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Considering spending $1500 on a new gaming laptop, stupid?

for $1500: Intel Core i7 2.7 GHz Processor 2.3GHz 16 GB D...
ungodly big-titted den persian
  06/03/12
today this "gaming laptop" is worth literally $20....
nyuug
  04/13/26
SSD Is crucial
titillating boltzmann private investor
  06/03/12
can you halp me find a gaming laptop with a 17" screen ...
ungodly big-titted den persian
  06/03/12
I spent 2,300 on an M18X alienware. I think they have price ...
Razzmatazz office
  06/03/12
why not just get a desktop?
confused narrow-minded step-uncle's house
  06/03/12
cause i've been using a laptop for the past 7-8 years and ha...
ungodly big-titted den persian
  06/03/12
you can get a powerful desktop for under 1k and then use the...
confused narrow-minded step-uncle's house
  06/03/12
i already have an ipad for home fucking around - my laptop s...
ungodly big-titted den persian
  06/03/12
tell me what games you play and i'll tell you if it's stupid...
disturbing federal toilet seat
  06/03/12
i just got diablo 3 adn i couldnt kill a boss because my lap...
ungodly big-titted den persian
  06/03/12
shoot for a desktop
Sable Big Garrison
  06/03/12
i travel a lot bro and i've gotten used to laptops over hte ...
ungodly big-titted den persian
  06/03/12
well it's not a bad time, but there are time frames you want...
disturbing federal toilet seat
  06/03/12
thanks - where do u get that?
ungodly big-titted den persian
  06/03/12
HP ENVY 17 customizable Notebook PC A6U45AV Windows 7 H...
disturbing federal toilet seat
  06/03/12
thanks brother. isnt 5400 RPM drive awful? or not that much ...
ungodly big-titted den persian
  06/03/12
anyone who says they can notice the difference between 7200 ...
disturbing federal toilet seat
  06/03/12
"FREE Upgrade to 1TB 5400 rpm Hard Drive" ROFL
floppy domesticated whorehouse
  06/03/12
still a comparable system to what he's looking at for a good...
disturbing federal toilet seat
  06/03/12
ok, i specced a similar one as this out to be $930 ($1k afte...
ungodly big-titted den persian
  06/03/12
up to you man, check when that coupon expires, and see if yo...
disturbing federal toilet seat
  06/03/12
agreed that SSD is essential
floppy domesticated whorehouse
  06/03/12
buy a desktop for about 1100 and a laptop for 600 or so and ...
Vigorous mediation national
  06/03/12
the kind of people who have to ask xoxo for gaming laptop ad...
nyuug
  04/13/26
You have to be the dumbest motherfucker on this site
Daft Unc
  04/13/26
that was actually a rare sober and insightful post from him
OYT and the Indie Reprieve
  04/13/26
gaming laptop market today is FUBARed, the idiots in the oth...
nyuug
  04/13/26
why even get one when you can get one of those handhelds lik...
OYT and the Indie Reprieve
  04/13/26
thunderbolt 5 is out so anything with it that comes with a d...
nyuug
  04/13/26
The point stands.
Daft Unc
  04/13/26
lol GAPED
nyuug
  04/13/26
lol i know more about gaming laptops than you will ever know...
nyuug
  04/13/26
just looked at current deals...seriously LOLLERCAUST@ 8gb vr...
nyuug
  04/14/26


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Date: June 3rd, 2012 6:40 PM
Author: ungodly big-titted den persian

for $1500:

Intel Core i7 2.7 GHz Processor 2.3GHz

16 GB DIMM

750 GB 7200 rpm Hard Drive

Nvidia GT 660M 2G GDDR5

or, for $1100

Intel Core i5 2450M Processor 2.5GHz (3MB Cache)

6GB SO-DIMM RAM

640 GB 7200 rpm Hard Drive

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M graphics

worth the extra $400?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1962863&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#20819154)



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Date: April 13th, 2026 6:08 PM
Author: nyuug

today this "gaming laptop" is worth literally $20. genius purchase

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1962863&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#49815315)



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Date: June 3rd, 2012 6:42 PM
Author: titillating boltzmann private investor

SSD Is crucial

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1962863&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#20819164)



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Date: June 3rd, 2012 6:43 PM
Author: ungodly big-titted den persian

can you halp me find a gaming laptop with a 17" screen with SSD for under $1500?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1962863&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#20819172)



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Date: June 3rd, 2012 6:43 PM
Author: Razzmatazz office

I spent 2,300 on an M18X alienware. I think they have price ranges.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1962863&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#20819178)



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Date: June 3rd, 2012 6:44 PM
Author: confused narrow-minded step-uncle's house

why not just get a desktop?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1962863&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#20819182)



