Choosing a laptop that fits me for as cheap as possible

[Bakuryu42]

I'm trying to find a laptop that fits my lifestyle and having a bit of trouble. The specs I've been using are as follow.

CPU: Maybe something in the Intel i Series if not a really fast Dual Core.
Memory: 4Gb
HD: At least 500GB
Graphics Card: Using this site as a reference (http/www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html) I'm looking for something at least in the top 30's
Screen Size: At least 15" no bigger then 17"
Battery Life: 2 hours would be nice, but I'm not picky on this anymore if there a cheap secondary battery option it would be a plus.
OS: Not to picky on this one although I would like Windows 7.
Price: Trying to keep this low I'm setting the cap at $1,500 for now.

Things I want to use this laptop for are as follows and in no particular order.

Maya
Adobe Products
Gaming
Movies
Internet Surfing

Two laptops I have found so far that kinda fit the bill

http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834101203

and

http/www.amazon.com/Pavilion-DV7-2270US-17-3-Inch-Espresso-Laptop/dp/tech-data/B002ONCCL6/ref=de_a_smtd

This decision would be easier if I knew if I should get a Quad core or not. That's the only down side of the first one. The second one the graphics card is not nearly as good and it only 2.0GHz, but its Quad.

So if anyone can help me figure out what to do or suggest another laptop it would be extremely helpful as I really want a laptop and soon, I just don't want to order one and not be happy with it.

 

[Tunafish]

I wasnt talking about the one with the geforce 310m, i was talking about the 330m which should run crysis at high settings at 30 fps. And that is daaaaang good for a sub-1500 dollar laptop.

there is a 1529 dollar model which has the following specs:
Intel® Core™ i7-720QM (1.60GHz)
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Features: 16.4" Full HD LCD, 6GB RAM, 500GB HDD, Blu-ray player/burner, NVIDIA® GeForce 330m graphics (1GB VRAM), HDMI™ out

that is good. really good.

 

[Bakuryu42]

That sounds decent and the card is #51 in the ratings, I'm just wondering if it will work with Maya ok.

How do you know what kind of card it is on the other options it just says Nvida Geforce card.

 

[Tunafish]

because the 310m is 51 mb...the geforce 330m is 1 gb.

 

[Bakuryu42]

Sorry for my absence been busy. Where did you get that benchmark for the 310/330m Geforce? also how well would it handle Maya?

 

[Tunafish]

notebookcheck.net is where i get most of my benchmarks, and i do not know how high the graphics requirements are for maya. i presume it can run maya well, considering a graphical prgram like crysis runs well. maya is a graphics design program right?

 

[Bakuryu42]

I just checked bother 310m and 330m and the 310 says nothing about it running Crysis the benchmarks are weird as next to them are different graphics cards. And the other list they have, have no numbers listed in there boxes. The 330m on the other hand handles Crysis decently. Yes Maya is a graphic design program. It can take advantage of multiple cores and usually works better with specific graphics cards made for 3d design, but gaming cards do work and the better they are the better it works.

 

[Bakuryu42]

Sorry for the double post so far its between the toshiba quosmio and the SAGER NP8690.
http/laptops.toshiba.com/laptops/qosmio/X500/X505-Q870

and

http/www.xoticpc.com/sager-np8690-built-clevo-w860cu-custom-gaming-laptop-p-2659.html?wconfigure=yes&change_view=ddm

The Toshiba is great, but its an 18.4 inch screen which means the laptop is probably really big, Im going to best buy to see how big it really is (i'm a big guy) and the price is perfect exactly my budget pretty much.

The Sager-np8690 on the other hand is a nice 15.6 inch screen and the graphics card is better. But it will cost more 300 more. Is it worth it?

 

[Bakuryu42]

If anyone is wondering I bought this one and so far I definitely like it.

http/www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+Laptop+with+Intel%26%23174%3B+Core%26%23153%3B2+Duo+Processor+-+Black/9556125.p?id=1218124208054&skuId=9556125

case closed for hopefully the next 5 years -_-

Thanks everyone for all your suggestions.

 

[Maziar]

For that price,its indeed worth it,excellent price/performance ratio :d hope you enjoy it

 

[adderly]

http/www.powernotebooks.com/Custom-Built-Gaming-Laptops-Notebooks-cat-179.html

http/www.pricewatch.com/gallery/notebooks/core_i7/48

those will fit on your needs... but i recomend you to buy the Qosmio X505-Q870 and it has a 18" screen. with that thing you can do everything you need by now and 3 years....

 

[Bakuryu42]

Maziar, Glad you think so, unfortunately I failed to check Newegg before buying it at Best Buy it was 150 dollars cheaper, I mean it added up when I bought a case and the warranty which I couldn't find a price for online to get extended ones, but its a little late now. Then again I wouldn't have gotten it before my trip so I guess its still worth it.

adderly, at quick glance your suggestions are good, but are really starting to creep towards my old budget (1,500) then again I still got close with 1,200, but that included a bag and a 2 year warranty so. Also a little late on the suggestion when I said I bought one already lol I appreciate the suggestions though XD

 

[Maziar]

No problem
When you got it,post some benchies too

 

[Bakuryu42]

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[Maziar]

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