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And I'm saving up for a gaming laptop that will last 3-4 years (college). I'm working this summer and am looking for something that costs somewhere between $1000 and $2500 (up to $3000 if it will last). I've looked at one laptop, but I'm not really sure what is a good deal because I'm only familiar with building PCs. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230408

Any suggestions for a laptop that will last for a few years?
 
I haven't been following the gaming laptop side of things over the last little while, but Asus makes solid products. The laptop you linked looks like a good gaming rig, so long as you don't mind lugging around the 17" screen, and a 500gb hard disk is large enough for you. There is also apparently an audio bug with this laptop that may or may not have been resolved by this point in time.

For a little extra, you can get a small GPU upgrade, a 1.5tb hard disk, 4GB of additional ram, and a blu ray player here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834131270.
 
Asus does indeed make solid products. My laptop lasted about six years of constant use.
 
myersguy said:
I haven't been following the gaming laptop side of things over the last little while, but Asus makes solid products. The laptop you linked looks like a good gaming rig, so long as you don't mind lugging around the 17" screen, and a 500gb hard disk is large enough for you. There is also apparently an audio bug with this laptop that may or may not have been resolved by this point in time.

For a little extra, you can get a small GPU upgrade, a 1.5tb hard disk, 4GB of additional ram, and a blu ray player here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834131270.
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I use a USB headset so the audio issue should be fine. That other one looks pretty good too.

@Pepsi: Asus seems like a good choice.
 
Decent customer support, too. I broke a keyboard, completely my fault but they replaced it.
 
The only thing I'd suggest looking at is the HP ENVY line. I have a 2nd gen HP ENVY-15 I use when I'm not at home and it runs about everything I can throw at it. If you can catch an HP sale you can probably get the 17 inch version for just over a grand; that said, what you linked appears to be a bit better.
 
Holy shit Quixotic is loaded I just bought myself a laptop for 600 G's that can apparently run Deus Ex.
 
My cell phone could run Deus Ex. It isn't a very demanding game.
 
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Alienware is relativly expensive, but if you want something in a laptop form, and for gaming, that's the best you're going to get. I take con-current classes in my Sophomore here, and we have AlienWare Desktops for what I do in College work. (Which is modelling) They're relativly expensive, I say for a Laptop about 1600$.
 
Oh God no, I used to think that Alienware was good when I was 12 years old.
 
For laptops? They're genuinely not bad. You can't really build one of those yourself.
 
No matter which "gaming" Laptop you get, it will be overpriced.

Just a fact.
 
That doesn't make sense, all gaming laptops are overpriced compared to what? Normal laptops? Well yeah, of course they're going to cost more.
 
I think he meant compared to desktops. Though, laptops are quite a bit more complicated too due to size limitations and such.
 
I looked into Alienware, but customizing a laptop seemed to nickle and dime its way up really high. I've found a coupon online that cuts $400 off of the Envy, so I might look at that, but so far the Asus looks like the best deal for the specs.
 
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