Need a laptop to slack off and game at work on help!

[atraeon]

1. What is your budget?

My budget is $600 and not a penny more.

2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?

the size doesnt matter to me at all.

3. What screen resolution do you want?

as long as it looks good i dont care

4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?

not really a factor for me

5. How much battery life do you need?

this doesnt bother me as i will be at work and can just plug it in

6. Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)?

im into bf4 right now and im a skyrim modder so id like to get decent graphics settings and fps out of those if possible

7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)

i mess around with fl studio and ableton a bit

8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?

i have a 3tb external i can easily bring along so not to worried about it though i dont really want to go below 250

9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.

im not concerned with where i get it as long as its reputable

10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?

id like to get a few years out of it at least

11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?

im not really concerned with an optical drive

12. Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons.

im not a big fan of toshiba hdds and i d like to stay away from them. ive had some issues with them in the past and i just dont like them

13. What country do you live in?

U.S.A.

14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.

id like a touch screen if possible but if thats going to give me a major hit in my price/performance dynamic then ill just skip it

 

[HiTechObsessed]

For $600, you aren't going to get a laptop that will play BF4 at acceptable levels. At this low of a budget, I would try looking at used to get any kind of performance.

 

[kromboy]

Well, I'm no expert on laptops by any means, only laptop I have are netbooks

But, I think laptop specs scale pretty evenly around every component, i.e. gaming class laptops that have a strong gpu usually have high end components for its other parts too, so you can't really pick and choose and cut corners like you would for a desktop.


Laptop premiums are falling, but you'd be hard pressed to build even a desktop for that price range that can play BF4 comfortably, and you're throwing in the premium for brand name AND portability.




EDIT: If you don't mind a franken PC, you might consider mounting a monitor on the side of your desktop case and carry it around. You would need a light set up but it would probably give you a better performance dollar for dollar.
Example: http://www.instructables.com/id/Mounting-Monitor-to-Computer-Case/

 

[dextermat]

Hi,

Sad to say so but your budget is too low to play the games mention above.

A 600 $ laptop will game at low/medium at best.
I suggest at least a nvidia 750m / 850m or ati m290x but they go at around 900-1000$

 

[HiTechObsessed]

Laptops definitely don't scale evenly with components. OEMs still insist on increasing RAM and CPU power first before touching GPU strength, for whatever reason.

But yeah, that's the crux of pre-builts. You don't really start getting acceptable performance out of laptops until around $1000+ these days.

 

[atraeon]

Laptops definitely don't scale evenly with components. OEMs still insist on increasing RAM and CPU power first before touching GPU strength, for whatever reason.

But yeah, that's the crux of pre-builts. You don't really start getting acceptable performance out of laptops until around $1000+ these days.

if you had to choose one laptop at $600 what would it be? I guess im looking for the best performance at that price point and ill tailor my games around whatever it can handle, leaving the more demanding games at home with my pc there.

 

[HiTechObsessed]

Well if you don't mind going the refurbished route: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834258271

That gets you the touchscreen you wanted, and an A10 APU. At the $600 price point, the APU is the best you're going to get, and the 8650 isn't too bad at the 768p resolution.

If you want new, you can get the same APU, but no touchscreen: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834313719

Both will do about medium quality around 30fps in most games, but BF4 and CPU-intensive games might need a little lower. The refurbished HP above also comes with free BF4 and the Lenovo comes with a free printer lol