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Three laptops, which is the best?

prunehairs

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Sep 21, 2013
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I am looking to purchase a new laptop for gaming. These three are what I have found so far. They are all good in my opinion but I don't know which one is the best for the price. Let me know what you think!


Sager NP9150 - $1,199.00 (used)



- Display: 15.6” FHD 16:9 LED Backlit Wide screen (1920x1080) Super Clear Glare Type Screen (SKU - S1R319)
- Exterior Finish: Standard Finish
- Graphics Video Card: AMD Radeon HD 7970M (2048MB) GDDR5 DX11 [User Upgradeable]
- Keyboard (Internal - Laptop): Standard Sager/Clevo Non Chiclet Backlit Keyboard
- Memory Card Reader: Internal 9-in-1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD/Mini SD/SDHC/SDXC/MS/MS Pro/MS Duo)
- mSATA SSD Drive ( Slot 1 ): 128GB Crucial M4 mSATA SSD
- Operating System: ~Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit (64&32-Bit CD Included (Supports up to 16GB of RAM)
- Optical Drive Bay: Combo Dual Layer SuperMulti DVDRW/CDRW Drive w/ Software (When selecting a Hard Drive in the Optical Bay, No Optical Drive is Included)
- Primary Hard Drive: 500gb 7200rpm (Serial-ATA II 300 - 16MB Cache)
- Processor: Sager - 3rd Generation Intel® Ivy Bridge Core™ i7-3740QM (2.7GHz - 3.7GHz, 6MB Intel® Smart Cache, 45W Max TDP)
- Ram: 12GB - DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory
- Wireless Network: Sager - Built-in 802.11 Wired + Wireless B/G/N - Stock Wireless Card + Bluetooth™ v3.0 (SKU - S8R110)



Sager NP9150 - $1,349.00 (used)



Sager - 3rd Generation Intel® Ivy Bridge Core™ i7-3610QM (2.3GHz - 3.3GHz, 6MB Intel® Smart Cache, 45W Max TDP)
Arctic MX2 Thermal Paste (GPU / CPU)
15.6" Full HD 16:9 Super Clear Ultra Bright LED Glare type Screen (Native 1920x1080).
GTX680M 4GB GDDR5 GPU
16GB DDR3 1333MHz RAM
WD 750GB 7200RPM 2.5" HDD
Wireless Network Sager - Intel Ultimate Wireless-N 6300 (3x3)
6x Blu-Ray Read / 8x DVD-RW Super Multi Combo Drive
Integrated Fingerprint Reader
Built in 2.0 Megapixel Camera
I/O: 2x USB 3.0 + 1x USB 2.0, E-Sata, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x DVI, SD card slot, ethernet, firewire, and a kensington lock
Internal 9-in-1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD/Mini SD/SDHC/SDXC/MS/MS Pro/MS Duo)
Smart Li-ion Battery (8-Cell)
Original Clevo A/C Adapter
Sound Blaster Compatible 3D Audio - Included
Windows 7 Home Edition Comes with CD-Key and CD.



Sager NP8265 $1,515.00 (new)



15.6” FHD 16:9 LED Backlit Wide screen (1920x1080) Super Clear Matte Type Sager Screen
4th Generation Intel® Haswell Core™ i7-4700MQ (2.4GHz - 3.4GHz, 6MB Intel® Smart Cache)
Stock OEM Thermal Compound
NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 770M (3.0GB) GDDR5 PCI-Express DX11 [User Upgradeable]
12GB - DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory (3 SODIMMS)
120GB Crucial M5 mSATA SSD - Preconfigured as an OS Drive ( Operating System – Drive C: )
750GB 7200RPM [SATA II - 16MB Cache]
8X Super Multi DVDRW/CDRW Combo Drive (Dual Layer w/ Software)
Sager - Bigfoot Networks Killer™ Wireless-N 1103 (3x3)
nternal 9-in-1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD/Mini SD/SDHC/SDXC/MS/MS Pro/MS Duo)
Built in 2.0 Megapixel Camera
Sound Blaster Compatible 3D Audio - Included
Smart Li-ion Battery (8-Cell)
Integrated Fingerprint Reader
Standard Sager/Clevo Non Chiclet Backlit Keyboard
No Operating System
 
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I vote for either the 2nd or the 3rd one.
The 2nd one has a slightly faster GPU,slower CPU and it's a "used" system;whereas the 3rd one has a faster CPU and it's new. I'd personally go with the 3rd option but you can't go wrong with either TBH
I vote for either the 2nd or the 3rd one.
The 2nd one has a slightly faster GPU,slower CPU and it's a "used" system;whereas the 3rd one has a faster CPU and it's new. I'd personally go with the 3rd option but you can't go wrong with either TBH
 
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Good answer I agree they both have there ups and downs. The biggest problem I have with it is the price because I'm on a pretty tight budget.