Devilsbed Posted January 25, 2014 Member ID: 519 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 39 Topic Count: 52 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 143 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 69 Achievement Points: 1406 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/26/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 1, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Morning idiots, I am purchasing a new laptop soon, I have narrowed it down to two, the specs are pretty much the same in the way of hdd, ram, etc. But for playing light games (cod 2, 4, war thunder and wold of tanks) I would like some opinions on which processor to get. 1-intel i3 2348 @2.3 ghz (2 cores) 2-Amd a4-5000 @1.5 (4 cores) what in your opinion would be the best to purchase? thanks Devilsbed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eidolonFIRE Posted January 25, 2014 Member ID: 2759 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 17 Topic Count: 199 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3496 Content Per Day: 0.76 Reputation: 3021 Achievement Points: 26464 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/22/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 16, 2017 Birthday: 07/27/1990 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Buy a desktop..... WAY more bang for your buck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoeBetta Posted January 25, 2014 Member ID: 1608 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 7 Topic Count: 49 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 411 Content Per Day: 0.08 Reputation: 11 Achievement Points: 2639 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/24/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 30 Birthday: 11/12/1968 Device: Windows Share Posted January 25, 2014 (edited) Like stated above, you get more bang for your buck from a desktop. The laptops you are looking at have older processors in them, the i3 has a second generation chip, while the amd5000 also is old. What price range you looking? Edited January 25, 2014 by MoeBetta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
MoeBetta Posted January 25, 2014 Member ID: 1608 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 7 Topic Count: 49 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 411 Content Per Day: 0.08 Reputation: 11 Achievement Points: 2639 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/24/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 30 Birthday: 11/12/1968 Device: Windows Share Posted January 25, 2014 http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i3-2348M-vs-AMD-A4-5000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Devilsbed Posted January 26, 2014 Member ID: 519 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 39 Topic Count: 52 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 143 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 69 Achievement Points: 1406 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/26/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 1, 2018 Author Share Posted January 26, 2014 Its Kind of hard to carry a desktop onto a plane twice a month. I am looking around 400 ish for a price range. Dont really need anything fancy working in the bush I would rather loose or have a laptop damaged at $ 400 instead of thousands.. Or even a laptop that would be somewhat decent. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eidolonFIRE Posted January 26, 2014 Member ID: 2759 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 17 Topic Count: 199 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3496 Content Per Day: 0.76 Reputation: 3021 Achievement Points: 26464 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/22/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 16, 2017 Birthday: 07/27/1990 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Its Kind of hard to carry a desktop onto a plane twice a month. I am looking around 400 ish for a price range. Dont really need anything fancy working in the bush I would rather loose or have a laptop damaged at $ 400 instead of thousands.. Or even a laptop that would be somewhat decent. Cheers. In that case i would recommend a high end android tablet with bluetooth keyboard. It's way more portable and you can just remote to your desktop when you need something your to tablet can't do. Also much better battery life. I did that last semester with the samsung note 10.1 and it's been amazing. I havent booted up my laptop since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little_old_man Posted January 26, 2014 Member ID: 1194 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 436 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 6692 Content Per Day: 1.29 Reputation: 11691 Achievement Points: 53094 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 76 Joined: 02/27/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 16, 2023 Birthday: 04/15/1960 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Laptops are fine for gaming. I play COD2 every day of my life in my recliner chair with my feet up, and my laptop in my lap. No sore back and ass from sitting in a regular chair. Granted the screen sometimes isn't as big as I would like but I prefer a laptop for gaming and doing just about everything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
