Custom build desktop or y500, mobility disregarded, longevity included

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My first possible build or the y500 I cant decide what i would like to do, If I go with the desktop now, I will go for a macbook later this year.

Intel Core i5 3570K 3.4GHz LGA 1155 Processor

Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7,200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5"

ASUS HD7870-DC2-2GD5-V2 AMD Radeon HD 7870 2048MB

ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Z77 ATX Intel Motherb

Crucial Ballistix Elite 16GB DDR3-1866 PC3-15000)

OCZ Technology 750 Watt Fatal1ty Series Modular AT

Thermaltake Commander MS-I Snow ATX Mid-Tower

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y500 8gb ram setup or 12gb setup
 
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SSD is kinda useless for a "gaming build" but if he has the money to spend ....

We can't all love the same case so if he likes it, that's his choice

I thought the power supply was cheaper than that ... A TX750W would be perfect for this build. If you still want the modular option you can look at the TX750M.


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What do you want to do with the computer ? Watch movies, video editing, picture editing, gaming ?

If you want a computer for gaming, take the desktop computer obviously because the Y500 won't be good enough for next games and it may become a useless computer ... Always go for a desktop computer for gaming unless you have 5000$ to spend on a computer.


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Laptop hardware and desktop hardware will never be comparable to each other. Desktop hardware is always going to be light years ahead of laptop hardware. If you want a system for playing games, build a desktop. If you want portable functions, get a laptop.
 
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I want to use it mainly for gaming/blogging, and a small bit of music production, ableton and the likes
 
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I think the desktop will be better for you, unless you are a traveler.



That's a great build but if i was you, i would consider 8Gb of ram instead and a HD 7950 instead of the 7870 because ram prices have increased too much. 16Gb is useless unless you are doing a lot of photoshop, sony vegas and those kind of big programs (3d modeling too). Your gaming performance will be much better.


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SSD is kinda useless for a "gaming build" but if he has the money to spend ....

We can't all love the same case so if he likes it, that's his choice

I thought the power supply was cheaper than that ... A TX750W would be perfect for this build. If you still want the modular option you can look at the TX750M.


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SSDs are definitely not useless for any build, please elaborate on that. Add a Samsung 840 Pro or an OCZ Vector and your build boots up near instantly, and so do any games you have on the rig.
 
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The desktop / laptop argument is being a bit exaggerated here. While ya won't have the highest benchmark scores in your dorm, you can certainly be satisfied gaming on a lappie as I have been running CAD in my office and gaming on them for years. Bringing the laptop in the field with me is far more efficient then making hand sketches and then returning to the office to use a desktop.

Now buying a well known brand (Note pretty much every brand you'd recognize doesn't actually "make" a laptop) will likely lead to disappointment.

Quanta sells to (among others) HP, Lenovo, Apple, Acer, Toshiba, Dell, Sony, Fujitsu and NEC
Compal sells to (among others) Acer, Dell, Toshiba, Lenovo and HP/Compaq
Wistron (former manufacturing & design division of Acer) sells to Dell, Acer, Lenovo and HP
Inventec sells to Toshiba, HP and Lenovo
Pegatron sells to Asus, Toshiba, Apple, Dell and Acer
Foxconn sells to Asus, Dell, HP and Apple
Flextronics (former Arima Computer Corporation notebook division) sells to HP

But buying a custom built laptop from a reputable builder can be quite rewarding.
http://www.lpc-digital.com/sager-np9150.html

I have two of the 17" versions of the above with 16GB of RAM and GTX 675MX. One has an Intel 520 and 7200 rpm HD, the other has a Seagate Momentus XT hybrid SSD / HD.....unless ya run a benchmark, ya cant tell the two apart.
 
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I am a gamer myself and i have a SSD for my boot drive and i did try to play a game on the SSD and the results were not so different compared to a regular HDD. In some games, it may be significant but in Gta 4 and Battlefield 3 it hasn't gave me a performance boost at all. So, having a SSD for boot drive and programs isn't that important unless you are doing some crazy photoshop...



I did visit your website but the price/performance is still lower than a desktop computer. You need 1200$ minimum for a basic gaming laptop and prices go higher the better you go while a desktop costing around 1200$ are pretty good value and can run most of the games at more than 60FPS. The desktop as obviously a better performance/price value.


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