Looking for a gaming laptop around 700

[noryiku23]

Hey guys, I've been constantly searching this past month and im in need of your help. I have a budget of 700 and am looking for a gaming laptop.

 

[blasc]

700€? $? rupees? Zimbabwe dollars?

I will assume it's US$, and therefore, you don't have any gaming laptop with that price (at least, not a decent one).

You will have to spend at least some 1000$ to get a decent laptop, maybe more. With 700$ you could make a gaming build, but it would have to be a desktop and it would have to be custom made by you, ordering each part and assembling it.

 

[Iamsoda]

700€? $? rupees? Zimbabwe dollars?

I will assume it's US$, and therefore, you don't have any gaming laptop with that price (at least, not a decent one).

You will have to spend at least some 1000$ to get a decent laptop, maybe more. With 700$ you could make a gaming build, but it would have to be a desktop and it would have to be custom made by you, ordering each part and assembling it.

Yes there is a very good option. Look for a Lenovo y50 used. I bought 2 of them. GOt one for $625 ebay perfect condition and the other for $560 craigslist prefect condition. A solid i7, SSHD, and GTX 860m is powerful for 1080p high settings on almost all games.

 

[Iamsoda]

700€? $? rupees? Zimbabwe dollars?

I will assume it's US$, and therefore, you don't have any gaming laptop with that price (at least, not a decent one).

You will have to spend at least some 1000$ to get a decent laptop, maybe more. With 700$ you could make a gaming build, but it would have to be a desktop and it would have to be custom made by you, ordering each part and assembling it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-IdeaPad-Y50-FHD-1080P-i7-4710HQ-8GB-500gb-8GB-SSD-GTX860M-Eng-Fren-KB-/281779462996?hash=item419b5d6354

http://www.ebay.com/itm/IdeaPad-Y50-15-6-I7-4720HQ-2-6-16GB-1TB-HD-DRW-W8-1-FHD-1920x1080-/321842925890?hash=item4aef555142

The model with the GTX 960m is slightly better with 4gig of vram, more power efficiency, and slightly better graphics wise. It is also newer (couple more fps, couple more minutes of battery)

Disclaimer: I have no affiliation with these sellers/links and are just a current search on ebay.

 

[blasc]

disclaimer of non affiliation on tomshardware? what?? lol

anyway, problem with laptops, gaming or not, is going to be the heat. Keep in mind that components heat up when stressed, so you better prepare for it.

Also, good ideas from the user above me.

 

[Iamsoda]

disclaimer of non affiliation on tomshardware? what?? lol

anyway, problem with laptops, gaming or not, is going to be the heat. Keep in mind that components heat up when stressed, so you better prepare for it.

Also, good ideas from the user above me.

Eh I got a lovely message about advertising (When I wasn't) and was asked if it was my product I was selling. So no when I post small seller links I try to put in a disclaimer.

This laptop stays very cool. Under max load with furmark 1080p a very solid 40fps at 76c max temp. I haven't seen it hit 80c. Oddly enough 90% of laptop coolers out there don't wok properly with 90% of laptops today, but this one has the vents intake middle bottom and exhale in front of the keyboard. I have this cooler http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834992913&cm_re=Cooler_Master_NotePal_X3-_-34-992-913-_-Product and it lowers the temps about 6c. For laptops with side vents these other two are by far the best option. I don't care how crappy and cheap it looks, it is a million times better then cooling pads (for side vent laptops only). I bought this for and old dell and it cools so well. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mini-Vacuum-USB-Air-Extracting-Super-Cooling-Fan-Cooler-for-Notebook-Laptop-F-/351489669802?hash=item51d66abaaa
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vacuum-USB-Cooling-Pad-Cooler-Fan-Strong-Cool-Air-Extract-For-Notebook-Laptop/351488177034?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D33058%26meid%3D9d56bd6e0bd04e3fb6947d77c1025d41%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D351489669802

Disclaimer: I have no affiliation with these sellers/links and are just a current search on ebay.

 

[blasc]

daaaaaamn i didn't even know those little vacuum USB thingies existed :0 and it looks so nice!

nice sugestions!!

 

[Iamsoda]

daaaaaamn i didn't even know those little vacuum USB thingies existed :0 and it looks so nice!

nice sugestions!!

Yes they do exist, all china made, and the mounting systems is a bit finicky depending on the laptop venting and such, but it is well worth it. I was messing with mine and a screw got messed up so I just hot glued the damn thing together. XD You can't see the difference and it works so well; the fan moves a lot of air. I just wish they made something like this with more quality attached, but in the mean time this is by far the best option for 90% of laptops today. People buy cooling pads for laptops with no bottom vents and wonder why it doesn't cool. Blowing air at closed plastic/metal doesn't do anything.

 

[blasc]

lol true! my girlfriend once got me one for my birthday, and I was thinking "well.... gotta use it, or else she'll get sad.."

obviously it didn't make a difference, but at least she was happy lol (unlike all the laptop's components......)

 

[Iamsoda]

lol true! my girlfriend once got me one for my birthday, and I was thinking "well.... gotta use it, or else she'll get sad.."

obviously it didn't make a difference, but at least she was happy lol (unlike all the laptop's components......)

its more comfort for your lap.

 

[velo3100]

I will need to know what games you play and in what currency this is in.