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Title: Gaming PC's/Laptops
Post by: Mulreay on July 24, 2009, 11:35:10 AM
Look at these machines..
All can be found here along with the hefty price tags!
http://www.t3.com/feature/top-10-gaming-pcs

And look at the size of the fan on top of the second one... Brrr.

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Title: Re: Gaming PC's
Post by: computeruler on July 24, 2009, 12:04:38 PM
I like the commodore lol.  No idea what the first case is, but it kinda looks like that one bulldozer case.  The 2nd looks like a antec 900 or 1200 and the last one looks like a coolermaster haf.  And how is that voodoo laptop a gaming computer, cause it has intel graphics.
Title: Re: Gaming PC's
Post by: Mulreay on July 24, 2009, 12:09:26 PM
I like the commodore lol.  No idea what the first case is, but it kinda looks like that one bulldozer case.  The 2nd looks like a antec 900 or 1200 and the last one looks like a coolermaster haf.  And how is that voodoo laptop a gaming computer, cause it has intel graphics.

Check this out for a gaming laptop...
http://www.t3.com/feature/8-reasons-to-buy-the-msi-gx723

Gonna have to save a little for that it's a bit Cha Ching $£$
Title: Re: Gaming PC's
Post by: computeruler on July 24, 2009, 12:20:58 PM
http://www.rockdirect.com/configureNotebook.php?pName=XTREME%20840%20SLI&pSku=X840SLI-QX9300 (http://www.rockdirect.com/configureNotebook.php?pName=XTREME%20840%20SLI&pSku=X840SLI-QX9300)
 ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Gaming PC's
Post by: Mulreay on July 24, 2009, 12:26:06 PM
http://www.rockdirect.com/configureNotebook.php?pName=XTREME%20840%20SLI&pSku=X840SLI-QX9300 (http://www.rockdirect.com/configureNotebook.php?pName=XTREME%20840%20SLI&pSku=X840SLI-QX9300)
 ;D ;D ;D ;D

WOW I was almost drooling!   :P
Title: Re: Gaming PC's
Post by: computeruler on July 24, 2009, 12:26:45 PM
Me too! Alienware has one like that too but its $700 extra just for 4 more gb of ram!
Title: Re: Gaming PC's
Post by: Mulreay on July 24, 2009, 12:31:42 PM
Me too! Alienware has one like that too but its $700 extra just for 4 more gb of ram!

Thats a lot for 4gb of ram. I'd be happy with the 4gb on the machine you showed me.
Title: Re: Gaming PC's
Post by: computeruler on July 24, 2009, 12:33:25 PM
me too... I would be happy with no ram and I would buy my own
Title: Re: Gaming PC's/Laptops
Post by: Mulreay on July 24, 2009, 12:37:02 PM
My laptop is seriously lacking in gaming capability to be fair, but laptops were never designed to play games. But would it really hurt them to put a decent graphics card in Laptops?
Title: Re: Gaming PC's/Laptops
Post by: BC_Programmer on July 24, 2009, 02:03:58 PM
graphics cards run even hotter then the cpu... logic dictates that putting in a closed space would make things worse temp wise.
Title: Re: Gaming PC's/Laptops
Post by: Mulreay on July 24, 2009, 02:05:35 PM
graphics cards run even hotter then the cpu... logic dictates that putting in a closed space would make things worse temp wise.

Ok that answers that question.  :D
Title: Re: Gaming PC's/Laptops
Post by: computeruler on July 24, 2009, 02:37:36 PM
Ya they are designed to get up to 90c!!  Almost boiling!  Ive seen some people run them at boiling temp too. That would be a nasty burn if you touched it
Title: Re: Gaming PC's/Laptops
Post by: Mulreay on July 24, 2009, 02:50:09 PM
Put CPU's must push out some serious heat surely?
Title: Re: Gaming PC's/Laptops
Post by: computeruler on July 24, 2009, 03:03:09 PM
They can get up to around 60 or 70c .  It really depends on the tj max of the cpu though. I really wouldnt get it any hotter then 20 under then tj max.  Like for me, the tj max of my cpu is 90c, so I really wouldnt want it to get any hotter then 70c.  I still like to keep it cooler then that though.  I dont like heat. 
Title: Re: Gaming PC's/Laptops
Post by: Quantos on July 24, 2009, 03:05:34 PM
My laptop is seriously lacking in gaming capability to be fair, but laptops were never designed to play games. But would it really hurt them to put a decent graphics card in Laptops?

