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What gaming laptop to buy without breaking my piggy bank :)?

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Follow Question Posted by Trixey on Jan 25, 2012

I want to buy a gaming notebook, 15'' or 17'', but don't want to spend much money. Can you recommend something guys?

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6 WingMan on Jan 27, 2012

Level 6 I believe this is your best bet for that price range.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+N53SV-DH71+15.6%22+LED+Notebook+-+Intel+Core+i7+i7-2670QM+2.20+GHz+-+Aluminum+Silver/4155254.p?id=1218456781011&skuId=4155254

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2 jonathan1250 on Jan 26, 2012

Level 3 For $899 you can get that 15-incher: http://www.meetgadget.com/gadget/52305/iBUYPOWER+Battalion+101+W251HPQ

For $1319 17" FullHD:
http://www.meetgadget.com/gadget/52307/iBUYPOWER+Battalion+101+W170HR

There are probably quite a few companies that can get you a fairly strong gaming configurations for around $1000. IMO saving some cash for DELL Alienware or ASUS ROG entry models would be well worth the wait.

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9 sgrinavi on Jan 30, 2012

Level 4 Personally I think the Sager / Clevo line of laptops is a better option for gamers - you have a very wide range of graphics cards to choose from which can be upgraded as you would any PC without any warranty issues.

They have several selections in your price range. I would look for a system with the fastest dual core i5 processor you can afford with a minimum of 6 GB of memory. An SSD is nice, but probably out of your price range right now, but be sure to get a 7200 RPM drive.

Check out the owners forum at notebook review

http://forum.notebookreview.com/sager-clevo/

Then head over to xotic PC and configure one http://www.xoticpc.com/custom-gaming-laptops-notebooks-gaming-laptops-ct-118_96_98.html

If you need to compare specs of processors or graphics cards you can do so at

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Processors-Benchmarklist.2436.0.html

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1 ChiX017 on Jan 25, 2012

Level 2 We need to know your budget to give u more accurate advices..

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3 sgrinavi on Jan 27, 2012

Level 4 What is not much and what kind of games?

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4 Trixey on Jan 27, 2012

Level 3 My budget is around $900-$1000, I play different games, like to try what is newly released :))

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7 Immortal on Jan 27, 2012

Level 9 As always Alienware m14x -->1099$
http://www.meetgadget.com/gadget/47613/Alienware+M14x

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8 Dexter on Jan 27, 2012

Level 5 A little over $1000 - http://www.meetgadget.com/gadget/43507/MSI+GE620

I expected MSI to be way cheaper, however that's their cheapest gaming notebook and despite the looks it packs a lot of power inside. Should be fine for most of the games, I think.

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