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Date: June 3rd, 2012 6:48 PM
Author: ungodly big-titted den persian

cause i've been using a laptop for the past 7-8 years and have gotten used to them, also i travel a lot, but i currentyl have a 17" screen and want to keep the same

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1962863&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#20819214)



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Date: June 3rd, 2012 6:51 PM
Author: confused narrow-minded step-uncle's house

you can get a powerful desktop for under 1k and then use the extra money to get an ipad or something to fuck around with in the house. unless you want to play games on the road.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1962863&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#20819235)



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Date: June 3rd, 2012 6:52 PM
Author: ungodly big-titted den persian

i already have an ipad for home fucking around - my laptop stays plugged in wherever i go, i dont really move it a lot (current one is a heavy 17" too)

i do want to play games on the road (tbf, i only play sc2 and diablo3 so it's not like i need a landbeast)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1962863&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#20819243)



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Date: June 3rd, 2012 6:44 PM
Author: disturbing federal toilet seat

tell me what games you play and i'll tell you if it's stupid, in all likelihood it is stupid, also now isn't the greatest time to be buying this shit anywayz (i did because i have to).

this is basically complete overkill btw, u'd be more than satisfied with a laptop at half the price.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1962863&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#20819183)



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Date: June 3rd, 2012 6:49 PM
Author: ungodly big-titted den persian

i just got diablo 3 adn i couldnt kill a boss because my laptop gfx is too shitty. so i'm kind of overcompensating. the only PC games i've played lately are Starcraft 2 and diablo 3

what would you suggest?

my preferences:

- laptop

- 17 inch

- can run non state of the art games

- EDIT: wont be fucking useless in 3 years

- EDIT2: ideally i would like to order from amazon cause i have a gift card, but that's only a preference and not a req

- that's it

why is it a bad time to buy laptops now?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1962863&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#20819226)



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Date: June 3rd, 2012 6:53 PM
Author: Sable Big Garrison

shoot for a desktop

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1962863&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#20819246)



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Date: June 3rd, 2012 6:54 PM
Author: ungodly big-titted den persian

i travel a lot bro and i've gotten used to laptops over hte past several years

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1962863&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#20819253)



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Date: June 3rd, 2012 6:58 PM
Author: disturbing federal toilet seat

well it's not a bad time, but there are time frames you want to work with, with most products, i mean if you're really in need of a new system go for it, but if you can wait it out a year there's gonna be a gigantic jump in processing power next year, and the current gen stuff will drop in price like a rock and the next gen stuff will be crazy fast, ivybridge stuff isn't much of a jump from sandybridge. This is akin to buying a car new when it's in the last year of it's cycle.

Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

3rd generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3610QM Processor (2.3 GHz, 6MB L3 Cache)

NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) GT 650M Graphics with 2GB GDDR5 memory [HDMI, VGA]

FREE Upgrade to 8GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)

FREE Upgrade to 1TB 5400 rpm Hard Drive

NO mSSD Hard Drive Acceleration Cache

Microsoft(R) Office Starter: reduced-functionality Word/Excel(R) only, No PowerPoint(R)/Outlook(R)

No additional security software

6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery - Up to 6.0 hours of battery life +++

15.6-inch diagonal HD BrightView LED-backlit Display (1366x768)

FREE Upgrade to Blu-ray player & SuperMulti DVD burner

HP TrueVision HD Webcam

802.11b/g/n WLAN

Standard Keyboard

HP Home & Home Office Store in-box envelope

u can get that for a little over 800 bucks

http://www.fatwallet.com/HP-coupons/code-610227/

coupon link, this works for the HP envy as well that has 17" 1080p

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1962863&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#20819275)



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Date: June 3rd, 2012 7:00 PM
Author: ungodly big-titted den persian

thanks - where do u get that?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1962863&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#20819284)



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Date: June 3rd, 2012 7:04 PM
Author: disturbing federal toilet seat

HP ENVY 17 customizable Notebook PC

A6U45AV

Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

3rd generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3210M Processor (2.5 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 3.1 GHz)

6GB 1333MHz DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)

1TB 5400 rpm Hard Drive

SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support

HP TrueVision HD Webcam

Intel 2x2 802.11a/b/g/n WLAN + Bluetooth(R)

17.3-inch diagonal Radiance Full HD Infinity LED-backlit Display (1920x1080)

1GB AMD Radeon(TM) HD 7690M GDDR5 Discrete Graphics(TM) [HDMI, DP]

Microsoft(R) Office Starter: reduced-functionality Word/Excel(R) only, No PowerPoint(R)/Outlook(R)

6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery - Up to 5.25 hours of battery life +++

FREE 2-year Norton Internet Security subscription (a $99 value). Pre-installed.

