Hi all,
yes, it's yet another of these kind of threads, but I am absolutely new to the topic "laptops & notebooks"
So, I'm going to buy my first laptop in a few months and need to know what price I should expect, so I can still change my opinion about some parts if needed.
The parts I wanted to buy are:
- I don't know what things are important about motherboards, but it should at least support PCI-E
- a dual-core CPU, don't care if Intel or AMD (from what I heard Intel is much more expensive while it's only a bit faster, so probably AMD); should be at least 2.5 GHz each (though I didn't have much experience with dual-core either, yet)
- a middleclass GPU with equivalent (or better) power to an ATI 2600, at least 256 MB VRAM, better 512 (I ain't sure wether ATI or NVIDIA, as the future situation is totally unclear in my opinion); should be a PCI-E card
- at least 1.5 GB RAM, better 2 GB; this would be the first thing I'd give up if the price is too high, but 1 GB is absolute minimum
- I'd prefer having no OS installed at all, but if there is one installed I can still format my hard drive ;-)
- HDD: more than 200 GB minimum
- maximum display resolution: http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?...20070102233334 , I'd love to have at least 1400x1050, but as I said, I have no idea what's normal for laptops, so I'd be fine with 1280x1024, too.
- display size: This is not too important for me, something better or equal than 16" should be enough I guess (I'm on a 17" for a desktop system atm, so I'm used to this size )
- display refresh rate: > 75 Hz
- I could need a 4.1 (better 6.1) sound card, but I guess these aren't too usual for laptops so I'm prepared to buy this one seperately
- 2 USB ports, 4 would be better however.
- a DVD drive (I'm not that keen on bluray)
- The overall power consumption or battery life isn't that important to me, but it shouldn't exceed the usual limits
- and one last thing, which is really important to me, is that the laptop should be VERY quiet. My current computer is SOO loud, it ain't fun anymore
And I could also need a short explanation on what I need to look at when buying these things and what's usual for laptops would also be very nice:
- Motherboards
- HDD
- RAM
- the noise which is produced by the laptop
- display size
- the current development of PCI-E (I heard sth about PCI-E 2.0, is that something I really need?)
- what about the "normal" graphics card that are used for laptops?
- Oh yeah, and just a quick enumeration of brands which have especial good/especial bad linux support would be nice, too.
The laptop should be used for a _bit_ gaming (just things like Warcraft 3, Counter Strike, Nexuiz), normal desktop use (e.g. programming, working for school, etc) and mainly as a desktop replacement (as I'm tired of all these wires and of the huge effort to move my PC to a LAN party or something)
So, to repeat my questions:
- How much will the things I listed above cost approximiated? I don't ask for anyone to look up the exact prices, just someone with knowledge to tell me the price ranges
- What is "normal" for current laptops regarding the things I listed?
- Any other comments on the setup?
I'd like to thank for anyone taking time to read these things and answer my questions!
yes, it's yet another of these kind of threads, but I am absolutely new to the topic "laptops & notebooks"
So, I'm going to buy my first laptop in a few months and need to know what price I should expect, so I can still change my opinion about some parts if needed.
The parts I wanted to buy are:
- I don't know what things are important about motherboards, but it should at least support PCI-E
- a dual-core CPU, don't care if Intel or AMD (from what I heard Intel is much more expensive while it's only a bit faster, so probably AMD); should be at least 2.5 GHz each (though I didn't have much experience with dual-core either, yet)
- a middleclass GPU with equivalent (or better) power to an ATI 2600, at least 256 MB VRAM, better 512 (I ain't sure wether ATI or NVIDIA, as the future situation is totally unclear in my opinion); should be a PCI-E card
- at least 1.5 GB RAM, better 2 GB; this would be the first thing I'd give up if the price is too high, but 1 GB is absolute minimum
- I'd prefer having no OS installed at all, but if there is one installed I can still format my hard drive ;-)
- HDD: more than 200 GB minimum
- maximum display resolution: http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?...20070102233334 , I'd love to have at least 1400x1050, but as I said, I have no idea what's normal for laptops, so I'd be fine with 1280x1024, too.
- display size: This is not too important for me, something better or equal than 16" should be enough I guess (I'm on a 17" for a desktop system atm, so I'm used to this size )
- display refresh rate: > 75 Hz
- I could need a 4.1 (better 6.1) sound card, but I guess these aren't too usual for laptops so I'm prepared to buy this one seperately
- 2 USB ports, 4 would be better however.
- a DVD drive (I'm not that keen on bluray)
- The overall power consumption or battery life isn't that important to me, but it shouldn't exceed the usual limits
- and one last thing, which is really important to me, is that the laptop should be VERY quiet. My current computer is SOO loud, it ain't fun anymore
And I could also need a short explanation on what I need to look at when buying these things and what's usual for laptops would also be very nice:
- Motherboards
- HDD
- RAM
- the noise which is produced by the laptop
- display size
- the current development of PCI-E (I heard sth about PCI-E 2.0, is that something I really need?)
- what about the "normal" graphics card that are used for laptops?
- Oh yeah, and just a quick enumeration of brands which have especial good/especial bad linux support would be nice, too.
The laptop should be used for a _bit_ gaming (just things like Warcraft 3, Counter Strike, Nexuiz), normal desktop use (e.g. programming, working for school, etc) and mainly as a desktop replacement (as I'm tired of all these wires and of the huge effort to move my PC to a LAN party or something)
So, to repeat my questions:
- How much will the things I listed above cost approximiated? I don't ask for anyone to look up the exact prices, just someone with knowledge to tell me the price ranges
- What is "normal" for current laptops regarding the things I listed?
- Any other comments on the setup?
I'd like to thank for anyone taking time to read these things and answer my questions!
Comment