Asus G73JH

i'm thinking of buying an asus g73jh, and knowing that in aproximately 12 months the equipment will be almost obsolete, i'd like to know what can i do to parcially avoid that, like overclocking

 

If you can't live with your laptop being 'old' a year from now, you can always go for a clevo/sager/kobalt with the same sepcs which should cost about the same, I read that its easier for you to upgrade them with newer cpu's and gpu's. Their cooling is also superb which makes them great for overclocking.

 

lol it's not that it's the fact that if i'm buying a gaming notebook it has to last for a while

 

I think it's kind of pointless to worry about obsolescence in a laptop. It's going to happen no matter what you do.

You can overclock, sure, but eventually it'll be obsolete even if you're running at 4GHz

Either:
a) spend not a lot of money to get bang for your buck so you will be able to upgrade sooner
b) spend a lot of money so you won't have to upgrade for a little while longer.

Personally, I'd choose A!

 

Alternatively you could consider building your own desktop. They're are lot easier to upgrade and therefor can last a lot longer.

 

First how long do you want to keep your laptop before buying a new one? 12 months from now, the only new tech that might make the G73JH less appealing are Nvidia's 400M cards and ATI's mobile 6000 series(forget about processors, i7 is powerful enough) , by no means they will make your i7+5870 obsolete, unless you consider anything less than the "best" obsolete.

I presume you will be doing a lot of gaming on the laptop, right? HD5870/i7 should easily last you 2 years especially if you choose a lower screen resolution of 1600x900, within 2 years you should be able to play most of the games on high settings if not maxed.

 

The best way is to enjoy your laptop(squeeze out as much use as you can out of it). Calculate how much the laptop would be in 12 months. Stock may still fetch around $1100-1200 (this is figured on a $1500-1700 laptops, from my own purchase experience).

-So the best config would be at around $1500. Do not spend more.
-Sell the old hardware for $1100-1200 (overly optimistic, but it can happen)
-If you're going to upgrade, make sure the upgrade components can be transferred to the new computer (no guarantee, but things like HDD or SSD would be backwards compatible for some time).

I always figure that if I spend $1500 on a laptop, I can expect to lose about $500-700 in about 12 months (maybe even sooner). The laptop usually doesn't get a better resale value even if you've spent a fortune on upgrades (quite possibly the worst tactic of keeping with the Joneses if saving money is your concern). Then figure the fees if you use services such as PayPal or eBay, and don't forget about shipping.

The computing industry (perhaps capitalism, but I don't want to get political) is geared towards sell your old stuff to buy the new stuff.

Of course, there are people who get the most enjoyment by upgrading and maxing out their systems- You really can't put a price on that.