Full-size Radiance backlit keyboard

Adobe(R) Photoshop(R) Elements 10 & Adobe Premiere(R) Elements 10

2 year limited warranty included

HP Home & Home Office Store in-box envelope

slightly worse specs, but you get a slimmer computer with 17" of 1080P, and it should be sufficient for what your gaming needs are for the next 3 years, and this is probably the more durable laptop, comes in at under 1,000 with that coupon i showed u above.

you can upgrade the harddrive, and RAM as well, to make it more similar to the specs of the computers u listed and you'll still save a few hundred bucks and have a superior quality laptop.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1962863&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#20819302)



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Date: June 3rd, 2012 7:04 PM
Author: ungodly big-titted den persian

thanks brother. isnt 5400 RPM drive awful? or not that much different?

what is the new tech that's coming out next year?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1962863&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#20819307)



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Date: June 3rd, 2012 7:07 PM
Author: disturbing federal toilet seat

anyone who says they can notice the difference between 7200 and 5400 is probably full of shit, if you want to get an SSD that's fine, but you're not gonna notice much difference between non SSD harddrives

intel's coming out with a new chipset next year.

i like the first system but the big knock on it would be that the display resolution is low.

if you're playing diablo and sc2 (and heart of swarm soon), this sytem will easily meet your needs (i'd go with the first system i picked the dv6).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1962863&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#20819325)



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Date: June 3rd, 2012 7:04 PM
Author: floppy domesticated whorehouse

"FREE Upgrade to 1TB 5400 rpm Hard Drive"

ROFL

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1962863&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#20819305)



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Date: June 3rd, 2012 7:05 PM
Author: disturbing federal toilet seat

still a comparable system to what he's looking at for a good 600-700 less

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1962863&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#20819313)



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Date: June 3rd, 2012 7:31 PM
Author: ungodly big-titted den persian

ok, i specced a similar one as this out to be $930 ($1k after tax), will take 2 weeks. should i pull the trigger?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1962863&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#20819466)



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Date: June 3rd, 2012 7:48 PM
Author: disturbing federal toilet seat

up to you man, check when that coupon expires, and see if you can get yourself out to a brick and mortar store to test drive one, i think this is the way to go tho, (the dv6 right?) very powerful and barely breaks 4 digits.

EDIT: if you're getting the SSD with the laptop don't, you can get it for way cheaper elsewhere, it's a rip off to get that add on.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1962863&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#20819555)



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Date: June 3rd, 2012 7:00 PM
Author: floppy domesticated whorehouse

agreed that SSD is essential

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1962863&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#20819282)



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Date: June 3rd, 2012 7:34 PM
Author: Vigorous mediation national

buy a desktop for about 1100 and a laptop for 600 or so and be very happy with both.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1962863&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#20819481)



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Date: April 13th, 2026 6:12 PM
Author: nyuug

the kind of people who have to ask xoxo for gaming laptop advice are the same kind who get ripped off inevitably bc they have no idea what theyre doing

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1962863&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#49815322)



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Date: April 13th, 2026 6:15 PM
Author: Daft Unc

You have to be the dumbest motherfucker on this site

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1962863&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#49815332)



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Date: April 13th, 2026 6:16 PM
Author: OYT and the Indie Reprieve ( )

that was actually a rare sober and insightful post from him

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1962863&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#49815334)



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Date: April 13th, 2026 6:18 PM
Author: nyuug

gaming laptop market today is FUBARed, the idiots in the other thread have no idea what theyre talking about Lol:

http://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5856746&mc=28&forum_id=2

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1962863&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#49815339)



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Date: April 13th, 2026 6:19 PM
Author: OYT and the Indie Reprieve ( )

why even get one when you can get one of those handhelds like a ROG Ally and output to a display

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1962863&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#49815341)



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Date: April 13th, 2026 6:22 PM
Author: nyuug

thunderbolt 5 is out so anything with it that comes with a decent cpu regardless of form factor could be a better choice, most def. m2 nvme output could work too, but zero portability with that setup unfortunately

my biggest concern is the guy who made the OP clearly has no idea what to look out for. is he going new? used? on what basis is he evaluating the gpu? would bet dollars to donuts he has a dilettante-level knowledge at best

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1962863&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#49815345)



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Date: April 13th, 2026 6:47 PM
Author: Daft Unc

The point stands.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1962863&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#49815389)



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Date: April 13th, 2026 8:18 PM
Author: nyuug

lol GAPED

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1962863&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#49815640)



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Date: April 13th, 2026 6:16 PM
Author: nyuug

lol i know more about gaming laptops than you will ever know champ

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1962863&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#49815336)



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Date: April 14th, 2026 1:11 AM
Author: nyuug

just looked at current deals...seriously LOLLERCAUST@ 8gb vram in a fucking 5070

anyone buying this garbage deserves to get fucked in the ass by jensen

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1962863&forum_id=2テ「竄ï½���„1¤77PHPSESSID=3d8e678aec504db068978830e992758d#49816119)