Buying a new laptop [Tonight maybe..]

[Delta[X]]

So I have been toying with the idea of a new laptop, I have just received a nice Christmas bonus of ?600 and I have been looking at laptops for the past week or so, given my tight budget of ?600 which is meant for storage/gaming its been quite tough trying to find a semi-decent GPU with a processor that doesn't create a bottleneck for it.

The final conclusion that i came to what this laptop below:
[ame]http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/product-description/B003UAIPYA/ref=dp_proddesc_0?ie=UTF8&n=340831031&s=computers[/ame]

From my past experiences with HP desktops I have a good impression of HP considering the last HP I had lasted roughly 6-7 years. However the thing that is bugging me about this computer is the low clock rate on the Processor only being at 1.6Ghz, Now considering it is in fact a quad-core processor what kind of performance should i be seeing? I intend to use it to play games such as BC2 on it, which i have sitting on my desktop. I also have a desktop that requires a new GPU which i will be order in January (460 OC).


I will be going through multiple review sites before i make the final decision
Opinions?

 

[Delta[X]]

I have also looked at:
[ame]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ASUS-G72GX-GAMING-LAPTOP-6GB-C2D-2-53GHZ-HDMI-GTX-260M-/170561824734?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item27b646e7de#ht_10078wt_1167[/ame]

 

[Snipeye]

I don't see the HP laptop Delta. I think the link is broken. Plus, I'm jealous of you getting a Christmas bonus. Two christmases now for me, and I've yet to see such a thing. I think its a myth of legends.

 

[Delta[X]]

I believe i have now made my decision:

[ame]http://cgi.ebay.com/ASUS-G71-17-GAMING-LAPTOP-6GB-WIFI-HDMI-NVIDIA-1GB-/170580014637?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item27b75c762d#ht_10168wt_1343[/ame]

Opinions?

 

[Delta[X]]

I don't see the HP laptop Delta. I think the link is broken. Plus, I'm jealous of you getting a Christmas bonus. Two christmases now for me, and I've yet to see such a thing. I think its a myth of legends.

I am sorry to hear about that, If you want ill send you a bag of cookies? one problem though, they might be green and ekky by the time they reach you D:

Edit: Your right about the first link to amazon, I did a straight copy and paste and didn't check, my bad. here is the correct link:

http://www.bitdynasty.com/latest-re...avilion-dv6-3085ea-15-6-inch-notebook-review/
On amazon it's ?607


But this is the real one that i have pretty much set myself on:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170571658640#ht_9765wt_1167

 

[reflex99]

The 2nd ASUS one you mention is pretty good. My friend owned a very similar one, and it was pretty nice.

 

[Muffs]

I have also looked at:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ASUS-G72GX-GA...ops_Nov05&hash=item27b646e7de#ht_10078wt_1167

that computer can run BC2 easily but get more memory and 1 gb more ram

 

[reflex99]

that computer can run BC2 easily but get more memory and 1 gb more ram

?


why would you need more than 6GB of ram?

 

[maD]

[ame]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ASUS-G72GX-GAMING-LAPTOP-6GB-C2D-2-53GHZ-HDMI-GTX-260M-/170561824734?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item27b646e7de#ht_10078wt_1167[/ame]

That one specs wise is a monster of a laptop, if you get it you will enjoy the holy love out of it.


P.S. If you wanna gift it to me thats awesome too. =)

 

[Delta[X]]

heheh well Ive made the purchase after reading through some reviews and benchmarks, Happy to say i bought:

Asus G71Gx and i managed to get it under ?500! (?575 if you include postage) really pleased i made the decision to get it! now just to receive it before i head back to university! (7th)

 

[Delta[X]]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ASUS-G72GX-GA...ops_Nov05&hash=item27b646e7de#ht_10078wt_1167

That one specs wise is a monster of a laptop, if you get it you will enjoy the holy love out of it.


P.S. If you wanna gift it to me thats awesome too. =)

Yup i bought that laptop! PS. I would gift you it if i had the money too! <3