparable now. Atleast some of the ones i have seen.
If you find a prebuilt that is on sale its probably cheaper than buying parts seperately.
i recommend that if u r low on budget
buy a manufacture refurbished
with intel i7
from Dell, gateway or Lenovo
why? it comes with windows7, it has warranty, it has support, it looks good with a brandname pc, more so than say icyberpower w8?
http://www.cheetahdeals.com/Acer-AM3920-E4142-BLK-i7-2600-3-4GHz-Refurbished-p/L-PT.SFD02.005.htm
http://outlet.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/outlet_us/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:expandcategory?current-catalog-id=A4A41B4CA13D4754AE2FBF7721EBF357¤t-category-id=71CA4FA889894DE833B851384B1F2D77&menu-id=products&ref-id=products#/?page-size=10&page-index=1&facet-5=1&facet-5=2
Not too sure of the Lenovo brand
lenovo=ibm
excellent business grade computers from my experience, including laptops etc, they put out some nice things.
Except for the fact that i was shocked when i looked up the import taxes on luxury electronics and it was 55%
basically everything here is a lot more expensive
So i just went for a ride and checked out all the parts
I've made up my mind but i dont have the currency yet
would you recommend a geforce gtx 870 ? i found one for a bargain
nvidia 560ti
or amd hd 6850, 6870, or other 6800 series
for 150$ dollars or 100pounds
that will be great.
otherwise save more money.