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Melody said:
What I suggest you invest in is a set of rechargeable batteries for your mouse. Those tend to be far less crappy than your standard alkaline batteries anyways. Also they're cheaper in the long run as you don't have to constantly supply batteries, a set of rechargeables can often outlast the mouse itself.
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Heh - these were the ones they came with. :P

My Razer Orochi is using Eneloops, and I think I need to get more of them. I don't have enough of them after also needing to take into account my desktop wireless combo and the Wedge Mobile Keyboard. I'd need two more AAAs and at least 3 AAs... And seeing as I want to also get a wireless mouse for something, that's one more AA.

(Hah, that just reminded me of my current theme...)
 
I've heard mixed reviews on Razer mouses. Some say that they're good and worth it, while others say not so much.
 
Tsutarja said:
I've heard mixed reviews on Razer mouses. Some say that they're good and worth it, while others say not so much.
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One thing I know for sure is that the one I mentioned is surprisingly comfortable compared to even normal fullsize mice. :)
 
Hey guys! Gonna be buying a new gaming PC later on in the month as I anticipate my refund. Although I'm contemplating on buying a laptop instead of a desktop, but I think with the portability the laptop has, I can take my gaming to and from my boyfriend's place, however, that will leave me with two laptops with this one being basic enough for me to run games with low graphic settings.

So I ask you guys...in terms of gaming would you rather buy a laptop or a desktop? I know it's something video game-ish, but I want to ask in a technological perspective, as well as get a second opinion.
 
Minerva said:
Hey guys! Gonna be buying a new gaming PC later on in the month as I anticipate my refund. Although I'm contemplating on buying a laptop instead of a desktop, but I think with the portability the laptop has, I can take my gaming to and from my boyfriend's place, however, that will leave me with two laptops with this one being basic enough for me to run games with low graphic settings.

So I ask you guys...in terms of gaming would you rather buy a laptop or a desktop? I know it's something video game-ish, but I want to ask in a technological perspective, as well as get a second opinion.
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Very first thing: Do you want to sell your old laptop? You might be able to buy slightly more laptop.

For the more affordable gaming laptops, I think you probably should take a look at Asus' N-series performance series and ROG stuff (starts with G). Whatever you do, consider what you want in a laptop. I'd think a GTX 950M or 960M would be more than enough. So long as it has at least 8 GB of RAM, at least a GTX 950M, and an HDD (You really do not want to go SSD-only on gaming laptops, unless you can live with the loss of space. Games are huge these days)
 
killer150 said:
Well by the way 4gb ram is barely enough for mainstream games i mean barely.
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Yeah, though if it's not an ultraportable gaming laptop, chances are you should be able to source an additional 4GB stick on the cheap. :)
 
Tsutarja said:
I've never seen a laptop within anyone's affordable price range play games smoothly at max settings, but at least with a desktop, you can get dedicated graphics for gaming, unlike many laptops.
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I think you meant add-in. :)

Laptops can also come with mobile dedicated chips, though usually you can't ever change it.

Either way, yes, you do get more power and upgradability with an equivalent price desktop, but you can't use a desktop in class. Sometimes, you can think of loss of mobility as the ultimate price. :)

If I were you, I would also make sure that the CPU is at least a quad-core Intel Core model. Usually should be easy to spot by a Q suffix in the model names of CPUs. X and K also count, but at that price range you're not seeing any Extreme or unlocked parts. Even an i5-6300HQ is more than enough.

Just make sure the memory accompanying the GTX 950M, if it's a 950M, is of the GDDR5 variety if the monitor res is higher than 768p. DDR3 VRAM really stinks ay high-res anything.
 
