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I`ve been considering purchasing a laptop for some time now, however they just have no upgradability and are quite a bit more expensive. The thing is I do need portablity because I myself do not have a home and am travelling internationally quite a bit. So, I`m wondering if I could make a good mini itx build for say around $700, and then spend the extra $300 or so on a decent laptop for most things other than gaming (perhaps a bit of gaming, older games that is) Also, I suppose I could always carry a mini itx in a small backpack (apart from my big backpack) in a plane etc...I`d just buy a new monitor wherever I am, as monitors are generally cheap.

Anyways, I`d need the desktop to be at least on par or betterr than this laptop
http://www.xoticpc.com/sager-np8230-...m1-p-5840.html


I`m looking to build it say in another month or two. It`d be mostly for gaming, especially the Total War series and other strategies, and RPG`s...the ocassional FPS.
Any recomendations?

PS. I´m not too interested in overclocking, especially with a mini case.
 
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If I was you for $1200 you could buy a nice alienware laptop. You said you were going to buy many different monitors. Use that money instead on a better pc.
 
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I think it would be hard to beat the laptop you listed for a number of reasons.
Even a minimal itx box will be larger, and would not perform any better.
If you are not into fast action shooters, even integrated HD4600 graphics should be ok. The sager has much more than that.
 
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Just get that sager its pretty good pc for its price
 
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Hell yeah it would. It would run them on high not ultra easily
 
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Yeah, I´ve been looking at the prodigy case, I like it, but it seems a bit big....meh I´m not really sure. From what I´m gather most mini itx build just aren´t worth it...?

Anyways,

What about this laptop....it´s the sager np7370. It´s a 17inch, so it´s a bit bigger than the np8230, however it weighs a bit less. (Would still probably be much more portable than a mini itx I assume)

Only difference really is that this one has the GTX 765m GPU and the 8230 has the GTX 770m...which I´m told is some %20-%30 better....is it really worth it to pay another $200 USD for the np 8230 with the 770m?

Here´s the two I´m looking at:

np7370
http://www.xoticpc.com/sager-np7370-clevo-w370st-p-5841.html

np8230
http://www.xoticpc.com/sager-np8230-...m1-p-5840.html

Do you think the 7370 could hangle most games on high? Also do you think it could run games fairly well for the next say 2 years or so...maybe 3?
 
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I think I would spend some time looking at the displays you get.
Both have 1080P resolution, and that is good.
One is 17" vs 15". That is a trade off. weight/size/cost.
What I don't know is if those displays are IPS displays which are superior.
I would imagine that the graphics and cpu capabilities of each are adequate.
 
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So really, there´s no way I could make a decent mini itx build for $700 that would be on par with those laptops???

OR, if I was to go with a mid-tower build, how heavy are we really talking....?
 
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