Take a look at this one (http://www.toshiba.ca/web/product.grp?lg=en&section=1&group=1&product=8471&category=).
Title: Re: Gaming PC's/Laptops
Post by: computeruler on July 24, 2009, 03:09:14 PM
Ive seen better.  For about the same price on newegg, there is a laptop with a 4870x2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220527&Tpk=4870x2%20laptop (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220527&Tpk=4870x2%20laptop)
Ive also seen a laptop for around 4k euros with an i7 and 280m sli.  I wanted it so bad but I cant seem to find it now.  It was HUGE and the battery probably lasted around 20min
Title: Re: Gaming PC's/Laptops
Post by: Quantos on July 24, 2009, 03:13:03 PM
It's about $500.00 more, and the support with Asus is nowhere near what Toshiba has.
Title: Re: Gaming PC's/Laptops
Post by: Mulreay on July 24, 2009, 03:21:04 PM
Take a look at this one (http://www.toshiba.ca/web/product.grp?lg=en&section=1&group=1&product=8471&category=).

Mmm not quite but still nice.
Title: Re: Gaming PC's/Laptops
Post by: computeruler on July 24, 2009, 03:21:42 PM
But the graphics are much better.  And the most expensive toshiba was about the same as the asus
Title: Re: Gaming PC's/Laptops
Post by: Quantos on July 24, 2009, 03:24:49 PM
Only if you bump the Toshiba up to 8GB, at the stock 4GB it's $1850.00, the link you provided shows the Asus at $2350.00.  That does look like one sweet video card though.

With the heat my Qosmio generates I can't imagine what that one would be like.  I don't use a cooling pad, I bought my laptop an air conditioner.
Title: Re: Gaming PC's/Laptops
Post by: computeruler on July 24, 2009, 03:31:13 PM
I got a free laptop cooling pad but no laptop  :-[ :-X :-\ :(
Title: Re: Gaming PC's/Laptops
Post by: Quantos on July 24, 2009, 03:32:59 PM
Not even when you sit down?
Title: Re: Gaming PC's/Laptops
Post by: computeruler on July 24, 2009, 03:47:10 PM
Well I could use it when I sit down but I dont have anything to plug it in to
Title: Re: Gaming PC's/Laptops
Post by: patio on July 24, 2009, 05:41:05 PM
Style over substance...
Title: Re: Gaming PC's/Laptops
Post by: Mulreay on July 24, 2009, 11:26:55 PM
Take a look at this one (http://www.toshiba.ca/web/product.grp?lg=en&section=1&group=1&product=8471&category=).

I wouldn't kick it out of bed for farting!
Title: Re: Gaming PC's/Laptops
Post by: computeruler on July 25, 2009, 09:03:50 PM
http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Xplorer_X7-Xtreme_S1_Notebook/
Up to an i7 975 and a 280m.  Now All it needs is a second 280m...
Title: Re: Gaming PC's/Laptops
Post by: Quantos on July 25, 2009, 09:06:32 PM
That's pretty nice.

Mine has a flames paint job.

(yeah, lame argument)  Very nice laptop though.  What's their service like?
Title: Re: Gaming PC's/Laptops
Post by: computeruler on July 25, 2009, 09:07:04 PM
No idea.  Pics and specs of laptop?
Title: Re: Gaming PC's/Laptops
Post by: Quantos on July 25, 2009, 09:08:02 PM
It's in computerulers post.

