Gaming/College Laptop

[Moski91]

1. What is your budget?
About $1500 is my limit.

2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
Probably 14-15.6 im prolly going to connect it to other displays when i go to my buddy's house.
3. What screen resolution do you want?
Not picky. Whatever looks good.

4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
Portable.

5. How much battery life do you need?
At least 4hrs of non gaming. (college)

6. Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)?
Wow,Sc2,Lol,Masseffect 3, New counter strike coming out and Diablo 3

7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
Word processing.

8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
eh.....Perhaps 500gb? maybe less and ill get an external drive.

9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
Dell or any website i can apply for credit so i can pay it up that way i can go a little more up in the budget maybe 1700
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
3-4years.
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
DVDROM
12. Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons.
Asus, Msi, Alienware open to other options
I know Alienware you pay more for the name etc but i like that they can fiance the laptop and you dont have to pay it all upfront.
13. What country do you live in?
USA

14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.

I would like a laptop that can play the games listed above is not to heavy i can still carry around at school and fit on my desk to type notes but also be able to play when connected to a 22 inch display via hdmi if i ever want to play at a buddy house. I would rather want a website i can fiance so i can buy a better laptop. I have been looking everywhere but i need your help.
In a nutshell: Good battery, portability, reliability, and gaming.
I hope this can help people find their ideal notebook.

 

[WR2]

Neither of those games has been released yet. It's not really fair to ask anyone else to guess for you.

If playing on HIGH is that important to you and you want to be sure? You'll need to wait till the games are released and tested on that type of hardware you're looking at.

Or maybe find a Skyrim or D3 game forum and check with the people there. Let them make an educated guess for you.

 

[Moski91]

Okay thanks wr2

 

[Moski91]

Best answer selected by Moski91.

 

[Moski91]

Wr2 selected thanks for the help and patience.

 

[WR2]

Lets us know anything you find out, or decide.
You won't be the only one want to know about those new games.

 

[cbrunnem]

if i could give you some advice.... if you are in college now wait a little longer to get something. you dont quite know what you are going to need and how much time you have to play games. if you arent in college wait a year till you are. i suspect that you are in or are going to be in a major that has less work since you say your going to have a job so that helps.

a 560m is a good choice and equiped with a 2630qm you should get about 4 hours of battery.

 

[dalauder]

I'd get the Asus G53SW-XN1 Laptop: i7 2630QM, GTX 460M, 6GB DDR3, 500GB 7200rpm, 15.6" LED (1920x1080), 8-Cell battery, $793 After $100 Rebate + Free Shipping

The GTX 460M is a high-end mobile card. It can play the majority of games on high at 1080p. They're discussing it in slickdeals here if you want more info: http/slickdeals.net/permadeal/58572/newegg-asus-g53swxn1-laptop-i7-2630qm-2.0ghz-quad-core-cpu-6gb-ddr3-500gb-hdd-15.6-led-1920x1080-wifi-n-8cell-win-7-prem

It's on the low end of your budget, but it's a great deal IMO.

EDIT: I forgot the product link http/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230027&Tpk=N82E16834230027