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zthar
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Registered: 2001-2-10 02:58:41
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Need a new rig, around 1500 (willing to go a bit higher if needed.) Used mainly for gaming and perusing the Internets. Occasionally for work.
Was looking at iBuy and Lenovo (a few other spots) and realized I don't have a clue what I am looking for.
Give me a build or thoughts on what to look for.
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aon_mixed
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Registered: 2002-8-19 07:30:30
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lenovo makes some kickass business laptops, in my opinion
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laptop? desktop?
don't do a pre-built system for gaming unless you just want to get ripped off.
pick a good motherboard and work off that (there's lots of websites that will point you at which ones to buy in certain price ranges).
There's nothing overly complicated about building your own computer...especially if you have another computer you can use to download drivers onto a flash drive and look up any instructions during the process. And there are LOTS of guides you can follow if you have no clue.
if you're set on pre-built systems/places that do it for you, I can't help because I don't know of any that aren't a ripoff.
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ikkoikki
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Registered: 2009-2-8 10:34:47
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Laptop or desktop?
You can build a kick-ass laptop for 1500 at XoticPC.com
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zthar
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PC or Laptop, either would work, I want a kick ass machine.
I don't want to build my own, I am working 70 hrs a week...I just want to hit the button and GO.
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well $1500 could make a godlike desktop if you built it yourself, and a nice one if you had someone else do it.
for a laptop, it would be more like "pretty good"...
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ikkoikki
Posts: 1,964
Registered: 2009-2-8 10:34:47
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zthar posted:
PC or Laptop, either would work, I want a kick ass machine.
I don't want to build my own, I am working 70 hrs a week...I just want to hit the button and GO.
You dont have to build your own, sites like xoticpc will build it for you, all you have to do is choose the components on their site and pay them, they'll ship it out to you fully built.
for 1500 you can get a pretty bad ass laptop. 15.6" screen with 1920x1200 resolution or a 17" if you want, a video card good enough to run Skyrim on high everything, 3 year warranty on it, choose what hard drive(s) you want, choose this and that...
they also build desktops though, $1500 will buy you a gaming beast
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Posts: 1,287
Registered: 2000-3-1 11:53:15
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zthar posted:
Need a new rig, around 1500 (willing to go a bit higher if needed.) Used mainly for gaming and perusing the Internets. Occasionally for work.
Was looking at iBuy and Lenovo (a few other spots) and realized I don't have a clue what I am looking for.
Give me a build or thoughts on what to look for.
Wait a few weeks then get the new Ivy Bridge and a GTX680.
Done.
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zthar
Posts: 148
Registered: 2001-2-10 02:58:41
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Okay, so give me what hardware and isht I should look for. Video cards, processors, memory etc etc I am not "up" on the latest and greatest
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ikkoikki
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First decide on if you want a laptop or a desktop. If its a laptop, what screen size you want. Keep in mind a 17" gaming laptop is very heavy and not very portable compared to a 13" or 15"
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