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Josh asked in Computers & InternetHardwareLaptops & Notebooks · 7 years ago

Cheap gaming laptop? Help?

I am currently looking at gaming laptops I want to invest in in the near future, but I want it to be a cheap laptop, I already have one, and don't want something that is thousands of dollars. Here is a website of what I am looking for: http://allgaminglaptops.com/best-gaming-laptops-un...

Now, what would be the best laptop to get on that sight, other than the Alienware (I know those are good, but is a high price). I play games like Skyrim, Minecraft, Sims 3, Pay Day 2, Planetside 2, and much higher quality games. Which one would be the best investment for a guy with a small budget? Thanks.

Update:

I should've mentioned my price range. I know they aren't cheap, but some are cheaper than others. I want one between $800-$1200, hopefully more near the $800-$900 range. Sorry, forgot to mention that!

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  • tumbleweed_biff
    Lv 7
    7 years ago
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    3 mutually exclusive terms: cheap, gaming, laptop

    Laptops have to be carefully engineered to use as little power as possible and generate as little heat as possible. Gaming requires intense CPU activity and even more GPU activity. Both require large amounts of electricity and generate a lot of heat.

    Gaming laptops start at about $750 and go up quickly from there.

    Take a look at these rankings:

    http://blog.laptopmag.com/best-worst-notebook-bran...

    Gaming laptops:

    http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/landing_pages/ideapad...

    http://www.asus.com/us/Notebooks_Ultrabooks/Gaming...

    You might find some of the Asus V55 series around from last year that would do the trick.

    Lenovo, Asus, HP, and Samsung are the top 4 laptop brands. I wouldn't consider any other brands.

    Dell makes Alienware and they are not worth the money charged.

    Acer makes Gateway. You'd have to pay me to use one of their machines.

    Sony hardware has generally been good, but they are notorious for putting huge amounts of crapware/bloatware on machines and gathering information on their consumers without their knowledge or permission.

    Toshiba has bottomed the rankings. Personally, I have used them and never had a problem, but that does not appear to be the case any more.

  • ?
    7 years ago

    Normally a laptop with a lot of RAM and a good graphics card will run you games pretty good I know minecraft takes a good amount of ram to run and a graphics card will only help the problem if you game on your laptop right now that runs pretty good I would just add more ram and get a nicer graphics card I'm not sure what the prices are for those kind of things but there isn't really a need for a new laptop if you are ok with the one you have now...just a thought

  • ?
    7 years ago

    No gaming laptops are cheap. A laptop that can run Skyrim is going to run about 800-1000 dollars ATLEAST. If I were you, build your own PC. Its cheap, and you did something your friends usually dont do. A pc that can run skyrim, planetSide 2, etc will be about 600-750 dollars. Get a Micro ATX, and this case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8... (Its meant to be moved around)

    Source(s): Lots of gaming research, built own pc
  • ?
    7 years ago

    Why a laptop? You could build an awesome gaming desktop with $700-800. It would last a lot longer too. Unless you want a laptop for being portable, then I guess I'm no help ..

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