BUYING GAMING LAPTOP or Computer need advice

[MystPhysX]

This site has good recommendations for every price point: http://www.logicalincrements.com
This site will help with budgeting and stuff: http://pcpartpicker.com

[ragi]

This site has good recommendations for every price point: http://www.logicalincrements.com
This site will help with budgeting and stuff: http://pcpartpicker.com

notebookcheck.net is the best for laptops

[MystPhysX]

This site has good recommendations for every price point: http://www.logicalincrements.com
This site will help with budgeting and stuff: http://pcpartpicker.com

notebookcheck.net is the best for laptops

Seconded. My earlier post was just for PC stuff.

[Lauda]

Guess my laptop is useless than. Oh no wait, I can play GTA V just fine on it even though it's over 2 years old.
By the way, I would say that an i5 is the absolute minimum for an CPU. An i3 just doesn't cut it.

It is not useless, however there is no such thing as a "gaming laptop". It is just a marketing scheme. The GPU performance on them is just no there yet and your battery gets drained very quickly. The problem is that it affects the battery even when you're just surfing the internet. You could play games without a charger for maybe an hour before having to recharge.
On the other side laptops with a newer CPU can be used without a charger for 10 hours or more easily.

GTA V is a great game that isn't heavy on hardware. Hopefully a lot of people are able to play with their current hardware.

Seconded. My earlier post was just for PC stuff.

I've checked them out and they are good. However don't rely a 100% on these websites. Unfortunately we've had companies pay for good/bad reviews in the past (e.g. Samsung paid commentators to kick HTC down).

[MystPhysX]

The owner has monthly threads on /g/ asking for recommendations. I can vouch for theFalcon, but it's just a guide so look at reviews and stuff if you want.

[ranochigo]

i have been reading all your comments and suggestion. . one of member here posted some specs here can you tell me if this good or not. ?,

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.4GHz LGA1150 -
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 92mm -
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97M-Gaming 3 Red -
Monitor: BenQ 19" Wide LED Monitor G910WAL -
Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws X 8GB 4Gbx2 DDR3 1600 CL9 (F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL) Red -
HDD: Seagate 1TB (ST1000DM003) 64Mb Cache -
ODD: Asus OEM DRW-24B1ST -  >> you can remove this if you want
Video Card: MSI R9 270 Twin Frozr Gaming 2GD5 256bit Red -
Chassis: BitFenix Comrade White -
Power Supply: Cooler Master GX2 550watts 80+ Bronze -
Keyboard: Logitech K100 Keyboard -
Mouse: Logitech B100 -


What do you think guys, what are the disadvantage if i build this. Do you think it will run games like GTA 5 with high resolution.

1) CPU: i5 4690 should be more or less enough
2) CPU Cooler: Stock intel cooler will do the job just fine
3) Motherboard: Motherboard choice is easy. It isn't necessary to choose a gaming one even if it offers more features. A normal mid end one like MSI Z87 PC mate would be more than enough
4) Try WD Blue 1TB. They are great
5) ODD I can't comment much
6) For video card, you might want to go for GTX 970. Even with the 3.5GB ram issue, it won't affect much unless you play at super high quality
7) Chassis. Choose which ever you one
I would recommend Seasonic. They are pretty nice for the price. Go for 620watts.

[Lauda]

1) CPU: i5 4690 should be more or less enough
2) CPU Cooler: Stock intel cooler will do the job just fine
3) Motherboard: Motherboard choice is easy. It isn't necessary to choose a gaming one even if it offers more features. A normal mid end one like MSI Z87 PC mate would be more than enough
4) Try WD Blue 1TB. They are great
5) ODD I can't comment much
6) For video card, you might want to go for GTX 970. Even with the 3.5GB ram issue, it won't affect much unless you play at super high quality
7) Chassis. Choose which ever you one
I would recommend Seasonic. They are pretty nice for the price. Go for 620watts.

This suggestion seems decent, although are you sure that he can buy everything for $1000.  However your PSU choice is the worst. Seasonic has the highest failure rate standing at 3,32%.
I would recommend Cooler Master or Antec.

[ranochigo]

1) CPU: i5 4690 should be more or less enough
2) CPU Cooler: Stock intel cooler will do the job just fine
3) Motherboard: Motherboard choice is easy. It isn't necessary to choose a gaming one even if it offers more features. A normal mid end one like MSI Z87 PC mate would be more than enough
4) Try WD Blue 1TB. They are great
5) ODD I can't comment much
6) For video card, you might want to go for GTX 970. Even with the 3.5GB ram issue, it won't affect much unless you play at super high quality
7) Chassis. Choose which ever you one
I would recommend Seasonic. They are pretty nice for the price. Go for 620watts.

This suggestion seems decent, although are you sure that he can buy everything for $1000.  However your PSU choice is the worst. Seasonic has the highest failure rate standing at 3,32%.
I would recommend Cooler Master or Antec.

I don't know too much about PSU but I have been using seasonic m12ii 620w for sometime now. Works well for me. I'm sure he can fit ininside $1000. I built mine for $990 with the price inflation in my country. Furthermore, I had the Z97 PC Mate. H87 would work fine for him in this case.I had a pretty expensive chassis too.

[MystPhysX]

1) CPU: i5 4690 should be more or less enough
2) CPU Cooler: Stock intel cooler will do the job just fine
3) Motherboard: Motherboard choice is easy. It isn't necessary to choose a gaming one even if it offers more features. A normal mid end one like MSI Z87 PC mate would be more than enough
4) Try WD Blue 1TB. They are great
5) ODD I can't comment much
6) For video card, you might want to go for GTX 970. Even with the 3.5GB ram issue, it won't affect much unless you play at super high quality
7) Chassis. Choose which ever you one
I would recommend Seasonic. They are pretty nice for the price. Go for 620watts.

This suggestion seems decent, although are you sure that he can buy everything for $1000.  However your PSU choice is the worst. Seasonic has the highest failure rate standing at 3,32%.
I would recommend Cooler Master or Antec.

Seasonic is one of the best PSU OEMs. Most if not all high tier PSUs are rebrands (Cosair, Antec etc) of Seasonic stuff. You can always check here to see if the power supply you buy is good or not.

[GiocareHost]

Buy anything except ALIENWARE.
Alienware sells you everything at double the market Price.