Buying a new high-end gaming laptop, what sort of price range should I be looking at?

[Nakura Chambers]

I have never really bought a computer before, let alone a gaming laptop. I have absolutely no idea about what a reasonable price range would be, could someone please help me get on the right track?

I've been looking at Razer's new laptop, which I want so bad, but is way out of my price range (over $2000). I get the feeling that I can get a good gaming laptop for far less than that, no?

[torterra275]

Razer's new laptop is overpriced. The only thing it has going for itself is that it is small.

I've heard a few Lenovo laptops being thrown around (at around $1300) that are a good value. But what exactly is your price range?

[chazus]

Lenovo, Sager, MSI, and Asus (in no particular order) Are usually the better ones.

Avoid Alienware and Sony. Toshiba is meh at the high end.

Always get a 3 year warranty minimum.

[MMKing]

No idea how much you can spend but found a great offer for 220USD off 1600 to 1380USD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834198030

I7-2.6GHZ quad
GTX 770M
8GB Memory
750GB 7200RPM HDD no SSD

Looking at Newegg i don't see anything better before 2000USD. It seems that between 1600 and 2000 they just pile on more memory of little user after the 8GB mark.

[Nakura Chambers]

Razer's new laptop is overpriced. The only thing it has going for itself is that it is small.

I've heard a few Lenovo laptops being thrown around (at around $1300) that are a good value. But what exactly is your price range?

My price range would be about $1500.

[Ripox]

You wont get a high-end desktop with $1000, let alone a laptop.

Why do you want a laptop instead of a desktop?

[Deleted]

Avoid Alienware and Sony,

Alienware is probably one of the better sellers for gaming laptops. From what I have been reading they have a better build quality than clevo products (I think that would be MSI/Sager).


And I dont think sony actually sells laptops aimed at gaming, but a couple of their lines are top notch. Just higher priced, but thats what you pay for.

[Fluorescent0]

MSI GT60-2OC fits your pricerange. Keep in mind though that high-end on a laptop currently means having a 780M, and those laptops go for 1800$+.

The 770M is about equivalent to a desktop's 660 underclocked.

The 780M is a 680MX with 50 Mhz more on the core, which is roughly equivalent to a 670 underclocked.