Is is a stupid time to buy a laptop?

[Brehvolution]

5400 RPM hard disks

[Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich]

the sager np6110 an awesome 11". it's a BEAST. the 650M is very close to a 560M in performance, which is NUTS NUTS NUTS in an 11".

I just looked at this and it's mondo 

Will wait for reviews though, wonder how heavy that sumbitch is going to be? Currently rocking a Samsung Series 9 11" and it does games *okay* (Skyrim works on low!) but the extra horsepower would be appreciated.

[AdmiralViscen]

5400 RPM hard disks

It's 7200

[Brehvolution]

5400 RPM hard disks

It's 7200

I just meant "in general". You can't have a fast system with a slow hard drive.

[cool breeze]

the sager np6110 an awesome 11". it's a BEAST. the 650M is very close to a 560M in performance, which is NUTS NUTS NUTS in an 11".

I just looked at this and it's mondo 

Will wait for reviews though, wonder how heavy that sumbitch is going to be? Currently rocking a Samsung Series 9 11" and it does games *okay* (Skyrim works on low!) but the extra horsepower would be appreciated.

I've read around ~3.5 to 4 pounds.

I just wish more sites had the matte screen option.  Mythlogic does, but even without it it's an extra two or three hundred.  With the screen it nears $1400 and that's way out of my range.  Then again that site has a more powerful cpu option, if you have no limit.

Some of the benchmarks I've seen for the gpu are absurd for a computer that size.  Like Arkham City on high at 60fps.

[cool breeze]

Question about the CPU I should get for the laptop (this is the clevo w110er, nvidia 650m gpu)

The two current options are an i7-3610qm quad-core and i5-2450M dual-core.  Or I can wait a month for dual-core ivy bridge cpus.  Since the laptop is small I worry about any heat problems, and also battery drain. 

It's not going to be my main PC and I won't do video processing or heavy multitasking.  I'm not sure how many games are or will be taking advantage of quad core cpus.  Even so, I never planning on playing games at high levels.  I have desktop for main gaming.  The laptop is mostly an addition, somewhere between a netbook that can play games (medium or low is fine) and how people used laptops in the 90s.

[Madrun Badrun]

can anyone recomend a good gaming mouse? preferably with a shitload of buttons, wireless, and sub$100?

this seems like my best bet so far
http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B003VAM32E/ref=ox_sc_act_title_6?ie=UTF8&m=A2334UWKHYTQUP

I have that.  It's great.

A bit heavy for a mouse and some people might not like that.  There's an adjustment period if you're coming from any mouse other than an MX Revolution or Performance MX.

'tis sexy

[Vizzys]

>gaming mouse
>wireless

I lol'd

/pc gaming post

[cool breeze]

Plugging in the usb cable makes the g700 into a wired mouse.  You could remove the battery and wireless dongle and it works fine.

I primarily play single player games and the convenience of wireless makes up for the incredibly tiny amount of latency.

and to add to my question on which cpu to go for, I've read that the cpu temperatures are around 60c idle and high 80s/low 90s peak.

I've no clue if that's acceptable for a laptop.  My PC is high 30s/low 40s idle, high 60s/low 70s peak.

[FlameofCallandorReturns]

Would it be possible to find an affordable laptop that can play diablo 3 (even if just the basic settings)?

[Van Cruncheon]

any ivy bridge laptop (core i5/i7 with a 3XXXM designation) can run it playably on low settings.

[Van Cruncheon]

getting the np6110 in today. will do a BORE REVIEW just for you portafeggitry fans

[bork]

getting the np6110 in today. will do a BORE REVIEW just for you portafeggitry fans

Nice! 

Does Sager offer payment plans?  Cuz I really want one of these and my wife would murder me if I blew $900-$1000.   :'(

[cool breeze]

please do post a review!  where did you order it from to come so quickly? xotic or lpc?

I still need to order mine.  I keep getting sidetracked, considering an SSD, the psu, etc.  I think I'm just getting the 90w psu and regular momentus xt hybrid drive.  Don't need it for another two weeks or so.  Just reading impressions about it, getting excited.

[bork]

Sager has an express/immediate shipping option on their site for $49.

[Van Cruncheon]

sager. wish i'd gone with xotic-pc or mythlogic, though, so i coulda got a (slightly) slower but cooler 3612m. ah well!

[cool breeze]

Mythlogic starts to get too expensive for me even before I add in the 3612m and matte screen.  Total ends up closer to $1,500 versus ~$1000 from LPC or Xotic.

I didn't consider sager as a seller...

[Van Cruncheon]

benched it looping the tekken x sf benchmark (max settings w/ vsync, rock solid unshakable 60 fps btw with FSAA, haw haw gutless consoles), and heat never went over 80C -- and that's without a cooler. DAMN PLAYA

[MrAngryFace]

hmm sfxtekken

[MrAngryFace]

Also, best mouse is still OROCHI- anyone who says otherwise is WRONG

awwww shit, new edition is out- gonna upgrade, ive had the first edition for a while now

http://www.amazon.com/Razer-Chrome-Edition-Wireless-Bluetooth/dp/B0056GJLJE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1336779868&sr=8-2

[Van Cruncheon]

[cool breeze]

that's exciting.  my initial goal was to play games from early 2000 and some modern games at low.  this thing seems like it's besting the consoles.


sort of related question about hard drive:  for reliability is there any difference between a 2.5 and 3.5 hard drive? this is just for an external storage dumping ground; one of the two main wd externals, either the big or small one.

[Van Cruncheon]

for yer purposes? no diff.

and this thing BEASTS consoles by an order of magnitude. skyrim maxed, 40+ fps pc master face

[Cormacaroni]

speaking of PC master faces...i just upgraded from a gtx480 to gtx680 and my Win7 experience score was unchanged, even the graphics

[Van Cruncheon]

put win8 on it and check out the updated wei!