Official PC thread.

[whyhellothere]

Originally Posted by Los Angeles Fresh

gotcha, i always figured it would rely more on the GPU. but for the price of that 6770, why not just get a 460? if he ever wanted to upgrade to a gaming pc, getting another 460 would make games look awesome

True, although he'll need a different board than the Intel i recommended. Up to him whether he wants to spend the extra $

 

[quiktoflip]

Question:

I have an old desktop that is giving me problems. Is it possible to replace the desktop with a laptop?
I do NO online gaming at all. For web browsing, music downloads, picture editing and light office work.

Any help appreciated.

 

[quiktoflip]

Question:

I have an old desktop that is giving me problems. Is it possible to replace the desktop with a laptop?
I do NO online gaming at all. For web browsing, music downloads, picture editing and light office work.

Any help appreciated.

 

[whyhellothere]

Originally Posted by quiktoflip

Question:

I have an old desktop that is giving me problems. Is it possible to replace the desktop with a laptop?
I do NO online gaming at all. For web browsing, music downloads, picture editing and light office work.

Any help appreciated.

Yes, &  you could just hook the laptop up to your monitor if you needed a bigger screen

 

[whyhellothere]

Originally Posted by quiktoflip

Question:

I have an old desktop that is giving me problems. Is it possible to replace the desktop with a laptop?
I do NO online gaming at all. For web browsing, music downloads, picture editing and light office work.

Any help appreciated.

Yes, &  you could just hook the laptop up to your monitor if you needed a bigger screen

 

[quiktoflip]

Originally Posted by whyhellothere

Originally Posted by quiktoflip

Question:

I have an old desktop that is giving me problems. Is it possible to replace the desktop with a laptop?
I do NO online gaming at all. For web browsing, music downloads, picture editing and light office work.

Any help appreciated.

Yes, &  you could just hook the laptop up to your monitor if you needed a bigger screen

  Hook up to tv possible? What specs should I be looking at?

 

[quiktoflip]

Originally Posted by whyhellothere

Originally Posted by quiktoflip

Question:

I have an old desktop that is giving me problems. Is it possible to replace the desktop with a laptop?
I do NO online gaming at all. For web browsing, music downloads, picture editing and light office work.

Any help appreciated.

Yes, &  you could just hook the laptop up to your monitor if you needed a bigger screen

  Hook up to tv possible? What specs should I be looking at?

 

[omgitswes]

Originally Posted by quiktoflip

Originally Posted by whyhellothere

Originally Posted by quiktoflip

Question:

I have an old desktop that is giving me problems. Is it possible to replace the desktop with a laptop?
I do NO online gaming at all. For web browsing, music downloads, picture editing and light office work.

Any help appreciated.

Yes, &  you could just hook the laptop up to your monitor if you needed a bigger screen

  Hook up to tv possible? What specs should I be looking at?

HDMI or VGA to hook it up to your TV, if your laptop has it.
VGA wont give you sound through the TV though.

 

[omgitswes]

Originally Posted by quiktoflip

Originally Posted by whyhellothere

Originally Posted by quiktoflip

Question:

I have an old desktop that is giving me problems. Is it possible to replace the desktop with a laptop?
I do NO online gaming at all. For web browsing, music downloads, picture editing and light office work.

Any help appreciated.

Yes, &  you could just hook the laptop up to your monitor if you needed a bigger screen

  Hook up to tv possible? What specs should I be looking at?

HDMI or VGA to hook it up to your TV, if your laptop has it.
VGA wont give you sound through the TV though.

 

[whyhellothere]

Originally Posted by omgitswes

Originally Posted by quiktoflip

Originally Posted by whyhellothere

Yes, &  you could just hook the laptop up to your monitor if you needed a bigger screen

  Hook up to tv possible? What specs should I be looking at?

HDMI or VGA to hook it up to your TV, if your laptop has it.
VGA wont give you sound through the TV though.

Some recommendations:
Previously recommended Asus: 15.6in screen, 2.3GHz i5, 6GB ram, 640GB HD for $630
Acer Aspire AS5750: 2.1GHz i3, 4GB Ram, 500GB HD for $450
What i would get personally, especially as a dekstop replacement:
Toshiba Satellite L775D-S7222: 2.3GHZ Quad-Core A6-3400M Processor with Radeon HD 6520M gpu, 6GB ram, 500GBHD for $500

 

[whyhellothere]

Originally Posted by omgitswes

Originally Posted by quiktoflip

Originally Posted by whyhellothere

Yes, &  you could just hook the laptop up to your monitor if you needed a bigger screen

  Hook up to tv possible? What specs should I be looking at?

HDMI or VGA to hook it up to your TV, if your laptop has it.
VGA wont give you sound through the TV though.

Some recommendations:
Previously recommended Asus: 15.6in screen, 2.3GHz i5, 6GB ram, 640GB HD for $630
Acer Aspire AS5750: 2.1GHz i3, 4GB Ram, 500GB HD for $450
What i would get personally, especially as a dekstop replacement:
Toshiba Satellite L775D-S7222: 2.3GHZ Quad-Core A6-3400M Processor with Radeon HD 6520M gpu, 6GB ram, 500GBHD for $500

 

[juicy j 32]

Can someone recommend me a sick laptop?

I will mainly be using it for grad school work heavy on excel and a similar program called argus. My priorities are a quick processor that can handle several programs being open at once, a very long lasting battery, something around 13 to 15", and one that can play blu-ray discs. Budget in the 1k range give or take a couple hundred.

