I'm in the market for a new laptop. My budget is around 1600 USD. I've been doing alot of research and I keep coming back to this:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9172511&type=product&id=1218043606827
I've seen other people on this forum suggesting this as a laptop for gamers, and honestly the price/performance ratio seems to be the best I've been able to find. One issue I have is the processor is a little low end for my taste. So I was considering buying a more powerful processor on newegg.com and having geek squad install it, or possibly doing it myself. A few questions I have:
How future proof is this computer?
How well will that CPU perform?
And how difficult (If possible at all) is a processor swap?
Thanks
Edit: Also, if anyone knows of a laptop withen my budget that has superior specs please post it up, I'd kinda like to bump the GPU up to a 9800gtx, and/or a t9600 processor, but those options all seem to be upwards of 2000.
Edit Edit: I've found this beast with a slightly better CPU, big price trade off for a seemingly small upgrade though.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220493
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9172511&type=product&id=1218043606827
I've seen other people on this forum suggesting this as a laptop for gamers, and honestly the price/performance ratio seems to be the best I've been able to find. One issue I have is the processor is a little low end for my taste. So I was considering buying a more powerful processor on newegg.com and having geek squad install it, or possibly doing it myself. A few questions I have:
How future proof is this computer?
How well will that CPU perform?
And how difficult (If possible at all) is a processor swap?
Thanks
Edit: Also, if anyone knows of a laptop withen my budget that has superior specs please post it up, I'd kinda like to bump the GPU up to a 9800gtx, and/or a t9600 processor, but those options all seem to be upwards of 2000.
Edit Edit: I've found this beast with a slightly better CPU, big price trade off for a seemingly small upgrade though.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220493
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