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I'm going to be starting college in the Fall and I have an excess of scholarship money which I would like to put into buying a really good gaming laptop.
My budget is preferably <$2000
I've been looking at the Alienware M17x r4 for the last couple days and I really liked what it had ( especially the HDMI in port, I really wanted that!), but it's a little under 10lbs and I don't know if the battery life can sustain through a class period.
SO, I'm currently looking at trying to find a laptop that is light enough to carry around school (in a backpack, not a laptop bag), can give a decent battery life ( 3+ hrs, not gaming), and is powerful enough to say run battlefield 3 1080p on ultra ( I don't know if that's wishful thinking or not).
Also, if there's a way to get an HDMI in port into it (I would love to have that to use with my ps3 at my dorm).
I'm more than willing to buy from a custom-built company like Xotic, or buy the parts and build it myself (I built my desktop) , but I don't know what parts to get.
Oh, and don't recommend the Razor, because the GPU needs to be more powerful than that. I would love to find something powerful enough like the M17X, just lighter, I can care less about flashy lights or the brand itself.
Thank you for all that are willing to help me figure this out.
UPDATE:
So, I think I've figured out what laptop to get. The Sager NP9150 special edition seems like a great fit. It weighs in at 6.83 lbs, which has been the lightest weight I've seen for performance.
http://www.xoticpc.com/sager-np9150-clevo-p150em-special-edition-p-5175.html?wconfigure=yes
Specs:
15.6" FHD 16:9 "Matte Type" Super Clear Ultra Bright LED Anti-Glare Sager Screen w/ 95% NTSC Color Gamut (1920x1080
Sager - 3rd Generation Intel® Ivy Bridge Core™ i7-3630QM (2.4GHz - 3.4GHz, 6MB Intel® Smart Cache, 45W Max TDP
nVidia GeForce GTX 680M 4,096MB PCI-Express GDDR5 DX11 with Optimus™ Technology
16GB - DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory (2 SODIMMS)
IC Diamond Thermal Compound - CPU + GPU
32GB Crucial M4 mSATA SSD - Preconfigured for Intel SRT ( Smart Response Technology )
750GB 7200RPM [Serial-ATA II 300 - 16MB Cache]
6x Blu-Ray Reader / 8x DVDRW Super Multi Combo Drive
Bigfoot Networks Killer™ Wireless-N 1103 (3x3)
Standard Sager/Clevo Non Chiclet Backlit Keyboard
No OS
All for $1799 w/o cash discount
I just don't know if I should get the mSATA SSD and being able to carry it. Thoughts?
My budget is preferably <$2000
I've been looking at the Alienware M17x r4 for the last couple days and I really liked what it had ( especially the HDMI in port, I really wanted that!), but it's a little under 10lbs and I don't know if the battery life can sustain through a class period.
SO, I'm currently looking at trying to find a laptop that is light enough to carry around school (in a backpack, not a laptop bag), can give a decent battery life ( 3+ hrs, not gaming), and is powerful enough to say run battlefield 3 1080p on ultra ( I don't know if that's wishful thinking or not).
Also, if there's a way to get an HDMI in port into it (I would love to have that to use with my ps3 at my dorm).
I'm more than willing to buy from a custom-built company like Xotic, or buy the parts and build it myself (I built my desktop) , but I don't know what parts to get.
Oh, and don't recommend the Razor, because the GPU needs to be more powerful than that. I would love to find something powerful enough like the M17X, just lighter, I can care less about flashy lights or the brand itself.
Thank you for all that are willing to help me figure this out.
UPDATE:
So, I think I've figured out what laptop to get. The Sager NP9150 special edition seems like a great fit. It weighs in at 6.83 lbs, which has been the lightest weight I've seen for performance.
http://www.xoticpc.com/sager-np9150-clevo-p150em-special-edition-p-5175.html?wconfigure=yes
Specs:
15.6" FHD 16:9 "Matte Type" Super Clear Ultra Bright LED Anti-Glare Sager Screen w/ 95% NTSC Color Gamut (1920x1080
Sager - 3rd Generation Intel® Ivy Bridge Core™ i7-3630QM (2.4GHz - 3.4GHz, 6MB Intel® Smart Cache, 45W Max TDP
nVidia GeForce GTX 680M 4,096MB PCI-Express GDDR5 DX11 with Optimus™ Technology
16GB - DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory (2 SODIMMS)
IC Diamond Thermal Compound - CPU + GPU
32GB Crucial M4 mSATA SSD - Preconfigured for Intel SRT ( Smart Response Technology )
750GB 7200RPM [Serial-ATA II 300 - 16MB Cache]
6x Blu-Ray Reader / 8x DVDRW Super Multi Combo Drive
Bigfoot Networks Killer™ Wireless-N 1103 (3x3)
Standard Sager/Clevo Non Chiclet Backlit Keyboard
No OS
All for $1799 w/o cash discount
I just don't know if I should get the mSATA SSD and being able to carry it. Thoughts?
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