 

[juicy j 32]

Can someone recommend me a sick laptop?

I will mainly be using it for grad school work heavy on excel and a similar program called argus. My priorities are a quick processor that can handle several programs being open at once, a very long lasting battery, something around 13 to 15", and one that can play blu-ray discs. Budget in the 1k range give or take a couple hundred.

 

[juggy4805]

Got my Refurb Visiontek 6950 2gb GPU in the mail yesterday and it is a beaut. Only played Team Fortress 2 so far but it looks awesome. This is my first time having a video card where I can max out settings.

Anybody try that Crysis 2 DirectX11 update yet?

 

[juggy4805]

Got my Refurb Visiontek 6950 2gb GPU in the mail yesterday and it is a beaut. Only played Team Fortress 2 so far but it looks awesome. This is my first time having a video card where I can max out settings.

Anybody try that Crysis 2 DirectX11 update yet?

 

[whyhellothere]

Originally Posted by Juicy J 32

Can someone recommend me a sick laptop?

I will mainly be using it for grad school work heavy on excel and a similar program called argus. My priorities are a quick processor that can handle several programs being open at once, a very long lasting battery, something around 13 to 15", and one that can play blu-ray discs. Budget in the 1k range give or take a couple hundred.

what i found:

Supposedly 7hrs of battery life
SONY VAIO-Core i5 2410M(2.30GHz) 15.5"(1920x1080) 4GB Ram 640GB HD 5400rpm BD Combo Intel HD Graphics 3000- $980


More powerful but only 3-4hrs of battery life

Lenovo Y570- Core i7 2630QM(2.00GHz) 15.6"(1366 x 76 8GB Ram 750GB HDD 5400rpm BD Combo NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M-$1000
Dell XPS 15 Laptop- i7-2630QM 2.00GHz CPU, 6GB DDR3, 750GB HDD 7200RPM, 15.6" (1920x1080) 1GB GeForce GT 525M, Blu-ray combo- $1100

 

[whyhellothere]

Originally Posted by Juicy J 32

Can someone recommend me a sick laptop?

I will mainly be using it for grad school work heavy on excel and a similar program called argus. My priorities are a quick processor that can handle several programs being open at once, a very long lasting battery, something around 13 to 15", and one that can play blu-ray discs. Budget in the 1k range give or take a couple hundred.

what i found:

Supposedly 7hrs of battery life
SONY VAIO-Core i5 2410M(2.30GHz) 15.5"(1920x1080) 4GB Ram 640GB HD 5400rpm BD Combo Intel HD Graphics 3000- $980


More powerful but only 3-4hrs of battery life

Lenovo Y570- Core i7 2630QM(2.00GHz) 15.6"(1366 x 76 8GB Ram 750GB HDD 5400rpm BD Combo NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M-$1000
Dell XPS 15 Laptop- i7-2630QM 2.00GHz CPU, 6GB DDR3, 750GB HDD 7200RPM, 15.6" (1920x1080) 1GB GeForce GT 525M, Blu-ray combo- $1100

 

[pacers31]

yo, can anybody recommend me some good laptops that are below $800? i've been pretty loyal to dell in the past but i'm thinking about pulling the trigger on the lenovo ideapad u460 for $680. does anybody have this laptop?

 

[pacers31]

yo, can anybody recommend me some good laptops that are below $800? i've been pretty loyal to dell in the past but i'm thinking about pulling the trigger on the lenovo ideapad u460 for $680. does anybody have this laptop?

 

[sladewilson]

Originally Posted by pacers31

yo, can anybody recommend me some good laptops that are below $800? i've been pretty loyal to dell in the past but i'm thinking about pulling the trigger on the lenovo ideapad u460 for $680. does anybody have this laptop?

 

[sladewilson]

Originally Posted by pacers31

yo, can anybody recommend me some good laptops that are below $800? i've been pretty loyal to dell in the past but i'm thinking about pulling the trigger on the lenovo ideapad u460 for $680. does anybody have this laptop?

 

[sladewilson]

Originally Posted by Juicy J 32

Can someone recommend me a sick laptop?

I will mainly be using it for grad school work heavy on excel and a similar program called argus. My priorities are a quick processor that can handle several programs being open at once, a very long lasting battery, something around 13 to 15", and one that can play blu-ray discs. Budget in the 1k range give or take a couple hundred.

 

[sladewilson]

Originally Posted by Juicy J 32

Can someone recommend me a sick laptop?

I will mainly be using it for grad school work heavy on excel and a similar program called argus. My priorities are a quick processor that can handle several programs being open at once, a very long lasting battery, something around 13 to 15", and one that can play blu-ray discs. Budget in the 1k range give or take a couple hundred.

 

[whyhellothere]

Originally Posted by sladewilson

Originally Posted by pacers31

yo, can anybody recommend me some good laptops that are below $800? i've been pretty loyal to dell in the past but i'm thinking about pulling the trigger on the lenovo ideapad u460 for $680. does anybody have this laptop?

 

[whyhellothere]

Originally Posted by sladewilson

Originally Posted by pacers31

yo, can anybody recommend me some good laptops that are below $800? i've been pretty loyal to dell in the past but i'm thinking about pulling the trigger on the lenovo ideapad u460 for $680. does anybody have this laptop?