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Godofhardcore
Joined: Feb 22 2010
Posts: 351
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I'm on a Toshiba Satellite A505 running Windows 7 Ultimate with a 2.0 GHZ Core 2 duo 4 gigs of ram and ATI Mobility Radeon hd4500 with HDMI out OR to be less technical a Laptop that can Run Crysis.
I've had it 6 months and I have only turned it off maybe 6 times. No issues other than annoyances when I ran Vista and also Windows 7 and the built in webcam don't get along.
what are you guys running?
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Knyte
2010 SLF Tag Champ*
Title: Curator Of The VGM
Joined: Nov 01 2006
Location: Here I am.
Posts: 6749
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Well...
Current Main Systems (Not counting Workbench PC or MAME cabinet):
Knyte PC Mk 5 =
AMD Phenom 2 Quad Core 965 Black Editioin (C3 Rivison) @ 4.0GHz
Hyper 212+ Cooler w/ 2 120mm Coolermaster Fans (Push/Pull Config)
MSI 790FX-GD70 Motherboard
ASUS HD5870 Video Card
8 GBs Hyper X DDR3 1333Mhz
CM Stacker 810 Full Tower
790GBs Total HDD Space (Across 4 WD HDDs, 2 in RAID 0)
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750w PSU
Saitek Cyborg Keyboard
Razer Copperhead 2000dpi Laser Mouse.
ViewSonic 23" 1080p Monitor.
Wolf PC Mk 2 =
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.6Ghz
EVGA 780i SLI Motherboard
8GBs Mushkin DDR2 800Mhz
2 EVGA 9800GTs in SLI
Gigabyte Mid Tower Case
300GB Total HDD in 2 WD Drives
Rosewill 550w PSU
Saitek Eclipe Keyboard
Logitech G5 Mouse
2x 19" LCDs (1 Samsung & 1 Viewsonic)
Both running Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 11244
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Primary Home Desktop:
- Intel i7 920 2.66GHz - Overclocked at 3.4GHz
- 6GB DDR3 RAM
- ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 Motherboard
- Hyper 212+ Cooler (based install with 1 fan push configuration... jealous of Knyte's second 120mm bad boy)
- LIAN LI PC-61 USB Aluminum (Not black)
- 1TB WD Black Hard Drive
- Dell keyboard... it is laughably uncool but I haven't found one I love to replace it yet
- Microsoft SideWinder Mouse
- HIS Radeon HD 5850
- 2x Dell UltraSharp 1900x1200 24" monitors
- Sony Optiarc Black SATA DVD Burner with LightScribe
- Corsair 550W ATX12V Power Supply
- Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Primary Laptop:
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4GB Ram
Running OSX 10.6 and Windows Vista Ultimate. I need to take Vista off, but I'm too hot and too tired to continue.
I have a few other machines scattered around but use them for utility stuff. They tend to be business model Dells/Lenovos that are good at what they do and don't do much else.
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Ice2SeeYou
Title: Sexual Tyrannosaurus
Joined: Sep 28 2008
Location: South of Heaven
Posts: 1761
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I'm in the market for a new laptop. I've never owned a laptop before, so I'm not exactly sure what I should be looking for. I've heard good things about Toshiba's, so I might look at them first.
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Knyte
2010 SLF Tag Champ*
Title: Curator Of The VGM
Joined: Nov 01 2006
Location: Here I am.
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They do make quality machines. The first question when buying a laptop should always be:
What do I want to do on it?
That will dictate which one you should get.
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Ross Rifle
Title: Rock N Roll God
Joined: Oct 29 2006
Location: Chilliwack, BC
Posts: 4844
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I own an ACER Ballsack 6000. It's two and a half years old, has virtually no space left in either hardrive, and needs to have a fan pointed at it to prevent it from turning off.
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Ice2SeeYou
Title: Sexual Tyrannosaurus
Joined: Sep 28 2008
Location: South of Heaven
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| Knyte wrote: |
They do make quality machines. The first question when buying a laptop should always be:
What do I want to do on it?
That will dictate which one you should get. |
My uses for the laptop will pretty much just be simple stuff.....internet browsing, listening to music, watching youtube, etc. Usually doing all those things simultaneously.
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Knyte
2010 SLF Tag Champ*
Title: Curator Of The VGM
Joined: Nov 01 2006
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You would almost be better off getting a Netbook.
If you just want a portible internet browser, that would be the way to go.
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Ice2SeeYou
Title: Sexual Tyrannosaurus
Joined: Sep 28 2008
Location: South of Heaven
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| Knyte wrote: |
You would almost be better off getting a Netbook.
If you just want a portible internet browser, that would be the way to go. |
Hmm, really? I heard that a lot of people don't like Netbooks because they're underpowered, but I guess I'm not really pushing the system requirements too much. Will take it under advisement, thanks.
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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| Ice2SeeYou wrote: |
| Knyte wrote: |
You would almost be better off getting a Netbook.
If you just want a portible internet browser, that would be the way to go. |
Hmm, really? I heard that a lot of people don't like Netbooks because they're underpowered, but I guess I'm not really pushing the system requirements too much. Will take it under advisement, thanks. |
They are getting better, but before you pick any laptop out, you should probably figure out how big you want the screen to be and how heavy the laptop can be.
After that you need to decide if a CD rom, Webcam, bluetooth, etc... are important to you. But size first.
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Ice2SeeYou
Title: Sexual Tyrannosaurus
Joined: Sep 28 2008
Location: South of Heaven
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| GPFontaine wrote: |
| Ice2SeeYou wrote: |
| Knyte wrote: |
You would almost be better off getting a Netbook.
If you just want a portible internet browser, that would be the way to go. |
Hmm, really? I heard that a lot of people don't like Netbooks because they're underpowered, but I guess I'm not really pushing the system requirements too much. Will take it under advisement, thanks. |
They are getting better, but before you pick any laptop out, you should probably figure out how big you want the screen to be and how heavy the laptop can be.
After that you need to decide if a CD rom, Webcam, bluetooth, etc... are important to you. But size first. |
Well I'm not really going to be carrying this laptop around that much......just around the house. I'm going to be moving into a small place with the GF, and so I'd like to have a laptop because it negates the need for a desk/dedicated computer space. Weight isn't really an issue. As for screen size, I suppose I'd like the largest screen my budget will allow, without sacrificing other features too much. I'd like to spend $700 or less.
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Knyte
2010 SLF Tag Champ*
Title: Curator Of The VGM
Joined: Nov 01 2006
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Well, if your budget is around $700, then go for a real laptop.
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username
Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
Location: phoenix, az usa
Posts: 16136
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might as well, since netbooks are less than half that.
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Godofhardcore
Joined: Feb 22 2010
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My Laptop's specs are comperable to the Taito X2 board that Street Fighter IV and BlazBlue Run on (and I do have BlazBlue Continuum shift on this)
I mostly use my lappy for emulation I run everything from 2600-PS1 and I'm attempting Dreamcast (a real pain)
I do use this for school work and web stuffs.music (which I keep on a 700 gig external drive not enough I need a 2 TB for everything else)
For my first laptop it's a great machine and I think the last Toshiba to use an ATI Card.
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Joined: Nov 11 2009
Location: Cajun Country
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