users of toms hardware i need your help!

[bluebeanie]

Hey everyone. I'm heading out to college this year and I don't know what I need to buy. I'm going in for computer science and business. I also want to learn and do some game development. I was thinking maybe a gaming labtop. I need one with good battery life like the razer edge. I read that it has like 6-7 hours on battery without gaming. Or I had an idea that if i got a gaming labtop with bad battery life id just buy more batteries, but then I'd have to shut the computer off. Can you guys give me some recommendations or advice?

 

[diablo1892]

My recommendation: http/www.dell.com/us/p/alienware-14/pd?oc=dkcwg01h2&model_id=alienware-14

 

[Spectre694]

Whats your budget and what size screen do you want?

 

[bluebeanie]

Whats your budget and what size screen do you want?

my budget is 3500$ and screen size doesnt matter

 

[Spectre694]

This would kill anything you throw at it. $3423 (probably slightly overkill though)

Pro star P570WM

Screen 17.3" 1920 x 1080 Full HD (16:9) LED Glare Type 90% NTSC Color Gamut Display
CPU Intel Core i7-4820K Processor 3.7GHz (Max Turbo Frequency 3.9GHz), 10MB Smart Cache, 4 Cores / 8 Threads
Thermal Compound Free! Prostar OEM Thermal Compound
Enhanced Cooling Upgrade Standard Stock Heatsink
Memory 16GB, 1600Mhz DDR3 - 4 x 4GB (Regular $90, Now $19, Save $71) 1 $19.00 $19.00
Graphic Cards DUAL NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M w/8GB GDDR5 (total of 16GB) in SLI mode 1 $600.00 $600.00
Hard Drive 256GB Samsung 840 Pro Series Solid State Drive (Up to Sequential Read 540MB/s - Write 520MB/s Serial-ATA III) 1 $180.00 $180.00
2nd Hard Drive 1,000GB (1TB) 7200RPM (Serial-ATA III 6GB/s) 1 $95.00 $95.00
3rd Hard Drive N/A
RAID RAID - None Enabled
Operating System Windows 8.1 64-bit 1 $80.00 $80.00
Microsoft Office No Microsoft Office
Optical Drive 6x Max. Blu-Ray Reader / 8x Max. DVD±R/2.4X Max. +DL Super-Multi Drive 1 $45.00 $45.00
2nd Optical Drive N/A
Battery Li-ION Battery Pack
Integrated Wireless Lan Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 AC + Bluetooth Combo 1 $35.00 $35.00
Integrated Bluetooth Please Check Option in Integrated Wireless Lan Section
Keyboard Backlit Full Color Programmable Backlight
LCD Protection None
Warrany Service: 1 Year U.S. Premium Parts Warranty + 3 Year Labor $0.00
Priority Service: No, ready to ship in 5 business days $0.00
Standard Accessories
Built-In 2.0M Pixels Digital Video Camera
Built-In Fingerprint Reader
Built-In Gigabit Ethernet LAN
9-in-1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/MS/MS Pro/MS Duo/SD/Mini-SD/SDHC/SDXC)
IEEE 1394b Fire Wire Port
2 USB 2.0 Ports
2 USB 3.0 Ports
1 eSATA/USB Port
1 Express Card (54/34) Slot
1 DVI Output Port
1 HDMI 1.4a Output Port
1 DisplayPort 1.2
1 Kensington Lock Port
4 Audio Jacks for Line-Out, Line-In, Microphone-In, and S/PDIF-Out
Built-in Microphone, 5 Speakers and 1 Sub-Woofer
1 330W, 100V to 240V, 50-60Hz, Autoswitch AC Power Adapter