OK i'm saving up for a new computer and i need some sudgestions on what computers you would recomend that fit the requerments. the requirments are below:

-Less than $3000 Canadian dollars thats around 1500 Pounds
-MUST be a laptop
-The computer has to be built or very good for gaming
-Must be able to play COD4 and Crysis and LFS

The computers i have looked at are the Dell XPS Gaming Laptop, Alienware Area 51 M15x (i think thats what its called), the Falcon Northwest FragBook TLX and i'm just starting to look at the Voodoo Comps. So my question is what gaming Laptop do you recomend?

P.S. the reason it must be a laptop is i need it to be portable and easy to move.

They have all been making laptops for years so I don't think you would regret purchasing any of them. A Dell will probably end up cheaper and their customer service is ok compared to other companies as long as you can understand the Indian man on the other line. After about an hour on the phone they sent a worker to replace my mobo as it had been DOA and I had only selected the minimal warranty on the ~$500 computer.

This is what I came up with for only $1,699 Canadian. The Canadian site won't let me configure the other XPS models .



PS: Sorry for the cropping, just installed Vista-64 so I have no photo editing programs downloaded at the moment.

http://www.rockdirect.com/view ... ok.php?pName=XTREME%20SL8

its right on your budget but there is other system's on that site

dont know much about laptop's but id say there quite reasonable

Get an Asus eee or something and spend the rest of the cash on a proper PC.

EDIT - iirc Rock are in administration atm (according to Custom PC) - wouldn't trust it if I were you!

How do you mean portable?;

Being able to move about then setup and use the laptop
or
Use the laptop on the go

Because from my experience gaming laptop batteries only last 2-3 hours at most, even if your not gaming, especially using a wireless connection.

Just a thought, if you want a laptop for the convenience of work and are trying to hit two birds with one stone and using it as a gaming machine then Jakg's suggestion is better.

Quote from Joe93 :

http://www.rockdirect.com/view ... ok.php?pName=XTREME%20SL8

its right on your budget but there is other system's on that site

dont know much about laptop's but id say there quite reasonable

According to the ratings

Performance *****
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That doesnt look like a good setup to me..unless you are constantly going to have it plugged in and NOT moving it around..

how much is 5.3Kg in LBS?

ok guys thx for all your sudgestions and ideas but i think i have choicen (sp) the comp i'm getting and its probibly going to be a AlienWare Area-51 M15x cause for a few resons, one, with all the requerments i asked for it would come up to around $2700 but with all the taxes,shipping,duty fees, and other stuff and it all comes out to around just over $3000 which well is around my price range!

Ok know here are the reasons i didn't choose the the other comps recomended, i didn't choose the Rock becuase the one that starts in my price range is ok but when its all upgraded to what i need it looked like it was dirt cheap for what i was asking for but then i found out it was in pounds so well i then doubled the amount and it was WAY over my budget. and the Dell i didn't choose becuase people say dells aren't that good but then they say the Dell XPS is good i didn't really know and i don't think there making the Dell XPS anymore becuase they own Aleinware. and i didn't choose the Asus becuase well i don't know lol

So know i just need to save of my money all summer which should be easy becuase i have a job lined up (i get to work for my parents) which pays $10 bucks anhour which is around $5 pounds i think and i will be working 8 hours a day so i'll make the money kinda fast i think but well see i just hope i can get it!!!! oh and then i have to get my parents permsion to alow me to get it so i really don't know what the out come is going to be........ Wish me luck on getting it!

Quote from scoobyrbac :

According to the ratings

Performance *****
Portability *
Battery *
Noise ****


That doesnt look like a good setup to me..unless you are constantly going to have it plugged in and NOT moving it around..

how much is 5.3Kg in LBS?

Around 15 pounds I think. Beats the purpose of portability

Quote from Jakg :

Get an Asus eee or something and spend the rest of the cash on a proper PC.

EDIT - iirc Rock are in administration atm (according to Custom PC) - wouldn't trust it if I were you!

(Also according to Custom PC, get the latest issue) they found a buyer. Great news for all people with Rock machines


IMO an EeePC is only good if you have TINY fingers and can cope with a small screen, if not then get a cheap full sized laptop (like a Dell 12" or something) and then a desktop. Will be a lot better for games in the long run, plus will be able to upgrade the desktop

I didn't know if he would be gaming on the laptop or not - he didn't say, only that he wanted to be able to move the thing around.

Quote from Jakg :

I didn't know if he would be gaming on the laptop or not - he didn't say, only that he wanted to be able to move the thing around.

And I didn't recommend a budget 12" Dell laptop for gaming, did I?
It'd be for basic stuff like surfing the internets, office work etc, whereas the desktop would be for gaming

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how much is 5.3Kg in LBS?

12.1 lbs.

Quote from J@tko :

12.1 lbs.

Damn thats a heavy laptop....I dont even think my desktop PC weighs that much...