Solved! Want a gaming laptop-plz help!!!

[slimshady_raj]

1. What is your budget?

Since i am from India, the budget is 55000INR (roughly 1000-1100 USD)

2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
Atleast 15''

3. What screen resolution do you want?
The best that i can get!

4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
desktop replacement..weight doesnt really matter

5. How much battery life do you need?
I'll keep it plugged in all the time

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)?
Yes of course!! i should be able to play the recent games at the highest possible settings.

7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo / Video editing,watching movies, Etc.)
watching movies, surfin the net, programming

8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
ummm...i guess 500gb would do...bt i'm ready 2 go for a 320gb if it means better bang for the buck

9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
Nope. Will buy from a store

10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
atleast 4 years

11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
DVD will do..Blu Ray is purely optional

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.
Brands that shall be available in India

13. What country do you live in?
India. But please do help!!


14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
Please Help!!!
Thanks in advance!!

 

[slimshady_raj]

as in u're asking me 2 go 4 a refurb??

 

[Fadekyn]

Lol, no. The refurb goes for $870-$949. I think getting it brand new, not refurbed, goes for around your $1100 mark at the lowest. Which is a price you might be able to pull off since it's February and all the new GPU cards and chipsets are out. With all the new cards and chips out I don't see why you wouldn't be able to find a Non-Sandy Bridge laptop with a killer card for a good price. Even with the delay due to the needed SB fix, vendors should be trying to clear backstock soon.

I would also try to find a website that hunts for deals. Like slickdeals.net, the members there try to find the cheapest and best deal on anything from diapers to laptops. They're very critical about the quality of a deal, so laptop deals get especially scrutinized. Admittedly, seeing gaming laptop deals is a rarity, but they did just have a deal up for a Sager. (Just an example, I know you don't have access to Sager.) The members at that site routinely find the $500 discount coupon codes for HP, Dell and Lenovo also.

So the best advice I can give is be patient if you have the time and do your research. It's that time of year when crazy deals pop up at weird times.

 

[slimshady_raj]

Lol, no. The refurb goes for $870-$949. I think getting it brand new, not refurbed, goes for around your $1100 mark at the lowest. Which is a price you might be able to pull off since it's February and all the new GPU cards and chipsets are out. With all the new cards and chips out I don't see why you wouldn't be able to find a Non-Sandy Bridge laptop with a killer card for a good price. Even with the delay due to the needed SB fix, vendors should be trying to clear backstock soon.

I would also try to find a website that hunts for deals. Like slickdeals.net, the members there try to find the cheapest and best deal on anything from diapers to laptops. They're very critical about the quality of a deal, so laptop deals get especially scrutinized. Admittedly, seeing gaming laptop deals is a rarity, but they did just have a deal up for a Sager. (Just an example, I know you don't have access to Sager.) The members at that site routinely find the $500 discount coupon codes for HP, Dell and Lenovo also.

So the best advice I can give is be patient if you have the time and do your research. It's that time of year when crazy deals pop up at weird times.

dats a gr8 idea...
but how long will it take 4 sandybridge laptops to start shipping??
also, i found that the new ASUS n53sv has a great config! wat do ya say?

 

[Espada]

sandybridge supposedly will be fix around late feb early march i heard. So that being said you prob see the laptops by aprilish but there is no official day when they are gonna ship out some might even ship march.

 

[slimshady_raj]

so i gotta wait up till april to be able to buy them?? i think it would be worth the wait.

 

[sberde]

I would recommend you to buy HP Pavilion DV6-3043TX Laptop (http/www.anythinginit.com/product-details.asp?ppk=9593&scpk=36) which has a good gaming configuration as follows:
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit), 15.6 inch (1366×768 pixels) HD LED Backlit BrightView WideScreen Display, Intel Core i5-430M Processor (2.26 GHz, Turbo Boost upto 2.53 GHz, 3 MB Cache), 1GB Dedicated ATI Mobiliy Radeon HD 5650 Graphics Card, Intel HM55 Chipset, 4GB DDR3 RAM, 640GB Hard Disk, 8X SuperMulti LightScribe Double Layer DVD Writer, Altec Lansing Stereo Speakers, WLAN 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth v2.0, Fingerprint Reader, One HDMI v1.3c with HDCP, 3USB Ports,1 E-Sata Combo, Memory Card Reader, HP TrueVision WebCam & Microphones, 6 Cell Li-Ion Battery, 1 Year HP Warranty.

 

[Espada]

yup honestly if its gonna be a desktop replacement i say wait for sandybridge to be fix you should see them in the market again by april (at least for the sager mid np81x0 by early/mid april will ship and late april for the 15inches). Just because the sandybridge mobile are actually closer to desktop performance. the i5 use ddr3 1066mhz while the new sb will use 1333mhz. Sandybridge in laptops i think are a better upgrade than i7 desktops. I say if you can wait, then the wait will be worth it. If you cant, buy the current ones they are still really good.

 

[slimshady_raj]

yes...i'd rather wait than rush to buy a laptop dat will become "previous generation" rather soon!

 

[raza715]

you are in India so these MSIs and ASUSs will be really hard to find, so get Lenovo Y560p with newer i7 2630QM and ATI Radeon 6570M

 

[slimshady_raj]

no! the asus n53sv is easy 2 find!! not a problem....of course the lenovo is dere, but i dont think that the new y560p will be available as yet..is'nt it???

 

[Espada]

all sandybridge notebooks/desktops are on hold till the problem is fixed. (that i know of, i remember reading asus, sager, thoshiba at least holding off) theres still pre-ordering allowed.

 

[slimshady_raj]

But there are a few questions that come to mind...
1. will the sandybridge laptops cost significantly higher than the ones available now?
for example, will the lenovo y560p(sandybridge that is), cost significantly more than the current lenovo y560???

2. does going for an i7 processor mean better gaming performance?? or will an i5 suffice??

 

[Espada]

games arent multi core/threaded yet. as of now the most cores it uses is 2 core but there are a few games are multi core bfbc2 is one is them but doesnt use all 4 cores to the max. just use like 30-50% each core. sandybridge you'll probably see a good $100-$200 idk the pricing yet. but the acer 4820tg is $700-800 while the 4830tg rumors says its gonna be around $900-1000. this of course is with the quad core i7. i5 will be cheaper from range to 25-125 lower than the quad. We have to wait and find out.