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Hello, I’m James, and I’ll be starting my pre-med education this Fall. I randomly came across the club not too long ago and felt inclined to join.
I’m a Valve fan. <3 I love Half-Life and the Half-Life 2 saga. As well as Counter-Strike. I’ve dabbled in Team Fortress 2. I’m a 360 gamer until this September.
I’m planning on getting a gaming laptop when I refund my financial aid this September, and plan on getting the Valve Complete pack via Steam once I get it. So anyone who knows anything about decent gaming rigs and getting into the Steam and Valve PC community, lend me a hand. D:
Welcome to the club! Western is a great school and you will love it there.
Hope to see you at a LAN next semester
Dankst@ said:
boo erns for 360, you got name brand in mind for your lapptop. oh and welcomeYeah, yeah, I know. D:
But as for the laptop, I’ve been looking at the Gateway FX laptops. They seem to have pretty good reviews, and are pretty affordable for a gaming laptop.
JamestheDoc said:
And what’s the commuter’s lounge? o.oWhere all the school’s hate and stupidity accumulates. They say a monster lives in there.
Ephraim said:
Where all the school’s hate and stupidity accumulates. They say a monster lives in there.
Sounds like a place to avoid indeed.
JamestheDoc said:
Sounds like a place to avoid indeed.you must plunge into there headfirst
i believe in you
There is no such thing as a “good” gaming laptop. /flame. I don’t care. They get hot and cook themselves from the inside out. Better to buy a crummy laptop and a decent to good desktop. Probably cheaper that way anyways than spending 1400-2000 on a laptop. I just built an EXTREMELY nice desktop for about 800 bucks. Then you could throw on a cheap laptop for 400 or so and come out the same price but with a much more capable gaming system and tons more in the way of storage options.
Overall, it’s up to you, but that’s what I’d do.
Kuros said:
There is no such thing as a “good” gaming laptop. /flame. I don’t care. They get hot and cook themselves from the inside out. Better to buy a crummy laptop and a decent to good desktop. Probably cheaper that way anyways than spending 1400-2000 on a laptop. I just built an EXTREMELY nice desktop for about 800 bucks. Then you could throw on a cheap laptop for 400 or so and come out the same price but with a much more capable gaming system and tons more in the way of storage options.Overall, it’s up to you, but that’s what I’d do.
I like your idea… I could go with that. A good gaming rig that doesn’t risk overheating that often… and a decent but affordable laptop to go with it.
Could you message me or something regarding how to go about this? I’ve looked at a few sites, but I’m still a bit of a noob and don’t know what I should put in the thing and what’s unnecessary crap. D:
Welcome Doc, stay tuned to the homepage to get dates/times/locations of our on campus gatherings once school starts back up.
first JtD, welcome to the forums and hope you will enjoy yourself at WCU.
As for the computer thing… I could make arguments either way. The gateway FX line with the 9800m GTS is pretty darn good for the money but it really depends on why you wanted a gaming laptop to begin with. I liked having a gaming laptop back when I would go home on the weekends while at school and wanted to game at home too. If you only plan to game from your room (and of course at the LANs) then def go for a desktop. Besides getting more for your money, they are also more comfortable to play on over long periods of time. if I were starting out, I would go for a desktop and a netbook personally. If you are curious, I went the gaming laptop route then decided to buy a desktop anyways; one thing ppl rarely think of is unless you get like an SSD, laptop hard drives are MUCH slower than desktop drives, and when gaming that is a real pain (IMO)
You came to the right place for computer knowledge, most of these guys are geniuses when it comes to computers except for NoDice, but that is why I <3 him.
I’m a geniuses when it comes to spelling phentically i cant be a pro at everything… which brings me to share this!
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