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    Help me in choosing laptop.

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by nmpraveen, Mar 7, 2010.

  1. nmpraveen

    nmpraveen Notebook Guru

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    I have got 2 options..

    1. Dell S-XPS 15.6" Intel® Core™ i7-720QM Processor (1.6GHz,4 Cores/8 Threads,turbo up to 2.8GHz, 6MB Cache) with ATI Mobility RADEON® HD 4670- 1GB.

    Cost-73,900 INR or 1650 USD

    2. Dell studio 15.6" Intel® Core™ i5-540M Processor (2.53GHz, 4 Thread, turbo boost up to 3.06GHz, 3M cache) with ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5470 - 1GB

    Cost- 59818 INR or 1320 USD

    Both has 4GB DDR3 1333MHz SD-RAM with 500GB HDD and all other configurations are same.

    My sole purpose is "gaming".


    P.S: Dell S-XPS looks are good compared to Studio.
     
    nmpraveen, Mar 7, 2010
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  2. Partizan

    Partizan Notebook Deity

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    If your purpose is gaming, stay away from the overheating dell sxps 16 series.

    If you could extend your budget, you would have a blast with the asus g73jh.
    I usualy advice the Asus N or K series aswell, since they are cheap and have decent gaming options.

    I'm not familiar with MSI but their gaming models are also suggested here in the forums by quite a few people.
     
    Partizan, Mar 7, 2010
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  3. nmpraveen

    nmpraveen Notebook Guru

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    I check Asus website,G73JH is not available in India.Only gaming series from Asus right now is G50V with Core 2 duo..

    And MSI are way to costly..
     
    nmpraveen, Mar 7, 2010
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    Well the current asus g5* and g6* series become too hot, and I doubt they will have a long life so try avoiding those too.
     
    Partizan, Mar 7, 2010
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    After looking at pretty much every laptop in existence: Unless you're looking at a crazy expensive laptop then the Core i7 series are out of the question as they overheat any laptop they are put in (Dell XPS, HP Envy, etc).
     
    Enverex, Mar 7, 2010
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    is'nt that resolved with 130W and Bios upgrade??
     
    nmpraveen, Mar 8, 2010
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