Mine is the Toshiba Qosmio.
Title: Re: Gaming PC's/Laptops
Post by: computeruler on July 25, 2009, 09:09:36 PM
It does look nice...
Title: Re: Gaming PC's/Laptops
Post by: Quantos on July 25, 2009, 09:10:28 PM
<confusion>  Which one?  </confusion>
Title: Re: Gaming PC's/Laptops
Post by: Mulreay on July 25, 2009, 09:47:47 PM
I just want something that will play games. Rather then this bucket of spanners I'm using.
Title: Re: Gaming PC's/Laptops
Post by: computeruler on July 25, 2009, 09:49:46 PM
The toshiba Quantos
How much money do you have to spend mulreay?
Title: Re: Gaming PC's/Laptops
Post by: Quantos on July 25, 2009, 09:55:37 PM
Right out of the box mine was on sale for $1550.00 CDN, so you must be able to get it on sale for about $1200.00-1300.00 US.
Title: Re: Gaming PC's/Laptops
Post by: Mulreay on July 25, 2009, 10:07:14 PM
how much money do you have to spend mulreay?

That's just it Laptop or PC? Obviously the money to power ratio needs considering. I'd probably spend about £1000 so about $1649 US.
Title: Re: Gaming PC's/Laptops
Post by: Quantos on July 25, 2009, 10:10:19 PM
Then you could get a kick *censored* laptop, but if you don't NEED the portability, then you could get an even kicker asser desktop.

Are those words?
Title: Re: Gaming PC's/Laptops
Post by: Mulreay on July 25, 2009, 10:14:50 PM
Then you could get a kick *censored* laptop, but if you don't NEED the portability, then you could get an even kicker asser desktop.

Are those words?

They are now!  :D
Title: Re: Gaming PC's/Laptops
Post by: Quantos on July 25, 2009, 11:02:50 PM
They are now!  :D

Huzzah, look out Shakespear.
Title: Re: Gaming PC's/Laptops
Post by: computeruler on July 26, 2009, 11:09:10 AM
 I would get an amazing desktop, but thats just me.
Title: Re: Gaming PC's/Laptops
Post by: Mulreay on July 26, 2009, 11:16:05 AM
I would get an amazing desktop, but thats just me.

Any recomendations on hardware/software etc?
Title: Re: Gaming PC's/Laptops
Post by: computeruler on July 26, 2009, 11:16:45 AM
yes
Title: Re: Gaming PC's/Laptops
Post by: Mulreay on July 26, 2009, 11:23:47 AM
yes

Cheers  ;D
Title: Re: Gaming PC's/Laptops
Post by: computeruler on July 26, 2009, 11:33:39 AM
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/167302 (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/167302)
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/156172 (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/156172)
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/152637 (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/152637)
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/146082 (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/146082)
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/168543 (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/168543) x2
http://www.ebuyer.com/search?sort=popularity&store=2&cat=23&limit=10&page=1 (http://www.ebuyer.com/search?sort=popularity&store=2&cat=23&limit=10&page=1) choose one
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/152506 (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/152506)
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/139414 (http://www.ebuyer.com/product/139414)
Total: £978.11 without case
Title: Re: Gaming PC's/Laptops
Post by: Mulreay on July 26, 2009, 12:02:50 PM
Cheers for that I'm a bit lame when it comes to choosing the correct equipment. The computer shops like
Micro direct (http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Home/?gclid=CKDJgef585sCFU0A4wodz0p7_A) can sometimes mis-lead you. I will probably buy from there though because they do tend to either build for you or offer sound advice.








Title: Re: Gaming PC's/Laptops
Post by: computeruler on July 26, 2009, 12:11:28 PM
Well just take those parts and buy them from were ever you want
Title: Re: Gaming PC's/Laptops
Post by: Quantos on July 28, 2009, 05:39:11 PM
Hardware recommendations from a guy that wires the heatsink in...

I'm just teasing you buddy...