Notebook for +-10k

[Sheepbot]

A friend of mine is looking for a notebook for about 10k. He's a gamer so he needs something that will be able to play modern games.

I was looking at the Lenovo from PC Zone for 8k :

i7 2630QM 2GHz
8GB Ram
750GB hdd
Radeon HD6570 1gb
The usual DVD wrtiter / gigabit lan / etc.

Can anyone suggest anything better? He probably won't mind going slightly over 10k if it's worth the extra dough.

Thanks!

 

[Gtx Gaming]

http://more.take2.co.za/moreusa-asu...15-6-inch-gaming-laptop-black-b00568v62w.html

take 2 can import the asus g53 for you 11.5k, though its the i5 version but the gtx 460m will laugh at the hd6570, of course the import takes some time

i5 sandybridge will still handle all of the games


notebook check says, laptop gets about 8.2k avg 3dmark 06, even my asus g51 with gtx 260m and core 2 duo gets about 11k , so ya would rather spend extra on the g53 or if he wants it now get the gigabyte with gt540m and i5, they around 8k i think.

 

[Chevron]

A friend of mine is looking for a notebook for about 10k. He's a gamer so he needs something that will be able to play modern games.

I was looking at the Lenovo from PC Zone for 8k :

i7 2630QM 2GHz
8GB Ram
750GB hdd
Radeon HD6570 1gb
The usual DVD wrtiter / gigabit lan / etc.

Can anyone suggest anything better? He probably won't mind going slightly over 10k if it's worth the extra dough.

Thanks!

http://www.laptopdirect.co.za/laptop_specifications.php?laptop=40823

 

[Pada]

The Asus laptop that Qwikslver suggested has a slightly better graphics card than the Lenovo from PCZone - see http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-540M.41715.0.html

The Lenovo most likely has only a 1366x768 resolution and a 1 year warranty, compared to the Asus laptop which has a resolution of 1920x1080 and a 2 year warranty.
When you're going for a gaming laptop with a high end graphics card, I would highly recommend that you go for one with a 2 year warranty at the very least, because I've seen too many people losing their laptops due to overheating after 1 year.

So ja, other than the screen resolution and the warranty, that Lenovo would make a great gaming laptop.

 

[Sheepbot]

Awesome! Thanks a ton guys - I'll pass on the info to him and see what he thinks.

I'm pretty sure he won't be going for the Lenovo now though

 

[phranki]

I would suggest the ASUS N53 it it a great i7 with good graphics and the quality and warranty make it worthwhilealso has bang and olufsson sound which is a bonus