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    Best bang for your buck gaming Gateway laptop...

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by eekamouse, Sep 11, 2010.

  1. eekamouse

    eekamouse Notebook Enthusiast

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    My Gateway 6860 just fried after two years of perfect use... /tear

    So... I'm looking for a nice replacement. I know I can get one of "these"....

    Newegg.com - Recertified: ASUS G71GX-RX05 NoteBook Intel Core 2 Duo P8700(2.53GHz) 17.1" Wide XGA+ 6GB Memory DDR2 800 500GB HDD 5400rpm Super Multi DVD RW NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M

    Is there a better "bang for my buck" out there? This looks like a steal really. I really have enjoyed my Gateway, but I'm not sure if I can find as good a deal as the one I linked above.

    Thanks :)
     
    eekamouse, Sep 11, 2010
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  2. flynnaz

    flynnaz I am a Night Elf Mohawk!

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    Looks like a great Laptop for that price. (which is the best on the web right now)
     
    flynnaz, Sep 11, 2010
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  3. Ultimate Destruction

    Ultimate Destruction Notebook Evangelist

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    The only problem is you may one day wish you had an i5. Upgrading from the P8700 would not gain you a huge performance boost and would cost a lot of money. However for gaming right now the P8700 is sufficient. Also you should see if it has 2 hard drive bays because you'll want to upgrade to an SSD because the 5400 drive can't be that fast.
     
    Ultimate Destruction, Sep 11, 2010
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  4. Tyo

    Tyo Notebook Deity

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    Tyo, Sep 12, 2010
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  5. eekamouse

    eekamouse Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ya I researched that Asus as well as the one I listed, but just found way too many bad experiences with hardware failure for my liking. I went with the Toshiba 855 from Costco for 999 + free 2yr warranty :)
     
    eekamouse, Sep 12, 2010
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    hirush Notebook Evangelist

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    Congrats on your new purchase, toshiba offers good screen from my past experience with it.
     
    hirush, Sep 13, 2010
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