Thread: Processor and Video Card Question!

looking at buying a new labtop for college, i've built 3 rigs but this is my first labtop.
I mostly just want to know if the labtop will be good enough to run all of my games, css l4d2 skyrim diablo3
and if its worth the 1000 bucks
Current Desktop:
- Intel® Core™ i7-920 Processor
(8M Cache, 2.67 GHz, 4.80 GT/s Intel® QPI)

- Nvidia GeForce GTX 260
- 6 gb ram

Labtop im looking at:
Samsung - 15.6" Series 7 Laptop - 8GB Memory - 1TB Hard Drive - Silver

- Intel® Core™ i7-3615QE Processor(6M Cache, up to 3.30 GHz)
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M
- 8 gb ram

Just to be more specific, little worried about the downgrade from 7200 to 5400 rpm on the hard drive and the vid card
the labtop specs:
Display: 15.6-inch HD+ (1600×900) 300-nit brightness
Processor: 3rd Generation Intel Core i7-3615QM quad-core, 2.3-3.3GHz
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GT 630M 512MB GDDR5 + Intel HD 4000 (Nvidia Optimus very likely)
RAM: 8GB DDR3 1,600MHz
HDD: 1TB at 5,400rpm, 8GB of ExpressCache flash memory
ODD: DVD burner
Audio: Stereo speakers 2 W x 2 with sub-woofer
Webcam: 1.3MP
Networking: Wireless-N, Gigabit LAN, Bluetooth 4.0, Intel WiDi
Ports and Slots: 2 x USB 3.0, 1 x USB 2.0, 1 x HDMI, 4-in-1 media card reader
Battery: 8-cell lithium-polymer, up to 9h and 12min of run time
Dimensions: 14.2″ x 9.3″ x 0.94″
Weight: 5.3 pounds
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium
Warranty: 1-year standard

I've used 10k, 7200, 5400, and SSD. For gaming itself it really makes little difference except load times. But if you are like myself and tend to load your machine up with a lot of stuff OS load/reboot times can be noticeably slower on 5400RPM

Okay looks like my budget is up to 1500 now if anyones got any good suggestions

I've got a samsung series 7 with the 640 video card. Picked it up for $1,000. It gets hot. Very hot. But it plays most games OK. Not great. The 650M is a faster card but you'll lose battery and generate more heat.

can you just build a micro atx, and buy a basic lappy for school.

you can make a super nice mirco for like 600, scale down as needed.