The $4,519.99 gaming laptop, OTT too expensive or actually worth it to a pro gamer ?

[steve2470]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834300726

You have to be a professional gamer, rich, or almost a pro gamer to buy this.

eta: It's lacking an SSD, wtf. It has a 5400 RPM old school hard drive. Talk about profit gouging.

[steve2470]

1. this one is rated as best at newegg, and much much cheaper at $1,849.00

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152594

[CurtEastPoint]

2. FWIW, I ordered this desktop from Costco. 4G video, 32G RAM, 3T disk, i7, $1500

http://www.costco.com/HP-ENVY-Phoenix-810qe-Desktop-%7C-Intel-Core-i7-%7C-Blu-ray-Player-%7C-4GB-Graphics-%7C-Windows-8.1-Professional.product.100129074.html?catalogId=10701&keyword=912520&langId=-1&storeId=10301&refine=

[steve2470]

3. for gaming ? nt

[CurtEastPoint]

4. No, for photo editing and such.

[steve2470]

5. ok, enjoy! nt

[Mnpaul]

6. For doing that kind of work

yours should have a ssd as well. It would speed up the editing. The large sata drive is great for storage but for that price it should have a smaller ssd as well. You could add it later.

[BlueJazz]

7. I don't "Get" the portable gaming thing. I CAN understand it if you're a student and...

...live in a dorm...or a soldier.

Somebody that is a true gamer and lives in a house can build a damn nice machine for about 1/2 of that laptop cost and also have a decent size screen 24/27.

[steve2470]

8. I agree

For that price, you'd have one of the very best desktops in the entire world, if not THE best.

[chrisa]

9. I develop games as a hobby and like to have something portable to carry my work around.

I also like to work outside in the summer. My gaming laptop was about $1000 and isn't the most powerful thing in the world. Why anyone would buy Alienware and/or a laptop for gaming if they don't absolutely need mobility is beyond me. With Alienware, you're mostly paying for the brand. The parts are no better or worse than a computer with the same specs and parts from somewhere else.

[BlueJazz]

10. You wrote.>

"The parts are no better or worse than a computer with the same specs and parts from somewhere else."

I didn't know that. Even being a tech, I've only had one Alienware to work on and that was just a few corrupted
system files that took about 10 minutes.

Doesn't surprise me though...

[hobbit709]

11. Alienware is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dell-that says all you need to know.

[BlueJazz]

12. Oh, Well...that's something else I didn't know. Almost all of my customers are retirees,,

..(being in Florida) and I usually work on the cheap stuff. It's pretty rare when I get one that costs over 400 dollars.
Thanks for the info.

[Sunlei]

13. Nice!to expensive,dell doesn't give anything with their 'gaming computers'have to pay extra.

Someone gave me an old (pre-dell) Alienware PC. That monster has been my main gaming computer for a while now. I love it but it weighs about 50?lbs and can heat the room, good in winter

Only thing that has broken on it was the start button on top, that button is a known issue. I got it fixed but had to jump the pins on the motherboard to start it for a few days.

I'm not a 'professional gamer' but I do not like lag PC caused or internet lag and I need a large screen to be happy online!

I guess if you play solo games that laptop will be very fast, should be wired internet if one is really competitive in online games. especially player vs player online games. lag will get you killed everytime.

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