eidolonFIRE Posted January 26, 2014 Member ID: 2759 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 17 Topic Count: 199 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3496 Content Per Day: 0.76 Reputation: 3021 Achievement Points: 26464 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/22/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 16, 2017 Birthday: 07/27/1990 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Laptops are fine for gaming. I play COD2 every day of my life in my recliner chair with my feet up, and my laptop in my lap. No sore back and ass from sitting in a regular chair. Granted the screen sometimes isn't as big as I would like but I prefer a laptop for gaming and doing just about everything else. Sounds like a reasonable strategy... You need one of these babies. little_old_man 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frags Posted January 26, 2014 Member ID: 158 Group: ++ COD5 Admin Followers: 27 Topic Count: 122 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 755 Content Per Day: 0.14 Reputation: 418 Achievement Points: 5755 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 27 Birthday: 09/11/1958 Device: Windows Share Posted January 26, 2014 (edited) Devilsbed, Being a road warrior too I take my lappy with me to game when on the road. Since I am hopelessly married and don't drink staying out of bars is what happens and gaming in the hotel seems to be my only entertainment when not at home. Now, I have gamed on laptops for over 6 years and have some experience with it. I would get a used laptop with i7. I don't know how tech savy you are but the Asus g73 Jh would be a nice lappy with a 17inch screen that you can game with and not worry about it too much. Of course you are talking about ebay here most likely. Anyway I highly recommend going to a website called notebookreview.com and go to their forums and they have an Asus gaming forum there. You can read up all you like. The Jh is an older monster with an ati card and will still run a lot of the newer titles. I am currently playing Bioshock infinite on mine without issue. The only thing about the Jw is that will take a bit of work to get it run properly. A repaste job is mandatory on the cpu and gpu and a custom vbios it also mandatory so you can run the ATI stock drivers instead of Asus's pathetic ones. The mouse pads on the jh's suck as well, but you're gonna use a mouse anyway. For the bux I doubt you can beat it. If you don't want to fool with that stuff look for the Asus g74 although they might still top the 400 range. If you need more info let me know. Oh and if you don't want to fool with the ATI card get a G73 Jw or sw, they will cost a bit more and will have the Nvidia card although you will get a higher frame rate with the ATI card after all the work. I get about 75 fps on cod5 with all the goodies turned up. Edited January 26, 2014 by Frags Joe Canadian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
J3st3r Posted January 26, 2014 Member ID: 2162 Group: ++ COD4 Admin Followers: 153 Topic Count: 152 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 5087 Content Per Day: 1.05 Reputation: 5009 Achievement Points: 44657 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 22 Joined: 01/25/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: 8 hours ago Birthday: 02/26/1972 Device: Windows Share Posted January 26, 2014 (edited) Have you considered buying a refuburshed or used laptop?They're are 100's of good used i5 and i7 laptops on Ebay for what your wanting to spend.I would stay away from the i3 chips.They are slow as heck. Couple used and referb laptops. http://www.ebay.com/itm/DELL-STUDIO-XPS-1645-INTEL-CORE-i7-1-6GHz-8GB-500GB-HDMI-WITH-CHARGER-/390755068021?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item5afad12875 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Asus-G73JH-Core-i7-1-73GHz-CPU-6GB-RAM-500GB-HDD-HDMI-17-3-LED-GAMING-LAPTOP-/271381731258?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item3f2f9c97ba http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-IdeaPad-Z400-MultiTouch-14-HD-Core-i7-8GB-1TB-DVD-HDMI-Laptop-Warranty-/291064888193?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item43c4d1bb81 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Latitude-E6420-i5-2540M-2-6-3-3Ghz-Intel-HD-Graphic-DVD-RW-/261382773317?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item3cdba09a45 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-laptop-i5-500gb-HHD-8gb-RAM-NVIDIA-/181306144211?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item2a36b035d3 Tons of good used higher quality stuff on Ebay. Edited January 26, 2014 by Pvt.Death Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Devilsbed Posted January 26, 2014 Member ID: 519 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 39 Topic Count: 52 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 143 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 69 Achievement Points: 1406 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/26/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 1, 2018 Author Share Posted January 26, 2014 Ive been looking at refurbished laptops, the acer with the AMD A6-4400 is a refurbished one, the other i3 is new from a big box store. I am not in too big of a rush as I am in the middle of no where down a logging road, using a satellite internet connection. And not going to be home for another month. Devilsbed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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