Originally posted by Quizzical If you don't like noisy, then maybe gaming laptops aren't for you. Why are you looking to get a laptop in the first place as opposed to a desktop?
Being in uni i have to move around and i want a laptop to have that ability,
Well i guess the apu being gpu and cpu together is always overheating because of that , if i get a laptop with intel and gpu there will be less noise and less overheating i guess, well i hope so , i will game from time to time so i want the laptop to be able to run some mid games .
How often would you really use your laptop as a mobile system?
For gaming, most people like to have one specific place to relax and play. I wouldn't want to play games in a library or other public place where I might disturb someone with my game sounds or cursing at the screen.
For school purposes, do you really need a mobile PC? I'm guessing your classes don't actually require you to move around and run computations that only a laptop can do. It has been almost ten years since I attended college, so I could be wrong. A tablet might work well if you absolutely must have a digital device in class.
Consider how often you might move your gaming PC if you had a desktop system. Would you move it every week? Every month? Every year?
If you have to move it every week, a laptop might be more convenient. If you have to move it every month, maybe you can tolerate moving a SFF gaming rig. If you only have to move it every year, a full desktop system would be best.
i have to say a lot because while i am outside my room and do work with other people the uni pcs have a lot of limitations and i will prefer to use a personal system
If this is for school that you haven't started yet (like just heading off to Uni as a Freshman or something) - then wait until you get there and see what you really need.
Software requirements for classes are usually fairly forgiving hardware-wise. An undergrad database class, for instance, may have 100 rows and that's it -- just enough data to be able to show you can do searchs/sorts/unions/etc. Undergrad programming isn't that intensive, a few hundred lines at most. And if you run across something your computer can't handle, what computer lab facilities are available that could handle it?
Most undergrads are better served with a decent small, light laptop with very good battery life - making it easy to carry between classes and useful while in class for various tasks, rather than some gaming monstrosity that can compile a program in under 10 seconds. And then when you want to get down to some serious gaming, you have a separate monster desktop for that -- and the two machines combined will cost less than a monster gaming laptop would.
Grad school - different story entirely and varies significantly - so much so that you probably don't want to mix your school work with a gaming PC.
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i have to say a lot because while i am outside my room and do work with other people the uni pcs have a lot of limitations and i will prefer to use a personal system
If this is for school that you haven't started yet (like just heading off to Uni as a Freshman or something) - then wait until you get there and see what you really need.
Software requirements for classes are usually fairly forgiving hardware-wise. An undergrad database class, for instance, may have 100 rows and that's it -- just enough data to be able to show you can do searchs/sorts/unions/etc. Undergrad programming isn't that intensive, a few hundred lines at most. And if you run across something your computer can't handle, what computer lab facilities are available that could handle it?
Most undergrads are better served with a decent small, light laptop with very good battery life - making it easy to carry between classes and useful while in class for various tasks, rather than some gaming monstrosity that can compile a program in under 10 seconds. And then when you want to get down to some serious gaming, you have a separate monster desktop for that -- and the two machines combined will cost less than a monster gaming laptop would.
Grad school - different story entirely and varies significantly - so much so that you probably don't want to mix your school work with a gaming PC.
After some search i found this
14" Matte HD+ LED Widescreen (1600x900)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-4710MQ (2.50GHz) 6MB
4GB KINGSTON SODIMM DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 4GB)
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 850M - 2.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
500GB SERIAL ATA II 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (5,400rpm)
Ultra Slim 8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
GIGABIT LAN & KILLER™ 1202 WIRELESS GAMING 802.11N + BLUETOOTH 4.0
Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Dimensions (W x D x H) 339mm x 239mm x 29mm
Weight 2.0Kg (ex. battery and ODD)
for £628
this is a review of the older model
http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/laptop/60793-pc-specialist-skyfire-iii-x14-optimus-v-x17/ , its the skyfire iii
i have seen people moving around with 17" laptops and i saw a huge regret in their faces to be honest in my experience in uni