JohnnyNashville Posted January 25, 2015 Member ID: 25938 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 21 Topic Count: 346 Topics Per Day: 0.12 Content Count: 1496 Content Per Day: 0.51 Reputation: 290 Achievement Points: 13343 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/17/17 Status: Offline Last Seen: Tuesday at 01:14 AM Birthday: 08/08/1961 Device: Windows Posted January 25, 2015 Work is picking up and I will be on the road a lot more this year...I invested in a new laptop so I can kick your idiot butts 365 days a year.... Started off looking at Alienware, then Asus, then Razer and then found this MSI for almost half the price and less weight. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IMTQ5I2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Main Specs are... Screen Size 17.3 inches Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 Max Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Processor 3.2 GHz Core i7-4700HQ RAM 12 GB DDR3L SDRAM Memory Speed 1600 MHz Hard Drive 1024 GB 7200 Graphics Coprocessor NVIDIA Geforce GTX860M Graphics Card Ram Size 2000 MB Be afraid...be very afraid... jn Millpucky, EDD THE DUCK, JAYsus_NL and 3 others 6
Darkstar Posted January 25, 2015 Member ID: 21037 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 4 Topic Count: 14 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 132 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 61 Achievement Points: 1007 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/14/14 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 17, 2016 Birthday: 07/28/1995 Posted January 25, 2015 Not bad... But that thing will heat up like a mofo xD eidolonFIRE 1
JohnnyNashville Posted January 25, 2015 Member ID: 25938 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 21 Topic Count: 346 Topics Per Day: 0.12 Content Count: 1496 Content Per Day: 0.51 Reputation: 290 Achievement Points: 13343 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/17/17 Status: Offline Last Seen: Tuesday at 01:14 AM Birthday: 08/08/1961 Device: Windows Author Posted January 25, 2015 Not bad... But that thing will heat up like a mofo xD Way ahead of you.... http://www.amazon.com/AVANTEK-Laptop-Notebook-Cooling-Chill/dp/B00L36CEYU/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1422191318&sr=1-2&keywords=cooling+pad jn JAYsus_NL 1
B-Murda Posted January 25, 2015 Member ID: 5841 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 17 Topic Count: 54 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 608 Content Per Day: 0.14 Reputation: 699 Achievement Points: 4384 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/02/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 29, 2021 Posted January 25, 2015 Not bad... But that thing will heat up like a mofo xD Laptops made with higher end parts generally don't have heating up problems like the cheapy laptops. I've gamed on laptops only for the past 4 years, without any cooler or any issues. Had a 580M GTX in first one and current one has a 780M GTX. Heat is no problem. Laptops have higher thermal threasholds vs. desktops so while 60-70c on a GPU for a desktop might freak you all out, on a laptop, those are great good temps. Laptops are designed for normal op temp on CPU/GPU to go up to upper 90c before they are considered "overheating" with 100c being the "something is wrong" limit. That said, looks like a decent spec laptop. You will have to play on Medium to High if using 1080P to maintain decent frames with 860M but after all it's just your away from home machine Stringer 1 Awards
Power! Posted January 25, 2015 Member ID: 3543 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 24 Topic Count: 87 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 905 Content Per Day: 0.19 Reputation: 664 Achievement Points: 9085 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/15/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 12, 2024 Birthday: 07/09/1981 Device: Windows Posted January 25, 2015 I had the same Notebook for 2 weeks and is not good, problems with overheating, and massive problems with the throttle I have now Msi GT70 and max temp 82c Notebook: MSI GT70-2OD-Prozessor: Intel Core i7 4700MQ Ram 16gb hdd 1000gb +1000gb + 2 Msata 240gbGrafikkarte: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780MBildschirm: 17.3 Zoll, 16:9, 1920x1080 Pixel, spiegelnd: neinGewicht: 3.9kg Awards
Fr4G Posted January 28, 2015 Member ID: 22361 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 0 Topics Per Day: 0 Content Count: 2 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 10 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/21/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 28, 2015 Posted January 28, 2015 (edited) For gaming laptops i would recommend the asus g751. Best cooling system, incredible performance but expensive. It can be hard to get a hold on Asus RMA, just take that in mind aswell. a downside to the g751 is it got IPS panel, great for colours, bad for gaming. I enjoyed my g750 with 780m GTX for a loong time. eighty fps on high, full hd and laptop didnt get hot! The dual fan system works wonders and are quiet Edited January 28, 2015 by Fr4G
JohnnyNashville Posted January 28, 2015 Member ID: 25938 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 21 Topic Count: 346 Topics Per Day: 0.12 Content Count: 1496 Content Per Day: 0.51 Reputation: 290 Achievement Points: 13343 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/17/17 Status: Offline Last Seen: Tuesday at 01:14 AM Birthday: 08/08/1961 Device: Windows Author Posted January 28, 2015 POOPOOPOOPOOP!!! New laptop came today, loaded up BF4 and fraps, updated everything and launched game. To my surprised it was running 65 FPS...then I checked the Video Settings in Game...running a lame-butt Medium. Cranked it on up to Ultra and FPS dropped to 35-40. To top that off the hard drive is smaller than advertised...so it's going back to Amazon. Resetting to factory specs as I type.... D: jn
