best gaming laptop (less than 1300$)

For $1300, you can build a gaming PC AND buy a regular laptop. The PC will smoke a gaming laptop and you'll still have a laptop for regular use.

I am not sure if that is something you might consider, but dropping $1300 on a "gaming laptop" is too much in my opinion.

Xsever wroteFor $1300, you can build a gaming PC AND buy a regular laptop. The PC will smoke a gaming laptop and you'll still have a laptop for regular use.

I am not sure if that is something you might consider, but dropping $1300 on a "gaming laptop" is too much in my opinion.

If he gets a net-book for example which costs about 300$ and is a bare minimum when buying a laptop , he will have only 1000$ for the case, motherboard, ram HDD , GPU , CPU , DVD RW , LED screan , UPS ...ect.. so a 1000$ budget is not good enough for a decent gaming desktop PC.

So whether he invests 1300$ on a laptop or 1000$ on a desktop and 300$ for a net-book , it will be more bang for the buck if he gets a notebook/semi-gaming notebook instead. Also the notebook which he has chosen seems good enough for gaming with a GT555M , even though I would recommend waiting for the 6xx series, it's still pretty good.

Mate who said that there's no ASUS laptop for 1300$ or even less?? i can get you one for 900$ & it can run games smoothly thus, maintaining your FPS on a playable level on any game.
i know you'll argue about the Processing powah, remember 1 thing the Mobility "i7 comes in 2 Cores 4Threads" that means there's no advantage yet it's pointless to pay anything above 1K for a Notebook.

concerning the ASUS Models in the 850$ / 900$ Price Range are as followed:

1- ASUS A53Z-ES61 - AMD A6-3420M(1.5GHz) - 15.6" - 4GB Memory DDR3 - 500GB HDD 5400rpm - DVDrw - AMD Radeon HD 6520G
2- ASUS A53TA-EH61 - AMD A6-3400M(1.4GHz) - 15.6" - 4GB Memory DDR3 - 500GB HDD 7200rpm - DVDrw - AMD Radeon HD 6520G

Concerning the Desktop part, well i don't prefer giving any "Desktop" a price range since once we start the Build we don't know how it will ends up ;).

Your welcome mate.

tarekelkhaledi wroteMate who said that there's no ASUS laptop for 1300$ or even less?? i can get you one for 900$ & it can run games smoothly thus, maintaining your FPS on a playable level on any game.

Maintaining FPS on a playable level at what level of detail? I don't think the OP just wants to run those games. I think he would like to jack up the level of detail. Now I know this is difficult with mid-range laptops sometimes, but nevertheless we should provide him with insight on how "playable" games are.

i know you'll argue about the Processing powah, remember 1 thing the Mobility "i7 comes in 2 Cores 4Threads" that means there's no advantage yet it's pointless to pay anything above 1K for a Notebook.

What does that mean? I didn't get it.

concerning the ASUS Models in the 850$ / 900$ Price Range are as followed:
1- ASUS A53Z-ES61 - AMD A6-3420M(1.5GHz) - 15.6" - 4GB Memory DDR3 - 500GB HDD 5400rpm - DVDrw - AMD Radeon HD 6520G
2- ASUS A53TA-EH61 - AMD A6-3400M(1.4GHz) - 15.6" - 4GB Memory DDR3 - 500GB HDD 7200rpm - DVDrw - AMD Radeon HD 6520G

As you can see, there's quite a huge gap between the OP's budget ($1300) and the ASUS laptops on offer below $1300 ($850-900). I am sure those extra $400 he's willing to pay would get him a HUGE upgrade in terms of specs. A dual core Sandy Bridge Intel CPU (Core i3 / i5 / i7 2xxx) at a good clockspeed and a midrange mobility GPU.

Msi gx 70 enough said
check it out yourself cuz typing on my s2 is a real pain
it has best radeon gpu on market which is probably the best current generation mobile graphics card

BJ-AM wroteMsi gx 70 enough said
check it out yourself cuz typing on my s2 is a real pain
it has best radeon gpu on market which is probably the best current generation mobile graphics card

Does your SII support time and date ? :P

Hey guys, I have the Asus N56VZ, bought it for 1168$ in the emirates, so I don't know what the price here will be. But its a great laptop, great battery life. I'm really happy with it. Playing Far Cry 3 in high graphics without lag. and I can play any game I want on it. (it has a i7 3610QM 2.30Ghz can go up to 3.3Ghz, Nvidia 650M 2GB, 8Gb ram, 1TB HDD@7200RMP I think, 15.6", B&O speakers, full size keyboard, and looks like a mac)

riqmarmes wroteHey guys, I have the Asus N56VZ, ......... and looks like a mac)

Asus should prepare to get sued by Apple
also the speakers are Bang & Olufsen?

Once, Apple sued Amazon for naming their store "App Store" and Amazon was like "NO ONE CARES!" and Apple just shut up about it :P

AvoK95 wrote

BJ-AM wroteMsi gx 70 enough said
check it out yourself cuz typing on my s2 is a real pain
it has best radeon gpu on market which is probably the best current generation mobile graphics card

Does your SII support time and date ? :P

yeah
why?

And the laptop is msi gx 60 not 70
Typing error

Hey guys, i am also planning on getting a gaming laptop, what do you recommend ?? don't ask about specifications because i am not into PCs. i'm willing to pay up to $1600.
i would also like to know if there's any place that accept tradings ? or at least buy used laptops for a good price, i got the toshiba satellite a215-s4807 (have no idea how much it's worth).

I don't recommend buying a used laptop. You could get an Asus g55vw.

MaRsO0o wrotei am not into PCs

Then what are you doing here ?