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Team Fail said:
I'm running Skyrim on Ultra-High settings at a very consistent 60FPS, I only rarely have minor framerate drops. If I jump over to Linux, I'm getting sky-high FPS in Minecraft (Literally), and I have yet to try a few other games that have been better-written for Windows.
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Mmm! Usually hardware power is non-issue these days. And since you can get a 940M or 950M on relatively affordable laptops, the only reason you'd need to forego the power is if you want an Ultrabook or convertible laptop. I don't think they're worth it without having a powerful "main" computer.

https://www.techspot.com/article/1127-well-rounded-gaming-laptop/ is a good place to start reading about what to see in a higher-end laptop, but when combined with the talk here you should be able to find something in the high-end multimedia/budget gaming.

Perhaps it's a good idea to throw out links to laptops you're interested in. Or if you figure that you really want a desktop, tell us, and I'll try to make an appropriate PCPP list.
 
I guess my biggest concern is portability. I found an ASUS laptop last night at Fry's Electronics that is well below the price range I want ($1,100 is my budget). It had an i5, 12 GB memory, and a good graphics driver (AMD Radeon HD, don't know the exact gen, with 2 GB). It was $600, but I wondered why it was so low. I couldn't find any flaws about it.

Since I'm almost rarely at home, I'm better off buying a gaming laptop. I still require that portability where I can just take my PC gaming with me all around. But looking at my boyfriend's experience who currently owns a Lenovo IdeaPad Y540 (?) (i7, 2 GB Nvidia graphics driver, 8 GB memory), I'm trying to stay away from those kinds since they actually overheat when you run games at high settings. So maybe I'm just picky on brand after all.
 
Minerva said:
I guess my biggest concern is portability. I found an ASUS laptop last night at Fry's Electronics that is well below the price range I want ($1,100 is my budget). It had an i5, 12 GB memory, and a good graphics driver (AMD Radeon HD, don't know the exact gen, with 2 GB). It was $600, but I wondered why it was so low. I couldn't find any flaws about it.

Since I'm almost rarely at home, I'm better off buying a gaming laptop. I still require that portability where I can just take my PC gaming with me all around. But looking at my boyfriend's experience who currently owns a Lenovo IdeaPad Y540 (?) (i7, 2 GB Nvidia graphics driver, 8 GB memory), I'm trying to stay away from those kinds since they actually overheat when you run games at high settings. So maybe I'm just picky on brand after all.
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Going Asus is actually a pretty good way to guarantee yourself no cooling issues (as long as the heatsink-vents aren't blocked) :)

Even the single-fan N56/G56 (rebadges of each other) didn't have throttling issues playing high-end video games back in their prime, and pretty much every G-series laptop Asus have are more than capable of dealing with the heat.

Though, I strongly suggest you ignore anything with AMD inside. Just saying. Not exactly the best place to be when you need to be mobile.

Where do you plan to buy your laptop from? If there's an online store, I might feel inclined to pick for you. $1100 can buy you A LOT of laptop.
 
Anywhere that's not Best Buy or Wal-Mart. I'm aiming at computer stores like Micro Center or Fry's since the people there actually understand what I'm talking about.

Online wise, Newegg.
 
Minerva said:
Went to micro center and fell in love with this baby.

https://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/hp-pavilion-15-non-touch-m0u61av-1

I'm not a fan of HP, though.
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Now I wonder if HP's reliability issues has more to do with how they ship a lotta more computers than most others... At $900, it is a good starting point, and you do get a lot of hardware, and you also get a 1080p display and 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth if you add another 80 bucks (50 + 30).

Although that HP seems nice, it does feel like a raw deal, to be honest, especially when you can get this and still stay within budget. Heck, with the leftover cash, you could buy a decent mouse and mousepad to go along with it, and then you have a quad-core i7 machine with a GTX 965M (which is quite a lot faster than a 950M), 16 GB of RAM, and a 17" 1080p display that won't look awful if you look at it wrong. :) Oh, and there's GigE if you're into wired. And it comes with 802.11ac Wi-Fi + Bluetooth by default.

Oh, and did we mention that you can easily add a second HDD or SSD easily later on? It has a free 2.5" slot. :)

For reference, this is the GTX 965M and how it fares in games, and this is the GTX 950M Night and day. :) The CPU is a bit old, but still very powerful (Intel is good at that) :)
 
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