Millpucky Posted January 28, 2015 Member ID: 20439 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 8 Topic Count: 14 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 356 Content Per Day: 0.08 Reputation: 276 Achievement Points: 2831 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/24/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: 16 hours ago Birthday: 09/22/1973 Device: Windows Posted January 28, 2015 POOPOOPOOPOOP!!! New laptop came today, loaded up BF4 and fraps, updated everything and launched game. To my surprised it was running 65 FPS...then I checked the Video Settings in Game...running a lame-butt Medium. Cranked it on up to Ultra and FPS dropped to 35-40. To top that off the hard drive is smaller than advertised...so it's going back to Amazon. Resetting to factory specs as I type.... D: jn Bummer...good luck in finding a new one. Awards
JohnnyNashville Posted January 29, 2015 Member ID: 25938 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 21 Topic Count: 346 Topics Per Day: 0.12 Content Count: 1496 Content Per Day: 0.51 Reputation: 290 Achievement Points: 13343 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/17/17 Status: Offline Last Seen: Tuesday at 01:14 AM Birthday: 08/08/1961 Device: Windows Author Posted January 29, 2015 (edited) Looking now at a Super Kick Butt Laptop....Originpc.com has some really "exotic laptops" that are reasonable...Under 3K and I can use for both home and away. Tomorrow once I sober up I am going reconfigure my computer with OS on my 1T SSD and moving everything to a USB harddrive so I can sell my main unit for 2500....here is a break down of my system and cost.... Aluminum Case 100 1000 watt PS 250 4770 I7 3.5 300 Asus Z87 150 2 x Zotec Omega GTX 970 500 32g Memory 150 Win Pro 7 125 1T SSD 650 H100 Water Cool CPU 125 Sound Card 100 3 x 23" monitors 400 equals 2850 Not counting assembly and testing... Wish me luck! jn Intel I7 4770K 3.5 Overclocked to 4.0Ghz, Win 7 Pro, 2 Zotac Omega Edition Geforce GTX 970 4 gig in SLI, 32gb 12800 DDR3 Corsair Vengeance Memory, Asus Z87 Motherboard, 1T SSD, Corsair H100 CPU Cooler,Sound Blaster Z PCIe Sound card, 1 24" 144 hz Asus Monitor and 2 23"monitors,Cooler Master Silent Pro M - 1000W PLUS Bronze Power Supply, Astro A50 Headphones and mic, Razer Blackwidow mechanical keyboard, Razer Deathadder mouse,SteelSeries QcK Gaming Mouse Pad (Black) Edited January 29, 2015 by JohnnieNashville
codpiece Posted January 29, 2015 Member ID: 5470 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 52 Topic Count: 373 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 2509 Content Per Day: 0.56 Reputation: 3609 Achievement Points: 23134 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 8 Joined: 02/04/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: 8 hours ago Birthday: 09/17/1968 Device: Windows Posted January 29, 2015 I checked out the site. Looks interesting, let me know what you get. I might do the same. EDD THE DUCK 1 Awards
Bor2013 Posted January 29, 2015 Member ID: 21302 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 21 Topic Count: 122 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 598 Content Per Day: 0.15 Reputation: 309 Achievement Points: 4844 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/28/14 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 2, 2023 Birthday: 03/02/1986 Posted January 29, 2015 with overheat u can also play in the fridge, iff u got a big one Awards
B-Murda Posted January 29, 2015 Member ID: 5841 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 17 Topic Count: 54 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 608 Content Per Day: 0.14 Reputation: 699 Achievement Points: 4384 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/02/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 29, 2021 Posted January 29, 2015 (edited) I recommend Sager/Clevo laptops (which that site sells re-branded some of). Sager is the USA distributor but resells them to a lot of other companies that re-brand them like Originpc.com does. Clevo does the same thing and is the actual manufacture but they sell to other countries. You won't find anything with better price for performance and they are a major brand for gaming/performance community. Most people haven't heard of them but they have been around a long time. Just you want to buy from a reseller not direct as is cheaper. Someone like XoticiPC.com who I've used 3 times before. Check out http://www.xoticpc.com/sager-np8268s-clevo-p150sma-p-6987.html?wconfigure=yes for 15 inch http://www.xoticpc.com/sager-np8278s-clevo-p170sma-p-6985.html?wconfigure=yes for 17 inch. They don't look all fancy and shity but they run great with dual fans and all. They also have 30 days 100% return (minus shipping). No restock fee like most places. You can get a 980M GTX with 8GB (Yes 8GB, fuck those desktop fuckers hah!) and all for around 1.6k but if you're like me more ram and 2nd to highest CPU will adjust that price on ya hah. And everything can be customized. They are built to order machines, not pre-built boxed up shit. Warranty is really cheap too. You can get 3 year for $150 bucks and they cover everything, 2way shipping and they don't even void warranty for opening or swapping parts! I would say GET the warranty. One part pays for it and they will often mail you the part if you don't want to mail in the entire machine. I can probably get you another 20 bucks off the price if you don't do any other discounts too as referral as I used in them in past but they offer military and student discounts as well as cash discount if pay by check/money order. Edited January 29, 2015 by B-Murda Awards
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