NOTE: This rig isn't going to be used purely for gaming, although I will be gaming with it rather frequently.
Okay, so I'm majoring in Computer Science in university right now. I'm also badly in need of a new computer to use because the school-issued ultrabooks are a bit of a handicap. Seeing as I plan on working with Unity, XNA, as well as some other GFX/design oriented programs, the low-end graphics card and small screen can be, well, annoying.
My budget - around $1,600.
The only reason I considered going with a laptop is that it would allow me to work on personal and class projects between classes or wherever else I'm at. With my budget, I'm sure I can afford something that can run games at medium if not high graphics settings at around 40-60FPS.
I've set on a Sager NP8278-S with 16GB DDR3 RAM, Intel i7-4810MQ, Nvidia 870m 6GB GDDR5, a 128GB SSD for my OS and IDEs, and a 7200RPM 750GB HDD for whatever else. I know that laptops have heating issues, and already plan to buy a cooling pad and have extra copper heatsinks installed in my the laptop if I happen to buy it to remedy the problem.
So, here's everything summed up - Should I build a (far superior) desktop and deal with the inconvenience of being confined to working on projects in my dorm room, or buy a gaming laptop and deal with diminished game performance (although the 870m should do everything I want and more) so that I can make my projects far easier to work on?
Okay, so I'm majoring in Computer Science in university right now. I'm also badly in need of a new computer to use because the school-issued ultrabooks are a bit of a handicap. Seeing as I plan on working with Unity, XNA, as well as some other GFX/design oriented programs, the low-end graphics card and small screen can be, well, annoying.
My budget - around $1,600.
The only reason I considered going with a laptop is that it would allow me to work on personal and class projects between classes or wherever else I'm at. With my budget, I'm sure I can afford something that can run games at medium if not high graphics settings at around 40-60FPS.
I've set on a Sager NP8278-S with 16GB DDR3 RAM, Intel i7-4810MQ, Nvidia 870m 6GB GDDR5, a 128GB SSD for my OS and IDEs, and a 7200RPM 750GB HDD for whatever else. I know that laptops have heating issues, and already plan to buy a cooling pad and have extra copper heatsinks installed in my the laptop if I happen to buy it to remedy the problem.
So, here's everything summed up - Should I build a (far superior) desktop and deal with the inconvenience of being confined to working on projects in my dorm room, or buy a gaming laptop and deal with diminished game performance (although the 870m should do everything I want and more) so that I can make my projects far easier to work on?
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