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best budget laptop to play today's games?
- Thread starter purplekaycee
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yeah Lenovo checking ebay now
http://m.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-IdeaPa...-DVDRW-Win8-/201385879691?nav=WATCHING_ACTIVE
http://m.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-IdeaPa...-DVDRW-Win8-/201385879691?nav=WATCHING_ACTIVE
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It really depends on the OP needs. Some people have no space and need a laptop more than a desktop.
And sometimes you can find some good deals on a laptop. I got the laptop in my specs tab for $1600, but it was used and in good shape. And yes I prefer Sager laptops over any brand of laptops. But I needed a laptop since I once traveled a lot. But now I dont travel so much so I got a business laptop and have kept the Sager for movies and games.
And sometimes you can find some good deals on a laptop. I got the laptop in my specs tab for $1600, but it was used and in good shape. And yes I prefer Sager laptops over any brand of laptops. But I needed a laptop since I once traveled a lot. But now I dont travel so much so I got a business laptop and have kept the Sager for movies and games.
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This one is a better deal. I use the same model for a business laptop.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-Idea...842?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1ea140ab6a
Just ask the seller for pictures.
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When I couldn't afford a desktop, I went to used laptops for my gaming needs. The budget was tight...$350. So I bought an HP Probook 455 with an A4-4300. This set me back a whopping $215 and it looked like brand new. I then upgraded the APU to an A10-5750m added four GB's of memory and an Intel SSD. Whopping total...$340. It will play every single game in my inventory on Steam(except Alan Wake for some reason), although...with settings turned down on some games, but as an example it will hold 60 FPS in Fallout: NV, and Borderlands 2 at native resolution. I have also played Crysis 3, Mass Effect 3 etc on it, no problems - at all.
If a person was tight on money, it might not hurt to just get a cheap laptop like this and build a better desktop for gaming needs. I 'had' to go this route and I'm quite pleased with how the set up is turning out.
Essentially, echoing Frag Maniac's opinion above(we seem to agree a lot). Unless money is falling out of your pocket, a desktop with a cheap laptop 'with some gaming capability' for when you leave the house is a decent path to take.
I regularly see HP Probook 455's dirt cheap on eBay.
Good luck whatever you do.
LC
If a person was tight on money, it might not hurt to just get a cheap laptop like this and build a better desktop for gaming needs. I 'had' to go this route and I'm quite pleased with how the set up is turning out.
Essentially, echoing Frag Maniac's opinion above(we seem to agree a lot). Unless money is falling out of your pocket, a desktop with a cheap laptop 'with some gaming capability' for when you leave the house is a decent path to take.
I regularly see HP Probook 455's dirt cheap on eBay.
Good luck whatever you do.
LC
APUs (proud owner of a Dell Vostro 3555 with an AMD A8-3500m) make a lot sense for a budget gaming laptop, but alas not many good choices out there at the moment.