Solved! High end gaming laptop

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giants84

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1_What is your budget? Unlimited

2_What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? 17+ inches

3_What screen resolution
do you want? 1920 X 1080

4_Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? Portable but i doubt there really is a high end gaming laptop that is not heavy

5_How much battery life do you need? I guess at least an hour

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)? Must run any game on high settings.

7_What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo / Video editing,watching movies, Etc.) Movies

8_How much storage (H.D.D Capacity) do you need? 1 TB+

9_If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links. http://www.pctorque.com/sager-8760-gaming-computers.php http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220737

10_How long do you want to keep your laptop? At least 3 years


11_What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ? Must have a Blu-ray burner

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. Clevo/sager, ASUS

13_What country do you live in? USA

Here is the problem, i am leaving on a long vacation next weekend and i must be able to get the laptop by Saturday, so pretty much so far the only companies i found that can get a laptop to me by then is Clevo/ASUS i heard good things about both and not really sure what to do, also i don't know which processor or graphics card will let me play games on high without a problem. Normally i buy my desktops from falcon-nw but their wait time for a laptop is not going to work for me.
 

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I'm not saying that he shouldn't get one. I'm saying that he doesn't really need to be spending a lot of money for a cooler. That $50 zalman he's looking at probably performs the same as a cheaper $30 one. Also being such a large laptop it will be hard to find one that is large enough to fit the whole laptop on it.

For your laptop cooler just don't get anything that is really expensive unless it is really that much better, which in most cases it isn't. Stay right around $30-40 and you'll find something that will do the job. Just make sure that it doesn't block any of the fans already on your laptop.
 

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I see what you're saying, but that Zalman he linked is definitely the best for his laptop. Spending an extra $10-20 for a premium cooler is worth it IMO, seeing as he spent quite a bit for that laptop. Most of the cheaper coolers are cheap for a reason (low quality or sucking air away from the bottom of the laptop).

The NC-1000 & NC-2000 have the best reviews all across the board for North America as well. I have the NC-1000 so trust me you won't be disappoined with it's bigger brother, the NC-2000.