1. What is your budget? ~$1800
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? 15-17 inches
3. What screen resolution do you want? 1080
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? desktop replacement
5. How much battery life do you need? doesn't matter, will always be around an outlet.
6. Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)?
SWTOR, Diablo 3, Skyrim on High
BF3, other shooters 50-60 fps, but can be scaled down to medium or low. the fps is what matters.
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
Gaming / Blu ray wathing
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
SSD Boot ~60gigs
HDD Main ~300gigs
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
www.xoticpc.com
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
till death, it will be in my grasp until pried from my cold dead hands, but I understand it will not be future proof. If I get games to play that come out after d3 I will be happy. As long as console ports function it will be fine.
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
blu-ray reader,dvd reader could care less about any burners, mostly to watch any movie in bed on trips
12. Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons.
I could care less which brands, I have been researching MSI, Sager, and Asus
13. What country do you live in?
Stationed in Germany, but have access to an APO, a US address.
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.[/spoiler] I want this laptop to be able to handle these games for travelling, and when playing on the couch next to the wife. I hate lugging my desktop all over the place. Here are my desktop specs to give you an idea of what performance I play on now.
CPU : i7-2600k w/ hypercooler 212 OC to 3.7
GPU : AMD ATI 6970 2gigs gddr5
Memory: 8gigs 1333
SSD : 64gig boot drive
HDD : 1tb main storage
I would like performance as close as possible to my desktop. I do not care about future proofing because it is just a laptop for SWTOR, and some BF3. I understand performance will likely be behind my current desktop.
I have researched laptops from xotic, sager, eurocom, newegg, aafes, and other misc google returns. I find that the better deals are coming from xotic and eurocom. The GPUs I have been able to find to meet my needs are the 6990m and the 580m. I have not been able to find any laptops that are within budget and have these in sli/xfire. I understand the budget restrain is the most likely cause to not finding the sli/xfire. If an example build with the sli/xfire that is close to budget is available I might be able to convince the wife that it would allow me to overlook other purchases such as purses, shoes, and makeup.
Additionally... you should also consider what support options are available in your area. If say you buy something abroad, will you be able to have it fixed near where you live? Does the warranty apply? How quickly do local accredited technicians fix laptops?
All of this does not really affect me. I can service my own equipment, and send it back if requried.
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? 15-17 inches
3. What screen resolution do you want? 1080
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? desktop replacement
5. How much battery life do you need? doesn't matter, will always be around an outlet.
6. Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)?
SWTOR, Diablo 3, Skyrim on High
BF3, other shooters 50-60 fps, but can be scaled down to medium or low. the fps is what matters.
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
Gaming / Blu ray wathing
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
SSD Boot ~60gigs
HDD Main ~300gigs
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
www.xoticpc.com
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
till death, it will be in my grasp until pried from my cold dead hands, but I understand it will not be future proof. If I get games to play that come out after d3 I will be happy. As long as console ports function it will be fine.
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
blu-ray reader,dvd reader could care less about any burners, mostly to watch any movie in bed on trips
12. Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons.
I could care less which brands, I have been researching MSI, Sager, and Asus
13. What country do you live in?
Stationed in Germany, but have access to an APO, a US address.
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.[/spoiler] I want this laptop to be able to handle these games for travelling, and when playing on the couch next to the wife. I hate lugging my desktop all over the place. Here are my desktop specs to give you an idea of what performance I play on now.
CPU : i7-2600k w/ hypercooler 212 OC to 3.7
GPU : AMD ATI 6970 2gigs gddr5
Memory: 8gigs 1333
SSD : 64gig boot drive
HDD : 1tb main storage
I would like performance as close as possible to my desktop. I do not care about future proofing because it is just a laptop for SWTOR, and some BF3. I understand performance will likely be behind my current desktop.
I have researched laptops from xotic, sager, eurocom, newegg, aafes, and other misc google returns. I find that the better deals are coming from xotic and eurocom. The GPUs I have been able to find to meet my needs are the 6990m and the 580m. I have not been able to find any laptops that are within budget and have these in sli/xfire. I understand the budget restrain is the most likely cause to not finding the sli/xfire. If an example build with the sli/xfire that is close to budget is available I might be able to convince the wife that it would allow me to overlook other purchases such as purses, shoes, and makeup.
Additionally... you should also consider what support options are available in your area. If say you buy something abroad, will you be able to have it fixed near where you live? Does the warranty apply? How quickly do local accredited technicians fix laptops?
All of this does not really affect me. I can service my own equipment, and send it back if requried.