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Gaming laptop - questions

  • 17-01-2013 9:50am
    #1
    Cina
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,390 ✭✭✭


    So I want to get myself a gaming laptop, and I just have a few questions. My budget is around €800 (£650) and I'm on pcspecialist.co.uk.

    Here's what I have (so far)

    15.6" 720p screen
    Intel i3-3110M 2.4Ghz
    4GB DDR3 RAM
    120GB SSD Drive
    Geforce 650M 2GB
    6 Cell Battery

    This comes to £513 including delivery, so I have around £140 left. but it'd be nice to not use it all!

    I already have a pretty powerful desktop that I use for all my multitasking and such so it's not something I'm concerned about, really this will just be used for gaming and net browsing whenever I'm on the move or feel like chilling in front of the TV, so in terms of importance for that, what would you rate the below, because I can't really afford all of them.

    Processor: i3-3210M (£44 extra) or i5-3320M (£99 extra)
    Screen: Full HD 1080p (£35 extra)
    4GB more RAM (£20 extra)

    Is a 1080p worth it on a 15" screen? Is the i5 that big a jump for gaming?

    I'd also like a little left over to upgrade to a 9 Cell battery, but that's not really essential.

    Cheers!


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  • #2
    mordeith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,278 ✭✭✭mordeith


    Cina wrote: »

    Processor: i3-3210M (£44 extra) or i5-3320M (£99 extra)
    Screen: Full HD 1080p (£35 extra)
    4GB more RAM (£20 extra)

    Is a 1080p worth it on a 15" screen? Is the i5 that big a jump for gaming?

    I'd also like a little left over to upgrade to a 9 Cell battery, but that's not really essential.

    Cheers!

    Peronally I'd go for the i5 and shell out for the 9-cell as well.


  • #3
    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    I suppose, you're talking about the Enigma IV sans OS?

    Get 8 GB RAM. Forget the Core i5 3320M, for only £18 you'll get a quad Core i7 3630QM. Full HD is a matter of preference. The GT 650M is a middle class GPU which should be fine for 720p with most games.


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