Buying laptop for college/gaming need help

I will be using this as my main only pc for about 3-4 years and am considering getting a 32 in monitor for home along with this
I cant really decide on getting the alienware m17x with this build for about 1800 with tax included


PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ i7 2630QM 2.0GHz (2.8GHz Turbo Mode, 6MB Cache) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit edit
MEMORY 8GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz (4DIMMS) edit
VIDEO CARD 1GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon™ HD 6870M edit
HARD DRIVE 640GB Raid 0 (2x 320GB 7,200RPM) edit
LCD PANEL 17.3-inch WideHD+ 1600 x 900 60Hz WLED edit
WIRELESS CARD Wireless 802.11 g/n

Miscellaneous Award Winning Service and Support
NAMEPLATE Standard Nameplate
INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVE Slot-Loading Dual Layer Blu-ray Reader (BR-ROM, DVD+-RW, CD-RW)
SOUND OPTIONS Internal High-Definition 5.1 Surround Sound Audio
POWER ADAPTERS Alienware M17x 240W A/C Adapter
Adobe Reader Acrobat SW Adobe Acrobat Reader

or the sager 8130 with no real specific build and it would be helpful if you could link me a something that would compete with this

problem i have is

is it really worth spending so much on the alienware?
is the alienware too bulky and flashy?
ive never really heard of sager until now so getting something unknown is kinda ehh to me

 

1) Worth it? Up to you
2) It's thicker than most laptops but it also performs better than most. Flashy? Up to you again, but you can turn the lights off on the laptop
3) Sager is very reliable and well known, I wouldn't doubt their quality and service

 

Would the 14x be another good choice?

Edit? Any specific build u could suggest for either?

 

Personal opinion, m17x is to big to be daily portable IMO (G73 is horrible so I'm guessing the m17x isn't far off) the m11x is amazing for portability and has great performance for its size but unless you guy an external screen for your dorm room it's kinda hard to game on it's hard to game on a 11" screen. Also I think gaming on an m11x for 3-4 years might be stretching it even on low settings for games. I just sold my m11x and my G73 and a m14x replaced them both. It's screen is big enough to game on anytime, it gets good enough scores on benches that i think it could possibly last that long, and it's actually daily portable (I take mine to work 5 days a week). I don't know how people carry a m17x around daily because my G73 with AC adapter weighs a crap ton and is a PITA to pack and unpack all day.

Just my .02 I like my m14x a lot, especially after having a huge laptop and a little one it seems to be perfect for me.

 

Realize Alienware sizes are basically their screen sizes + 1.5 inches. The M11x is pretty big, it's no 11 incher, closer to 13. The M14x is almost 15.6" size, and the M17x is near 18".

Sager are Clevo rebrand, and are known for their ability to upgrade...well nearly every single component (CPU, GPU, RAM, etc).

 

What about just buying an aurora desktop and a simple laptop or just maxing out an xps la0ptop?

 

I would avoid prebuilt desktops and build your own. Maybe if you got the money, a nice custom desktop and an M11x. And please don't buy an XPS laptop...horrible track record and it is ugly.

 

ok well i have a desktop that goes over about 100 to $1900 but its specs are as follow:
i5 2500k sandybridge
2x500g hdd
amd 6970 2g vid card
2x8(4x2) ripjaws memory=16g
blue ray drive
g510 keyboard
g9x mouse
corsair 850 psu
and 1080 23" monitor

 

Newegg.com Shopping Cart

 

Uh, generally your shopping cart is specific to your particular web session on your specific computer, in that browser at this exact moment. You can't really share that link and have it work as it will always be an empty shopping cart for the rest of us.

 

ahh right well those are the items..

 

16GB RAM? Overkill, but for 3-4 years, that, is needed. VERY good picks I must say, but what motherboard? The GPU could be crossfireX'd. The PSU is good. Blue Ray drive? Seriously? Question yourself if you need it, do you use disks 24/7? If not, save yourself some green$$$ and get a i7 2600k because of the Hyperthreading which might prove useful in University/College.

 

Just realized I revived an old-ish thread :S

 

We have a section for this... please see:

What Notebook Should I Buy?

Before posting, you'll need to review this sticky thread:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/wha...ould-i-buy-form-must-read-before-posting.html

If you have specific questions concerning a given Alienware model, please post in the model specific sub-forum.



Thanks.