Gaming Laptop Question

.... Get a PC, for personal reasons. =Þ

No but seriously.. Alienware is way over priced.. Laptops just aren't worth it though if you realllllly think about it

Acer, Fujitsu and Sony are just some brands I would recommend him to check out.

gaming or laptop, choose one.

Ask him to either get an Asus or MSI.

Alienware is now owned by dell... they used to be the main ticket for gaming computers (little over priced) now they are very overpriced for what they do :/ best bet for that kind of cash is to custom build one. if you don't know how, have one built by someone who does... most games don't need much more then a $500-$600 laptop but for top of the line and long lasting (not many upgrades except video-card upgrades) almost anything you get will be awesome.

He can almost certainly get much better bang for his buck, especially considering how much Alienware overcharges. I only did some cursory research and here's what I found within that price range.

Alienware 17 specs ($2000): 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-4700MQ processor (6MB Cache, up to 3.4GHz), 16GB Dual Channel DDR3L at 1600MHz, 750GB SATA 3Gb/s (7,200 RPM), NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 770M with 3GB GDDR5, Slot-Loading 8x SuperMulti Drive (DVDR/RW) (Standard)

In contrast:

MSI GT60 ($1939): 4th Generation Intel® Haswell Core™ i7-4700MQ (2.4GHz - 3.4GHz, 6MB Intel® Smart Cache), NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 780M 4,096MB PCI-Express GDDR5 DX11 w/ Optimus™ Technology, 16GB DDR3 1600MHz [SKU-824P] (Dual Channel Memory (2x8GB SODIMMS)), 128GB Solid State Drive mSATA - [ In Primary Hard Drive Bay ], 1,000GB (1TB) 5400RPM (Serial-ATA II 3GB/s), 6X Blu-Ray Reader + 8X DVDRW Super Multi Combo Drive

Something closer to the Alienware specs-> MSI GT70($1551): 4th Generation Intel® Haswell Core™ i7-4700MQ (2.4GHz - 3.4GHz, 6MB Intel® Smart Cache), NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 770M 3,072MB PCI-Express GDDR5 DX11 w/ Optimus™ Technology, 16GB DDR3 1600MHz [SKU-824P] (Dual Channel Memory (2x8GB SODIMMS)), 750GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache Buffer (Serial-ATA II 3GB/s), 6X Blu-Ray Writer/Reader + 8X DVDRW/CDRW Super Multi Combo Drive

In his case, it may be better to grab a console and get office laptop for other stuff than gaming. If it has to be laptop, then I have heard good stuff about Lenovo/Asus. Definitely would not get HP, lately every HP laptop I had in my hands was crap.

E: I would also suggest him not to get a complete highend, cuz imo it is waste to buy laptop for 2k, when you can get a decent one for 1k and when in 2-3 years it won't be enough for new games, get a new one for the leftover 1k, which will be definitely faster than the high end one, he would have gotten for 2k three years earlier.

The only worse choice he could make than alienware would be apple.

anyway $2000 is a lot of money, he can buy a really powerful notebook and play all the titles on highest settings, even in three or four years (thanks, consoles).

I bought an Asus G75 last year as I was going to Africa for 2 years, plays Skyrim, Borderlands 2, Civ 5 no problem

one thing you must know that u cant run games at high or ultra even some games on medium when u are on Battery Mode, another issue is temperature, most of the them you will be disturbed with that overheating problem specially in gaming laptops. they are designed so poorly.

Why not try this toy ? http://www.razerzone.com/store/razer-blade

my brother got a nice new gaming laptop that can run any game currently on steam on max settings very, very smoothly. it was samsung and costed him under $700. more than that, i do not know..

This seems alright

Specs:

• Intel Core i7 4700MQ 2.4GHz
• 8GB DDR3 Memory
• 1TB HDD + 24GB SSD
• 14" 1600x900 HD+ Anti-Glare LED Backlit
• 2GB GeForce GT750M
• DVD Recordable (Dual Layer)
• Intel Centrino Wireless N-2230
• 6-cell Battery
• Windows 8

Price: 850USD

The GeForce GT750M is pretty much a 660m, maybe a tiny bit worse, I would go with it over the Alienware, ignore the people fighting you to get a desktop, reading through the thread its pretty obvious the laptops the best option. I would not get a gaming laptop myself but they are made for a reason, so yeah...

This is pretty beast laptop when it comes to price/performance.

Asus G Series. Got a 14" one and I love it. First laptop that solves the cooling problem for me.

So many laptop questions lately.

I use a Samsung Series 7 Chronos. It's about $1,000. No complaints

I've been using an Asus G73 for years now without issue. I can play the vast majority of games at the highest settings easily.

It does occasionally get warm, and the battery life is terrible.

But it's decent (not great, it's big) for portability, and I've been very happy with it with an external mouse and a gamepad.

Tell him g'luck and enjoy whatever he decides to get.