Guild Wars 2

Finally found what I needed online but I don’t know how to remove this topic. It is a laptop with Intel® Core™ i7-7700HQ (2.8 GHz, up to 3.8 GHz, 6 MB cache, 4 cores) + NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1070 (8 GB GDDR5 dedicated) and SSD HD. It is $1700 US!! Thank the 6 Gods for credit cards. LOL

Mitern.1563:

Finally found what I needed online but I don’t know how to remove this topic. It is a laptop with Intel® Core™ i7-7700HQ (2.8 GHz, up to 3.8 GHz, 6 MB cache, 4 cores) + NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1070 (8 GB GDDR5 dedicated) and SSD HD. It is $1700 US!! Thank the 6 Gods for credit cards. LOL

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I assume you want the laptop for more than gaming? Or you game from various places? Otherwise, you pay a lot for that convenience (not to mention charging it, which only adds to the cost if not immediately paid off).

I’d think you could get a great desktop for half that.

FWIW, it’s generally better to leave the thread entirely intact: the next person along with the same question can benefit from that, too.

DeannBB; I’ll double check but the difference I found is about $200 less for the same thing in a desktop and I am willing to pay the extra for the convenience.

Ayrila; I think SlippyCheeze is right. This post may help others. Here are more details on what I am getting:

16 GB DDR4-2400 SDRAM (2 × 8 GB)

17.3" diagonal UHD IPS UWVA anti-glare WLED-backlit (3840 × 2160)

2TB 5400 rpm SATA+ 128GB M.2 SSD.

Mitern.1563:

2TB 5400 rpm SATA+ 128GB M.2 SSD.

Thats probably the worst HDD combo I can imagine. An SSD where half the space will be taken up by the OS and core applications so there is room for like 1-2 modern games and a hugekitten pointless drive thats slower than a glued down snail.

In a gaming rig today I consider a 500gb SSD minimum requirement (whatever remaining terabyte size space needed would be networked).

Edit: omg I broke the kitten filter!!! kitten this I am editing it myself. You are welcome Anet.

Dawdler, I understood almost none of what you said. My original post, which I now realize I should have left, explained that I know nothing about computers and that my busy son told me to just look for something with GTX 1060, 1070 or 1080.

I definitely didn’t understand the first part of what you said but now know to look for 500 gb SSD.

If you or anyone else could give me specs to look for, that would be great. I am going to buy the computer by April and I am trying to keep it around $1500

128 GB SSD is on the small end, but given this is a laptop, it gets put at a premium. (Searching on Newegg, I only see 1 laptop less than 2k with a 512 GB SSD but that has a worse processor than what OP posted.) I would go for 256 GB myself depending on how many games you play. It really depends on what you play and how many games you play. I only play a handful of games and old games don’t need the SSD.

You have to remember that SSDs don’t actually improve game performance beyond loading times as opposed to a regular hard drive. The biggest benefit to an SSD is for Windows to load and run quickly because it’s always doing stuff. Great to have, but beyond that, it’s quite a luxury compared to other things.

Also, if you’re just playing stuff like Gw2, I would not suggest such an expensive laptop like that. A 1050/1050 ti and a HQ processor is more than enough.

Also please take in account weight. Some people I know have powerful laptops… that are 15 pounds.

Pricey choice (On sale @1499):
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834233195

Budget choice (If you made me game only on a laptop, I would pick something like that.) On sale @ 1129:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16834154493

Cheap choice; cheaper than this I think starts to negatively impact the experience. (On sale at 849):
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834154497

I just clicked these in a hurry, but just look at those stats. Aim for brands like Asus.

If you still want to look at desktops, let us know.

Mitern.1563:

Dawdler, I understood almost none of what you said. My original post, which I now realize I should have left, explained that I know nothing about computers and that my busy son told me to just look for something with GTX 1060, 1070 or 1080.

I definitely didn’t understand the first part of what you said but now know to look for 500 gb SSD.

If you or anyone else could give me specs to look for, that would be great. I am going to buy the computer by April and I am trying to keep it around $1500

Look, its real simple: a 128gb HDD is filled up in a jiffy. Its not enough. Windows get you down too 100gb, essential apps get you down to 60-80gb, a single AAA game is 30-60gb… see where I’m going?

After that, a 5400rpm “green” disc is chugging slow. If you dont need 2tb of storage and only plan on decently modest gaming (only a few big games) just a single 256gb is enough to bring that SSD up from pointlessly small to usable.

Anyway, 1070/1080 at $1500 or less is pretty much impossible. 1060 however should be doable at that limit. Asus/MSI up there with 256gb SSD + 1tb 7400rpm olddrive combo are a better compromise IMO.