MaRsO0o wrotei would also like to know if there's any place that accept tradings ? or at least buy used laptops for a good price, i got the toshiba satellite a215-s4807 (have no idea how much it's worth).

No shop in the WORLD would buy a used laptop for a decent price. When they hear you say you want to sell your laptop, all they do is try to make more profit and buy it for about 100-150 or max 200 dollars.
You'd be better off selling it on Elmazad Your laptop is really old. You'd be lucky if you get it sold for 200 dollars or less.


As for the gaming laptop. I suggest you go for a desktop. Unless you absolutely need portability and don't care about much about raw performance, expendability, and reliability and of course being able to upgrade it in the future.
If you buy a laptop, it won't be able to game good enough games in few years. Also, laptop parts are far less powerful then desktop parts. For example a GTX580M has the same performance as a GTX560Ti. That's 2 steps below.

But you insist on portability, then I suggest getting this:
Toshiba Satellite L830-B358 Intel Core i5-3317U 6GB Ram 640GB HDD DVDRW Slim 13.3" LED LAN, WIFI/BT HD7750M 1GB
up to 4.8GB Cam/Windows 8 64-bit $945.00

I know it's small but it has the best graphics card and costs below $1600. Oh, and VAT and shipping needs to be added, so that's $1039.

Hi, I'm in the market for a laptop. Budget is : 1000 - 1200

Conditions:
It has to have a service center.
It must not be HP. HP gives you the best bang for your buck, but the overheating issues are a constant pain to live with.
It can be paid for in monthly installments (with interest) or in one big payment (no interest); either way, the laptop must be physically present for me to check out.
In decreasing order of priority: Graphics Card > RAMs > Processing Power (more particularly, heat emission. A little less power for a lot less heat would be perfect) >Screen Size.

Thank you.

It has to have a service center.

OMG, I haven't laughed so hard in years.

It must not be HP. HP gives you the best bang for your buck, but the overheating issues are a constant pain to live with.

HP's were like that. But newer models are good. Besides, no matter how much money you put, it will never last you more than 5 years anyway. It has reached to a point where brands don't matter anymore.

It can be paid for in monthly installments (with interest) or in one big payment (no interest); either way, the laptop must be physically present for me to check out.

First part has no meaning. How else are you going to pay it ?.
Second part, you can choose any laptop, and then check them out at places like Khoury Home. The reason why good laptops aren't available to check out, is because they come factory sealed. If you open the box, it looses its value.

In decreasing order of priority: Graphics Card > RAMs > Processing Power (more particularly, heat emission. A little less power for a lot less heat would be perfect) >Screen Size.

Microcityweb has the Lenovo IdeaPad Y500. An AMAZING gaming laptop with an I7 3630 8GB of RAM 1TB HDD and a GeForce GT 650M 15.6" 1080P screen ( or not ) With Windows 8 for $921+VAT (I think)

Here's how you can contact them

Here's a picture of it:



Note how the keyboard has red LED's glowing under it (If that's not awesome I don't know what is!) Also, GT650M>7670M. But not by much. As you can see here and here

Thank you.

You're welcome!

sorta forgot this thread existed lol

I bought my Lenovo Y580 back in October for $1,300 from M2 store and I have no regrets so far

the specs is: i7-3610qm, 8GB DDR3, GTX 660m 2GB GDDR5, 750HDD@ 5400rpm + 64gb SSD(hybrid drive), 1366x768 15.6" glossy screen, DvD drive,it also has a simple white back-lid keyboard that can be switched on and off with fn+space. It also comes with a 3-year warranty!

I wish I could have gotten the laptop with a 1080p screen, but I guess at this price and considering this is Lebanon, you can only get some of the decent stuff when the opportunity shines

performance wise, the laptop is pretty good! and the nice thing is that the laptop's CPU and GPU NEVER overheats(thanks to a descent-sized cooling design) when playing games or running stressful applications, just keep the laptop's back a bit elevated and you'll never hit above 75C. With my old HP laptop, once the mother board hit 101C after playing Skyrim!(and this was with a cooling pad under it by the way). However, there is one tiny flaw in the design, I notice that the Harddrive gets a bit of the heat from the CPU and GPU. I recorded it once reaching 55C, which is a bit above the normal safe range, however seeing I don't game 24/7 it shouldn't pose a problem for now(I've heard some people who swaped the HDD for SSD or took out the DvD drive to put it there as well)

the keyboard is pretty nice and stable as well, the touchpad it comes with.. well at first I didn't like it because it felt rough on the fingers, but with time and more using It got smooth and I like the gestures you can do with it(zoom in, flip, back/forward web page, etc...)

I also enjoy the Battery life for the laptop, with browsing, watching movies, and nothing demanding it can last 4-6 hours, lol once I switched the laptop on power saver mode, turned out the wifi, lowest brightness, and the power tab said "14 hours 36 minutes left", but in reality I doubt it would last that long, but still plenty of power in it :P

oh also one nice feature is the battery settings done by Lenovo, they let you choose between "Battery Full-Charged Mode" and "Batter Protection Mode". I think the first has an obvious meaning, but the 2nd mode limits your battery charge to 60%, which is a good thing if you like to keep your laptop plugged in most of the time, so that it doesn't overcharge.

Overall, this is a pretty nice laptop, considering the CPU and GPU(most importantly) it comes in, it's a pretty fair price and would be a great base "gaming" laptop for those who aren't willing to pay $1800+ for the top stuff

Awesome. You might be better off with a lower resolution rather than 1080P. Because a 650M or 660M might be too slow to run games on high settings at such resolution.

All Lenovos have that battery thing by the way, it's pretty handy for keeping your battery healthy.

For $1300 it seems like an awesome laptop.